Fogaceiras Festival - Santa Maria da Feira

Fogaceiras Festival in Santa Maria da Feira

January 20, 2023

The Fogaceiras Festival is a traditional folk festival in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.

Over five centuries old, this ancient tradition revives the community's vow to Saint Sebastian to rid the region of the plague. Thus, annually on January 20, the Fogaça is delivered to the saint, preserving the tradition.

Local legend has it that, for four years, the tradition was broken and the plague returned. Faced with this event, the population still strictly fulfills the vow and revives one of the country's oldest traditions.

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