#portugalia

[tamurakafkaposts]

And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions.

Sándor Márai, Embers

[grusik]

Bragança - street art "Gineta" by Bordalo II, 2015 Bordalo II is an artist, born in Lisbon, who creates large installations from trash collected on the streets. by jaime.silva

[witekspicsoldpostcards2]

PORTUGAL <--> BRAZIL => commemorative post card

[witekspicsoldpostcards]

MADEIRA / MADERA / Portugal

[witekspicsbanknotes]

100 ESCUDOS -> PORTUGAL => commemorative note for collectors with CRISTIANO RONALDO.

[budapest77-hu]

Nagyon szép ez a vidék, Portugália déli végében. Faro, Tavira, Sao Bras környéke. Van római kori út és virágzik a mandula.

[septentrrional]

Lisbon, Portugal

[hallowedresonance]

Consistent with her position as a midwife, Joana Baptista's illicit healing practices focused on the maladies of childhood. Among the superstitious curing rituals she was said to perform was the following, meant to extract sickness from patients who were, of necessity, quite small and therefore very young: Joana Baptista cured children by passing them through a special circular loaf of bread, called a rosca. The loaf was formed by twisting and braiding together three long strings of dough. This particular bread dough was to be made from flour provided from the households of three different woman, each named Maria. Once the dough had been baked into a big wreath or hoop, Joana Baptista would pass the ill child through this "rosca de três Marias" three times in an unbroken sequence, all the while reciting a special incantation which addressed the sickness or disorder in question.

"The Role and Practices of the Female Folk Healer (Curandeira, Saludadora and Parteira) in the Early Modern Portuguese Atlantic World." — Timothy Walker