The biggest and best festival in Porto, São João Porto
OLLA! On June 23, the biggest festival of the year, Sao João Porto 2015, kicked off in Porto, the second largest city in Portugal. As the name is St. John’s Festival, one wonders if it is a festival of religious nature, but in fact, it can be said to be the best festival in Portugal for ‘eating, drinking and enjoying’.
However, this festival is said to be a traditional festival that has been going on for over 6 centuries. It is also a long-term festival lasting for about a month and a half from May 23 to July 4. But the highlight of São João (Saint John) is above all midnight on June 23-24! Through this article, I would like to vividly convey the night of the festival where Porto citizens and spectators come together to form a sea of
A view of the festival preparations from the Dom Luis Bridge On the afternoon of June 23, before the full-scale festival began, I went to the city early to feel the spirit of the festival as soon as possible. Ribeira, the main street of the festival, already seems to be bustling with food vendors and people. I couldn’t bear to take pictures, but in fact there were so many people that I couldn’t even go in at night. I jumped through the crowd to get down to the Ribeira and got stuck. People enjoying the Saojuang Festival During the day, large and small events continued throughout the city. Street performances were easier to find than usual, and people of all ages enjoyed the festival by dancing to the music.
Street food stalls and people
In the evening, there were more people on the streets, so I looked around to see what food and goods were being sold. And then I really regretted not buying that hammer. Because people with hammers will attack anyone in front with their hammers. I also witnessed my friends attacking a police officer with a hammer. That’s why foreigners seemed to be more interesting(?) subjects. I gifted hair to everyone from grandfathers to babies. However, even if it was a stranger attack, I didn’t feel bad. Thanks to this hammer attack, everyone in the city seemed to be friends, so it felt very good.
Sao João’s It item, Hammer
On June 23, when the Sao João Festival begins, people of all ages start attacking with plastic hammers. There are many vendors selling hammers on the street, and many people buy hammers. Blowing the hammer is also part of the festival. In fact, some people say that hitting the head with a hammer is a good-luck tradition, but we don’t know how the hammer got started because Porto people do it every year. The custom of hitting a hammer introduced (?) in the 20th century is said to be the idea of the president of a plastics company.
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