The celebration of the Festa do Santo Menino (Holy Toddler's Festival), an event that takes place in the first day of the year at Tó, a village in the

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The celebration of the Festa do Santo Menino (Holy Toddler's Festival), an event that takes place in the first day of the year at Tó, a village in the Norteastnern corner of Portugal, and that traces it's origins to the pre-christian fertility festivals of winter solstice. In it three characters (Farandulo, Rapaz, Sércia) will roam the village's streets doing a Good versus Evil performance.

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Size: 5479px × 3645px
Location: Mogadouro, Portugal
Photo credit: © João Almeida / Alamy / Afripics
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