{"id":1710,"date":"2023-07-17T11:15:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2023-08-22T13:44:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T13:44:03","slug":"festa-de-santo-antonio-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/2023\/07\/17\/festa-de-santo-antonio-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Festa de Santo Antonio (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"youtube-embed ye-container\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yhDKgo8uMg8\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Festa de Santo Antonio Lisboa 2023\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In Lisboa, June is the month of Festas de Santos Populares. There are a lot of neighborhood parties, with booths for food and drink in public squares. Santo Antonio is the patron saint of Lisboa with the biggest celebration. \nSanto Antonio was born in Lisboa and is also known as Santo Antonio de Padua, where he did his saintly work. He is the patron saint of marriage.\nIn 2023, June 12 was the festival day and the church procession happened on June 13. We went to Lisboa on June 12 to see all the people in costumes and funny hats and watch the parade on Avenue da Liberdade. \nThe parade is a series of performances. The neighborhoods compete and perform a dance program for several grandstands along the parade route. Also part of the parade are the sixteen couples who got married on this day, expenses paid by the city.\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-07-17T10:16:40Z\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/yhDKgo8uMg8\/default.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yhDKgo8uMg8\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"isFamilyFriendly\" content=\"true\" \/>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yhDKgo8uMg8?modestbranding=1&rel=0&color=white\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Lisboa, June is a whole month of Festas de Santos Populares. There are a lot of neighborhood parties, with booths for food and drink in public squares. Grilled sardines is the signature dish, but there is plenty of other street food too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santo Antonio is the patron saint of Lisboa and he has the biggest celebration. He was born in Lisboa and is also known as Santo Antonio de Padua (Italy), where he died in 1231.  In Portugal, he is known as the patron saint of marriage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Lisboa, June 12 is the party day and the church procession happens on June 13, his death date and an official holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went to Lisboa on June 12 to see all the people in costumes and funny hats and watch the nighttime parade on Avenida da Liberdade. The parade is a series of performances. The neighborhoods compete and perform a dance program for several grandstands along the parade route. Also part of the parade are the sixteen couples who got married on this day in the Lisbon Cathedral, expenses paid by the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tradition of a mass wedding has its roots in the 17th century and was revived in the 1950s to help poor couples afford to marry. Read more about Saint Anthony in this <a href=\"https:\/\/portugaltravelguide.com\/saint-anthony-lisbon\/\">Portugal Travel Guide article<\/a> or in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthony_of_Padua\">Wikipedia<\/a> (some of the facts differ!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funny hats include sardine hats, Super Bock and Sagres clown hats, wedding veils, and green fuzzy wigs. I wondered if the green wigs had to do with the tradition of giving a basil plant to one&#8217;s beloved. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluaubergine.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/festa-de-santo-antonio.html\">This article<\/a> confirms my guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-32-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-32-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-32-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-32-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-32-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-32-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-32-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On Avenida da Liberdade, we waited for the night-time parade for the Santo Ant\u00f3nio Festival. Many funny hats in the crowd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-28-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1663\" style=\"width:840px;height:560px\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-28-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-28-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-28-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-28-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-28-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arriving at Castelo S\u00e3o Jorge for the Festa de Santo Antonio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-30-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-30-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-30-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-30-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-30-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-30-2048x1280.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A drumming group with props. They passed through Rossio Square while we ate dinner, prelude to the big parade of Festa de Santo Antonio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-31-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-31-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-31-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-31-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-31-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.transitorythoughts.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jun2023-31-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Super Bock beer reigns with this crowd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Lisboa, June is a whole month of Festas de Santos Populares. 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