MUST SEE Festival in Portugal | Caretos de Podence
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Have you heard of Carnaval? Do you know how different cities in Portugal celebrate this popular festival? Josh and Kalie from ExpatsEverywhere are in Podence, Portugal to show you why this sleepy town comes to life for this festival and why it is recognized by UNESCO. What do the colors symbolize? Why the bells? When do they burn the wicker man? Watch the Caretos de Podence dance around and enjoy the celebrations.
This carnival shares tradition, food, drinks, costumes, vibrant murals, and more. Do you want to do a tour like this or another tour around Portugal? Contact Ralfe at geral@ralfesiagh.com for more info. Visit his website at www.ralfesiagh.com
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This is a great video! It’s nice to see historic and cultural events that are specific to PT and not necessarily well-known to others. We appreciate these kinds of videos. They only encourage us to move to PT asap and have some fun. Thank you.😊
Aww, thank you very much! We were really glad to have captured this moment and shared it with others. We hope it encourages more people to experience Podence. - Josh & Kalie
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One of the rare pre-christian/roman celtic traces we've still got
im a portuguese girl from the region of podence, it is a great pleasure to see how foreigners appreciate and respect these traditions that bring so much joy into our lives. thank you for seeing us, once you let yourself go and get into this celebration you feel purged and free, We can always find happiness in the madness of the caretos
Well said! Thank you very much for watching. It's always great to have Portuguese visitors and viewers on our channel that like the content we produce. We hope this year's celebration goes well. - Josh & Kalie
Another update... Received our approval from the Portuguese Consulate in London for stage 1 - D7 took just a month. We are incredibly happy! Back to Setubal very soon!
Thanks for sharing. Keep it up. 💪 🇵🇹 - Josh & Kalie
Part documentary, part travelogue...great video. Thanks for sharing.
❤️ from a Portuguese digital nomad currently in Reggio Calabria
Oooh, good stuff. That was the feel we were going for. :-) We're really glad you liked it. We hope to do some more of this format mainly because it's fun. Send our best to Italy. Enjoy nomading. - Josh & Kalie
Happy Father’s Day, Josh! U rock!
Thank you very much. 🙏 - Josh & Kalie
Thank you for sharing. I had never heard of it.
You're welcome! We're glad you watched. - Josh & Kalie
Well done, like the content pieces!
Much appreciated! Thanks for letting us know. - Josh & Kalie
Loved your video and being a part of the group.
Thanks for the love, Jacquie. It was really nice meeting you on tour. See you soon? - Josh & Kalie
Fun!!! I look forward to experiencing some of the many Portuguese celebrations and I thnk it's great that you highlight them because they are a fun part of the expat experience!!
🥳 Thanks, Tamara. It's definitely a fun part of the expat experience. We've loved doing it everywhere we've lived. - Josh & Kalie
Can I just say that as a Portuguese man myself, you're doing a good job with the pronunciation? Ours is not an easy language, especially for English speakers. So hats off :)
Thank you very much, João! We appreciate it. We're working on our Portuguese skills. - Josh & Kalie
This was fun to watch. Thank you for sharing
Awesome! Thanks for watching and giving us feedback. - Josh & Kalie
I like all of your content. It's good to have all the info on the "how to" expat, and the locations for living. But it's also great to get the flavor of the culture. Love it! Your daughter is slowly getting bigger to where she is starting to get in the act... so cute.
Thank you very much! We appreciate reading this a lot. We're trying to create a well-rounded collection of content so it's not just how to but a holistic view of the expat life. Cia is a funny one. Sometimes she gets in on it and other times, she stop us from working. 😅 - Josh & Kalie
Yes, please continue periodically adding this type of content. As y’all grow in your journey, absorption into the language and culture is inevitable. Shed that US epidermis and let the Portuguese one shine through.
Thanks for the feedback. The US epidermis has been shedded long ago. Our international journey started in 2009, remember? 😊 - Josh & Kalie
Great to see this!
Thank you! We're glad you watched and commented. - Josh & Kalie
Touching video for me that i am portuguese 🥰
Glad you liked it!
Quite an interesting tradition I had never heard of it. Thanks for informing us. That meal that you guys were sharing at the table... wow, it looked so good.
Thanks for watching! 😁 The meal was really, really good and surprisingly sustained us for such a long period of time although, truth be told, we could have eaten again before coming back to Porto and I would have been okay. - Josh 👈 & Kalie
What a fun festival! The food looked amazing! I have to say my favorite part was Cia welcoming everyone on the excursion! ❤️🥰❤️
😁❤️ Thanks. It was a really funny moment to capture at the beginning so we had to include it. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere it was perfect!🥰
Hello everyone… it’s a fun coincidence but I was there this year, on Saturday, and I loved it… the all village has an atmosphere that transport us to ancient times…the Caretos are very fun and off course, they shook us, specially my daughters 😅. Did you know that they are allowed to everything but enter the church? I’m from the Setubal region, but we are definitely going to come back. Btw, there are Caretos in more villages in Trás os Montes…check out Caretos de Lazarim… ah, and you must definitely try the posta…a big chunk of meat, a traditional dish from north of Portugal (posta mirandesa). We ate at the taverns and the bread and the wine we’re free … 😜
The posta was a big miss on our part for sure. It's a great excuse to go back though. Thanks for sharing, Paula. - Josh & Kalie
Please, more like this. Yessssssss!
