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Festas do Povo (People's Festival) II


Festas do Povo (People's Festival) II
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Copyright: Jose Pires (stego) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3883 W: 641 N: 5513] (17458)
Genre: Lieux
Média: Couleur
Date de prise de vue: 1998-09
Catégories: Festivals
Appareil photographique: Olympus E-300, 24mm, 35mm positive
Map: [view]
Versions: version originale, Workshop
Thème(s): !My film scans, !Norte Alentejano, !Top rated scans, EVENTS , FESTIVAL [view contributor(s)]
Date de soumission: 2008-03-07 15:47
Vue: 751
Points: 60
[Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe
Another one from my "memory lane". Actually, the photos I shot on this occasion bring me much melancholy in a recursive way, as they remind me not only the particular event, but also the other similar ones that I lived in my childhood, which in turn, reminded and still remind me of my father, who died less than one month before this photo was shot.

Many of you may wonder about the tilt and the pink cast. I decided not correcting the tilt because I didn't like the effect on the compo of the inevitable crops that the correction implies. As for the pink cast, it is quite realistic, because it is provoked by the pink papers that filter the sun light.

I posted two WS's showing other decorated streets: 1, 2.

The rest of the note is copied from the note of my earlier post of this event, which seems to feature the other end of this street.

I grew up up in Campo Maior until I was 11 and although I practically lost contact with everyone I knew there, I remember very well the warmth kindness and lively joy of the people there. The main festivities of the place consist in decorating the streets with paper (mainly floral themes), turning the streets and all the town in a giant artificial luxuriant garden. This requires a lot of work, that is done by nearly everyone from the grandson to the grandma, spending every evening of many months cutting and stitching paper. Neighbours compete with each other to make their street more beautiful than the others and there is a jury to decide which ones are the best, but the competition doesn't involve money. No need to say that the town's only activities during the festival are all related with the party, as most of the streets are closed to cars. Crowds come to see this unique thing from all over Portugal and Spain and most of the streets get as crowded as big shops in Christmas time. I was lucky with this shot, as the street is almost empty.

The name of the festival used to be "Festas do Povo" (people's festival) or "Festas dos Artistas" (artists festival). As long as I know, strangely they have no relation with religion. Requiring so much hard work, it's no surprise that they have no fixed frequency - sometimes they happen every 7 years, other times they are more frequent, and there were times that they didn't happen for more than 10 years.

This splendour of this street is far from that of the more elaborate ones.

Links to more info (all of them in Portuguese, except the first one): Wikipedia / Campo Maior , guiadacidade.pt , pt.shvoong.com , sabores.sapo.pt.

TE posts of the 2004 festival by Bluejeans: 1, 2.

Location (latitude, longitude): 39.0114,-7.07103 (I am not sure about the accuracy, but my guess is that the error hardly surpasses 100 meters/yards)
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Enchaînement de réflexionsInitiateur de la discussion Messages Modifié
A Bluejeans: Subir num escadote :Dstego 1 03-09 14:54
A AiresSantos: É *Campo* Maior, e não Rio Maiorstego 1 03-09 06:55
A ElAprendiz: Medellinstego 1 03-08 08:46
A maloutim: festivités qui accompagnent cet évènementstego 1 03-08 08:25
A paura: Ajuste do brancostego 1 03-07 16:05
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  • paura Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 4704 W: 8 N: 3042] (26271)
  • [2008-03-07 15:55]
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J.Pires,
Pelo posição aqui, parece que vc estava sobre uma escada. :-)

Parece que o ajuste do branco te enganou um pouco mais a idéia foi boa. Valeu pelo esforço.

Abraço

Paulo
:-) ->

Olá José,
muito bonitos esses enfeites da cideda, e as marcas do sol no chão ficaram bem interessantes. A qualidade ficou ótima também, mesmo pra uma imagem escaneada.
Parabéns e Abraço!

