Portuguese folklore

Portuguese folklore and its beautifully decadent dress.

Galician, Asturian, and Portuguese fairy tales include fascinating supernatural beings called “Moura Encantada” or “Enchanted Moura.” According to folkloric legends, the mouros are a race of supern…

Nazare, traditional costume

Hello all, Today I will continue my series on Epirus costume by talking about Metsovo, Μέτσοβο; in Vlach, Aminciu. This municipality lies in the Ioannina regional unit, on the eastern edge, and borders Thessaly. Metsovo is a very old settlement, owing its existence to the Roman road Egnatia, built in 146 BC. Because of this, the local people speak Vlach, a Latin-derived language among themselves, although they also speak Greek. Metsovo held a high status and various priviliges during the…

Portugal (Portuguese) Folk Dance - because we wouldn't be known as “life and coffee” if we didn't love a little Portuguese tradition.

Alexandre Cabanel - or Wright Barker? Waterhouse's Circe Invidiosa is one of the paintings that should be seen "live". The colors just don't come out right in photographs. Giovanni Battista Luteri Dossi Edward Burne-Jones: Circe's Wine It would be nice to have some sort of combination of these two Charles Hermans Franz von Stuck; Tilla Durieux as Circe Louis Chalon Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione ? Arthur Hacker Briton Riviere Bartholomeus Spranger John Collier Baroque bookprint John Melhuish…

Photos by Daniel Ochoa de Olza

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