Gigantones on the streets of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, in August, during Senhora da Agonia festivities


Important celebrations are held in the Viana region where the gaiteiros bag pipers and Zés pereiras drum players are present in very large groups and are generally associated with the gigantones and cabeçudos where they march together in a procession Gigantic and deformed figures that vary in size and ornamentation depending on the makers taste originating from a traditional cermony


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