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- 1. STREAMS OF CULTURE S.Martinho Day Cultural or religious celebration? PORTUGAL
- 2. A different celebration – why? This is such an important celebration that last year, On 11th November because it was 11-11-11, even everyone in Portugal Google celebrated it with celebrate this Doodle… S.Martinho’s Day In this celebration Religion, Culture and Tradition get together! … do you understand it?
- 3. We chose this celebration because… While in Primary we always celebrate it at school and we love it! We learn a lot about our and our culture! By celebrating this kind of traditions we understand better how Religion is connected with Traditions and together with other things we build our Culture.
- 4. Characteristics of the celebration Portugal is a great producer of wine and around middle November it’s time to taste the new wine produced around the end of September. In November, in the North of Portugal, big and old chestnut trees are giving away their fruit. This is a time of ABUNDANCE and people celebrate it TOGETHER and SHARE!
- 5. ORIGIN–a day named after a Saint • 316 aC- He was born in Panonia region(where Hungary is nowadays). • His father was a Roman soldier. • When he was only 15 he was forced to be one of the Emperor’s soldiers. 397 aC - S. Martinho dies in Candes, near Tours (where he was a • In 337 aC, when he was going to bishop for more than 25 years). France, the so called Miracle happened • On 11th November he is buried.
- 6. ORIGIN–the legend behind a man’s life There is a special moment always referred to when describing Saint Martin’s life which is the reason for this celebration. (Click the video button to know all about S.Martinho Legend)
- 7. Customs and Traditions There isn’t a specific program for this celebration nor special decorations. Only when children are in Primary school they make a lot of Arts and Crafts using real chestnuts or other decorations TRADITIONAL CUISINE related to this legend and use Apart from the chestnuts and the wine them to decorate their there aren’t traditional dishes for this classrooms or school. celebration. Around this time of the year people in villages also kill the pigs they bread for the whole family and friends to eat. That’s why, in some parts of Portugal, people tend to cook dishes with pork meat and chestnuts together.
- 8. Customs and Traditions Regional Differences There aren’t really significant differences among regions when celebrating S. Martinho. In most of the places in Portugal Beliefs and Predictions people organize a way to eat As in the legend, people believe that together in their neighbourhood, sometime in the middle of Autumn school, family or just among there will come at least 3 days of pure friends, drink some wine and eat a Summer (and most of the years that is lot, especially really good and so) where they can profit from the sun warm roasted chestnuts. again. Also farmers believe that this is a good prediction for the future crops. STREAMS OF CULTURE Presentation of our school and city
- 9. Students’ Point of View
- 10. Students’ Point of View We particularly like MAGUSTO that is the part where we prepare and eat the roasted chestnuts and play or sing: