Crowds in Tomar during the traditional Festa dos Tabuleiros (Festival of the Trays). Portugal

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Tomar holds the traditional Festa dos Tabuleiros (Festival of the Trays). It takes place every four years in July The festival has its origins in the worship of the Holy Spirit, girls who carry the trays have to wear long white dresses with a coloured sash across the chest. They are helped by boys, who also wear a formal costume, white shirts with rolled-up sleeves, dark trousers, a black tasselled cap and a tie matching the girl´s sash. The tabuleiro (tray headdress), which must be of the same height as the girl, is made up of 30 loaves of bread, specially shaped and each weighing 400 grams, threaded at equal spaces on 5 or 6 canes. The canes are tied to a wicker basket, and at the top there is a Crown with the Cross of Christ or the Dove of the Holy Ghost. The decoration is completed by paper flowers, greenery and wheat sheaves.

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Location: Tomar Portugal
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