Thanks. We'll be looking at what kinds of pieces we can do that'll be interesting to the audience as a whole. We enjoyed making this video. - Josh & Kalie
Great video! We live in Germany at the moment and are very familiar with the carnival atmosphere & it’s one of our favorite times of the year! Thanks for sharing, we are hoping to move to Portugal in the near future! Love your videos!
Thanks for the love! It's also cool to hear more about you all. All the best with your move from Germany to Portugal. We hope our videos continue to help. - Josh & Kalie
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.
Thanks for watching! - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere 🙂
I liked this content. I enjoy learning about other cultures and their traditions. Thanks Josh, Kalie, and Cia.
Awesome to hear. Thanks for the feedback , Diane. - Josh & Kalie
That was a great event, thanks for capturing the memories!
Hey, Eduardo! Great to meet you on the tour. We're glad that you liked it and have a memory in video format. 😁 - Josh & Kalie
We were in Tenerife during their carnival before covid, it was so awesome! Love this video, a great vibe!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing about Tenerife. We appreciate the love. - Josh & Kalie
I was waiting for this video. I remember you had some places free in the bus for us, but it´s far for me here in Coimbra. ¡Great video! I don´t have enough words. Thanks 😄
We're glad that you watched it! 😁 Yes, the bus ended up filling up completely in the end. You'll have to make your way to the one next year either on a tour like this or grabbing a few others from Coimbra and renting a car. Thanks for watching. - Josh & Kalie
OMG Josh!!!! Your Portuguese accent has become so authentic! I am so impressed! Parabéns, cara! And, the Rod Serling sounding narrative gave the vlog an other-wordly feeling. I don't eat beef or pork, I knew about alheira, knew I would eat that for sure, but had never seen it. Thanks for including that!
Regarding the alheira, now some producers create some variations without pork or even any meat, so more people can enjoy it.
Thanks, Sara! 😃 You know, I'm working on it. Listening and parroting as much as possible. I'm channeling my inner-Cia (she parrots everything at the moment ⚠️). It's amazing. You're the second person to call it a Rod Serling sound narrative. I'm assuming it's a compliment as he's an OG. 😅
The particular alheira was our favorite that we've had. At first, Kalie didn't even know it was alheira. - Josh & Kalie
Kind of scary 😌
But was nice to watch it 🙂
Never liked carnival too much when I was a kid 😃
😊 Thanks, Ana. We could see how kids might be scared of it. It being a daytime festival probably helps. The night is scarier. 😅 - Josh & Kalie
Love this! Great narration Josh and Cia's smile at the beginning was, for me, a showstopper. Was Cia afraid of the costumes at any point? I would love to visit Podence during Carnaval but it doesn't seem too easily accessible without a car from Porto. It would be fun to do with a group. I know that every city in Portugal has its own Carnaval and I was hoping to see some video content like one this! Thank you.
There are buses from Porto to Macedo de Cavaleiros, and from there it's easy to get a cab.
Thanks for the love, Michele! Cia is starting to participate a little more. 😁 This particular Carnival is like no other. - Josh & Kalie
Excellent video
Thank you very much! - Josh & Kalie
Loved it! 💖
Love for the love! ❤️ - Josh & Kalie
Great video Josh and Kaylie! Well done! 😊
Thanks, Lisa. We appreciate the support. - Josh & Kalie
I love content like this !!! Thanks guys 🥳🥳🥳
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for the love, Adam! We do like making stuff like this despite the algorithm not digging it. LOL - Josh & Kalie
Big fan of the Chocolate Gingha shot!! Very important to feel the moment! Yes! More like this! When is the pilgrimage to Santiago de Campostela??
Thanks! Kalie's a big fan of them for sure even though we argued with her that the chocolate cup was waxy. The pilgrimage might have to wait until Cia is a little older. 😅 - Josh & Kalie
Loved it! Great to see tradiçao kept alive!
Thanks for the love, Grace. ❤️ - Josh & Kalie
Very informative! Thanks for sharing! Would love many more
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback, RAJ! - Josh & Kalie
awesome
Thanks! - Josh & Kalie
3 Bronze Medal ooh yeahhh
Nice! 🥉 - Josh & Kalie
Thats Celtic Portuguese culture
😁 🇵🇹 Thanks for watching, João! - Josh & Kalie
Hi Josh/Kalie 👋
I'm originally from Brazil(Rio. Moved to NY when I was 10) and loved the little carnavals where I was born.
I had no idea that Portugal celebrated Carnaval, as well! 🤯 So thank you for making my decision to move there even more exciting 🙌.
And as always, AWESOME VIDEO! 🥳
It was Portugal that took Carnaval to Brazil, not the opposite.
Thanks for sharing more about you!
We're glad to hear that you're more excited to move to Portugal. 💪 🇵🇹 ❤️ - Josh & Kalie
Thank you for allowing me to share 🤙
@@USagainstTHEM85 ..."as well"...?? Foram os PTs que levaram o carnaval para o Brazil ...
Lusitanian, and Calician Celts.
You may also like Pauliteiros.
Thanks, Eduardo. - Josh & Kalie
Traditionally the "caretos" are only men, and that tradition was almost gone in the 70's..
As in more women and children than men? - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere The "caretos" were traditionally only single men, that would "attack"/dance with single women. Regarding the 60's and 70's, the tradition almost disapeared because most young men went to bigger towns, to war or emigrated abroad, so there was almost no one to carry on with the "caretos". pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caretos_de_Podence
Imagine a Careto staring at a transgender wondering "should I rattle him?....her?"
thanks. But hard to concentrate on anything Portuguese because of the horrible Russian attack on Ukraine.
We understand. - Josh & Kalie