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The third week in June
sees the festas juninas , mainly for children, who dress up in straw
hats and checked shirts and release paper balloons with candles
attached (to provide the hot air), causing anything from a fright to
a major conflagration when they land.
Elections and the World Cup Soccer are usually excuses for impromptu
celebrations, too, while official celebrations, with military
parades and patriotic speeches, take place on September 7
(Independence Day) and November 15, the anniversary of the
declaration of the Republic.
In towns and rural areas you may well stumble across a dia de festa
, the day of the local patron saint. It is all very simple: the
image of the saint is paraded through the town, with a band and
firecrackers, a thanksgiving mass is celebrated, and then everyone
turns to the secular pleasures of the fair, the market and the
bottle. In Belém this tradition reaches its fullest expression in
the Cirio on the second Sunday of October, when crowds of over a
million follow the procession of the image of Nossa Senhora de
Nazaré, but most festas are small-scale, small-town events.
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In recent years many towns have created new festivals, usually
glorified industrial fairs or agricultural shows . Often these
events are named after the local areas' most important product such
as the Festa Nacional do Frango e do Peru (chickens and turkeys).
Occasionally these local government creations can be worth attending
as some promote local popular culture as well as industry. One of
the best is Pomerode's annual Festa Pomerana which takes place in
the first half of January and has done much to encourage the
promotion of local German traditions.
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