My friend Jose,
Lovely image with wonderful colouration, the tilt does not bother me at all as you mentioned here but the colourful image with good displayed of light and shadows said it all as a good image presentation!
many thanks for the wonderful notes too
best regards
greeting from NZ
Tony

Oi José,
De toute beauté, uma candura! O POV, a meu ver, não podia ser melhor. A tonalidade rósea, em conseqüência dos enfeites de papel colorido, ficou um sonho! Os WS estão igualmente lindos.
Mas o mais importante é o que tudo isso significa, o esforço conjunto em busca da beleza, da perfeição. Fútil, supérfluo... poderiam alguns sentenciar. Na minha opinião, ao contrário, é o que deveríamos todos buscar sempre - a beleza, a perfeição.
Se assim fosse, o mundo seria certamente melhor.
Parabéns pela bela imagem.
MCV

Estas festas populares são sempre muito lindas e o trabalho que as pessoas põem na execução das decorações é simplesmente fantástico.
Quanto à foto, apesar de saber que é antiga, penso que está sobre-exposta e que podias ter feito melhor. A inclinação não perturba em nada e ligeira tonalidade rosa também não. Mas gostaria de ver maior contraste e cores ligeiramente mais fortes. Para mim, está pálida. Talvez as cores até estejam muito naturais mas acho que um pouquinho mais de saturação as faria sobressair do branco das paredes.
António

Bonjour Jose!
Merci de nous faire partager cette tradition portugaise dont je n'avais pas connaissance! Je comprends ta nostalgie en revoyant ces photos! C'est vraiment du beau travail qui montre comment les gens sont attachés à leur village! Puisse cette tradition perdurer et que ton papa repose en paix!
Amicalement.
Merci aussi pour les WS et les liens sur ce genre d'évènement. C'est très intéressant. Quelles sont les festivités qui accompagnent cet évènement, en plus des décorations?
Marie Louise.

Olá josé,

bonita perspectiva. O enquadramento encaminha os nossos olhos pela rua.

Júlio Jardim

What a wonderful place in which to grow up; no wonder your childhood memories are special. The work involved in creating these decorations must be immense. I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like it before. I like the dappled light on the ground making a trail to follow. The vertical composition is definitely the correct choice. I enjoyed the other images too. well done
Kath

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  • ChrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 8651 W: 916 N: 11692] (58701)
  • [2008-03-08 5:38]

Ola Jose

Wonderful colour, with superb sharpness, lighting & pov. Well done!

Hola Jose

En una ciudad de Colombia llamada Medellin, se da algo muy parecido a tu toma, durante la Feria de las Flores. Los 'silleteros' crean formas, figuras, con una gran variedad de flores, como en este tu caso.

Buena composición, bellos colores, aunque no me gusta la inclinación de la pared que se refleja a la izquierda, pero eso no resta mérito al trabajo. Muy bien.

John

OLá José Pires.
Tenho que concordar com as tua opções sobre este post.
O que mais gosto...? o POV
o que menos gosto.. ? " the washed tones" mas quanto a isso estamos conversados.
Um ab.
Rui

Olà José,

Very beautiful picture with the colours of the flowers and the white of the houses. Beautiful composition with the street wich turns.
Do trabalho bonito.
Até logo,
Roger

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  • Emile Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4349 W: 146 N: 4838] (17350)
  • [2008-03-08 12:34]

Hola Jose.
Muy linda la preparacion para celebrar la fiesta, el colorido con que presentan las calles debe de ser muy lindo ya que esta foto y tu dos WS son un ejemplo del trabajo que conlleva prepararlas y los diferentes contrastes de colores, muy buen punto de vista y marco. Veo que al escribir tu nota te pones nostalgico, es natural.
Felicitaciones.
Un fuerte abrazo.

Ola Jose
Tao perto e tao longe !...
É incrivel como estou relativamente perto de Rio Maior e nunca fui as festas do povo.
Gosto desta perspectiva com destaque para os enfeites.
Apesar de ligeiramente sobre-exposta na parte superior a foto esta excelente
Um abraço Amigo
Aires

i wasnt expecting to see people before i clicked the thumbnail... interesting compo jose, with a good perspective... the light is a bit hursh though..

cheers

korkut

(thanks for the informing mails my firend...)

