Traditional celebrations enliven the city

From Rossio to Largo de Santo António da Sé, various collectives and percussion groups of Brazilian origin and Afro-descendants walked for Peace to the sound of Batucada.

In Afro-Brazilian spiritual culture, music and percussion occupy a primordial place, where batuques are a call to dance and mysticism to celebrate and evoke the divinities.

The Walk for Peace ended at the Church of Santo António, the patron saint of the city of Lisbon, where spirituality and communion were felt.

The ritual of the mask was also celebrated with the International Parade of the Iberian Mask. Hundreds of people watched the procession, which began and ended at Terreiro do Paço, where more than 450 masked people evoked the ancient popular traditions of the Iberian Peninsula.

To the sound of Pauliteiros and Asturian bagpipes, typical masks from villages in the north and center of the country, as well as from various Spanish provinces, recalled times gone by when the masquerade ritual marked the passage of young people into adulthood.

The Batucadas do Santo and the International Iberian Mask Parade were part of the "Festas na Rua" program, in collaboration with Lisbon City Council.