The roads filled for the fair
The journey was part of the gathering.
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The 1956 account describes people arriving along the roads, by bus and by train. Alameda do Sêco and the garden of Praça da República concentrated the bustle. Products and blankets from Barroso joined the fair: the gathering connected territories and transport.
In the excerpts collected by the Museum, the fair was also an occasion to display animals and wear new clothes. The text evokes pairs of oxen decorated with flowers on their way to the livestock competition, and lists aprons, scarves, skirts, blouses and slippers. The celebration combined work, trade and public display.
It is a journalistic description, with expressive language and its own view of people. It helps us imagine the atmosphere, but does not count arriving visitors or allow every habit described to be treated as universal.
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Fabrics and work: where did the pieces come from?
Fabrics leaving the village →Footwear and trade: other fair knowledge
Two ox cars full of shoes →At the table: gestures and flavors of the encounter
New chestnuts and clay mugs →
Source and context
Basto Land Museum — archive, page 4: Saint Michael of old, publication of 26/09/2024
Accessed: . Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.