A notebook.
Your findings.

Up to six proposals of Cabeceiras, in your own order, to do it at home, in company or on a break.

2 de 6 propostas escolhidas · faça-as ao seu ritmo.

PROPOSTA 1 DE 2 · Travel through time

Try observing

Gondiães and Vilar de Cunhas · memory and landscape

A house with three granaries

At Casa de Chouzas, three 19th-century granaries stand alongside the manor house highlighted by the municipality. The group connects two functions: living and storing the harvest. Rather than looking only at the main house, it is worth recognising the importance of buildings supporting agriculture. The introduction to Vilar de Cunhas places this heritage in a landscape of plateau and mountain, shaped by farming and pastoralism. House and granaries can be read in that working context, although the source does not detail each property’s production. The house’s dating is less firm: the municipality presents it as perhaps 19th-century, while assigning the granaries to the 19th century. That difference should remain visible. The photograph accompanying the reading shows the portal, not the three granaries. The heritage reference does not confirm access to the group.

Vamos experimentar?

1. Look at the photo of the portal and list only the elements you can see.
2. Compared to the three granaries mentioned in the text: what depends on the written description?
3. Imagine a caption that distinguishes the frame of the photograph from the remaining patrimonial set.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Sources of this proposal

• Municipality — Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas, landscape, heritage and craftsConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07

My findings

An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.

PROPOSTA 2 DE 2 · Crafts and memories

What's changed in tradition?

Jogo do Pau · historical context

Fairs had a side of conflict too

The inventory recalls confrontations at fairs and pilgrimages, in a rural setting where the staff served as support and defence. It distinguishes that past from the cultural practice of demonstrations. Understanding this change lets us see Jogo do Pau as a tradition that adapted to communities and times. The record connects the transformation with changes in rural society and transmission between generations. In demonstrations, it highlights training, attention and decision-making. The schools of Abadim and Bucos appear as places of learning in the inventory process. The same object gains a different social setting: knowing its history includes understanding why people practise and how they learn.

Vamos experimentar?

1. It makes two columns: context of conflict and cultural presentation.
2. Note what changes in purpose and what continues to depend on learning.
3. Distinguish the story told in the inventory of a training announcement or current show.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

Open a história e os seus recursos →

Sources of this proposal

• MatrixPCI — Cabeceiras de Basto Stick Game, INPCI_2023_016Consultation/revision: 2026-11-07

My findings

An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.