A lovely shot José, the compo and framing are excellent offering an interesting view up the alleyway to the people. Great colour tones and sharpness too.
cheers
Leon

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  • Rosa Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 595 W: 142 N: 979] (4374)
  • [2008-03-09 1:44]

Bonjour Jose,
Une tres belle prise bien fleurie, les ws sont magnifiques quelle fete magnifiques , merci de nous faire partager cette tradition portugaise,
Excellent POV
Amitiés,
Rosa.
je reviens.

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  • ifanik Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1667 W: 53 N: 3156] (17531)
  • [2008-03-09 1:47]

Hi Jose
Thank you for your critigue
Very beautiful photo
Nice POV and colours
Very well done
Best regards
Nick

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  • danos Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3831 W: 85 N: 5874] (22664)
  • [2008-03-09 4:33]

Ola Jose,
nice shot of this decorated street with the name people's festival.It looks and seem interesting with the people to be drown the streets.The pink colours make it attractive and the empty streets allow us to see the depth of it.The two workshops complete the scene.Very informative your note.

Have a nice weekend,Danos

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  • belido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3492 W: 129 N: 3065] (11003)
  • [2008-03-09 6:23]

Olá José,

interessantíssima composição. Um ponto de vista bem diferente e atraente. Essa moldura natural caiu muito bem. Os detalhes estão ótimos e a luminosidade conseguida, idem! Muito bem executada. Parabéns!
Abraço,
Carlos

Hello Jose. Nicely captured of this festive mood. This is a well decorated narrow street and thanks for sharing this with useful notes. Regards. Jusni

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  • vincz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2961 W: 85 N: 5036] (17534)
  • [2008-03-09 13:54]

Et bien dis donc elle est tres tres etonnante celle-la. Une grand profondeur avec la rue qui s'en va par derriere. Des couleurs tellement douces sur toutes ses fleurs. Une tres bonne prise, tres depaysante.

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  • xuaxo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2761 W: 184 N: 2611] (4224)
  • [2008-03-09 16:25]

Olá José,
Esta foto é alegria. Foi a palavra que me surgiu assim que vi a fotografica.
Bonito retrato da festa.
Um abraço,
F

Bravo my friend Jose,
You succeeded to have a well composed
presentation with fantasy and fantastic
colours,good colours and nice balance to
the composition,
Bravo
Costantino

Oi José,
Subiste num escadote para tirar esta foto ficou dum ângulo fantástico , na altura achei muito difícil tirar fotos nestas ruas pois estava muito sol e o papel parece que aumentava a luz , os detalhes no primeiro plano ficaram muito bonitos , obrigada por falares das minhas fotos:), parabéns!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

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  • crckt Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1400 W: 68 N: 1313] (6835)
  • [2008-03-10 15:08]

Hi Jose,
A very nice POV. Beautiful work. I like the colors a lot. The atmosphere was captured wonderfully.
Well done
Shaeri

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  • adores Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2836 W: 53 N: 4185] (13741)
  • [2008-03-10 17:11]

Alô José!
Há uns bons naos que lá não vou! Gosto deste pov, mostra bem a rua, típicamente alentejana.Captaste as flores e as pessoas sentadas à porta, uma cena bem comum por lá.
Também acho que estavas um pouco alto aqui:)

Hi Jose,
Interesting composition to introduce the beautiful festival, good pov to show the artistic decorations at the corner, thanks for sharing WS photos too.
Ally

Olá José,
you did a good job on scanning but also before and maybe later with PP. The curve of the street with the good details of the decoration is really pleasant and the light spots on the pavement lead us to the people in the background. A few inches more to the left to have this one complete, that would be my wish.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

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  • mikeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1271 W: 92 N: 1550] (10238)
  • [2008-03-13 2:14]

Hello Jose,

Looking on the thumbnail I was wondering what it is:) and only after opening I realized what a great shot it is.
Amazing decorations, superb light and in result great colours.

Very well shown place during this special occasion.
Greetings
Mikeo

Hi Jose
Very nice image!Great colours,with superb sharpness,light,POV,well done.
TFS/Regards

I cant image this shot before opened it and suprising to see this colourful festival and tiny people sitting, an original composition..
Colours and sharpness are ok, thanks for the shot Jose..

daniel

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