I’m back from Andorra and already at another festival in Portugal, this time a very local one: Moreira Folkfest, promoting folk dance and music. Organized by Grupo Regional de Moreira da Maia, this is the 9th edition of the folk festival with two national groups and five other countries participating. Today the groups were from Belarus, Israel, Costa Rica, and Colombia (Slovakia ended up withdrawing).
Portugal: Grupo Regional de Moreira da Maia, Grupo Folclórico “Modas da Nossa Terra” (Terceira Island in the Azores)
Colombia: Artística Cacica Dulima
Costa Rica: Compañía Folclórica Luz de las Candilejas
Belarus: Kryzhachok Belarusian State University
Israel: Ensemble Shalom
I’m working on the photos — they’re all nightshots so they’ll need editing. As per usual, performance lighting and white balance is brutal. Meanwhile, I’ve compiled all 11 videos that Paulo shot into a playlist below.
July 25, 2015
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