Explaining a religious and cultural celebration

1. STREAMS OF CULTURE
S.Martinho Day
Cultural or religious
celebration?
PORTUGAL

2. A different celebration – why?
This is such an important
celebration that last year,
On 11th November
because it was 11-11-11, even
everyone in Portugal
Google celebrated it with
celebrate
this Doodle…
S.Martinho’s Day
In this celebration
Religion, Culture and
Tradition
get together! … do you understand it?

3. We chose this celebration
because…
While in Primary we always celebrate it at
school and we love it!
We learn a lot about our
and our culture!
By celebrating this kind of traditions we understand better
how Religion is connected with Traditions and together with
other things we build our Culture.

4. Characteristics of the celebration
Portugal is a great producer of wine
and around middle November it’s
time to taste the new wine produced
around the end of September.
In November, in the
North of Portugal, big
and old chestnut trees are
giving away their fruit.
This is a time of ABUNDANCE and people celebrate it TOGETHER
and
SHARE!

5. ORIGIN–a day named after a
Saint
• 316 aC- He was born in Panonia
region(where Hungary is
nowadays).
• His father was a Roman soldier.
• When he was only 15 he was forced
to be one of the Emperor’s soldiers.
397 aC - S. Martinho dies in Candes,
near Tours (where he was a
• In 337 aC, when he was going to bishop for more than 25 years).
France, the so called Miracle
happened
• On 11th November he is buried.

6. ORIGIN–the legend behind a
man’s life
There is a special moment
always referred to when
describing Saint Martin’s
life which is the reason for
this celebration.
(Click the video button to know all
about S.Martinho Legend)

7. Customs and Traditions
There isn’t a specific program for
this celebration nor special
decorations.
Only when children are in
Primary school they make a lot
of Arts and Crafts using real
chestnuts or other decorations TRADITIONAL CUISINE
related to this legend and use Apart from the chestnuts and the wine
them to decorate their there aren’t traditional dishes for this
classrooms or school. celebration.
Around this time of the year people in
villages also kill the pigs they bread for
the whole family and friends to eat.
That’s why, in some parts of Portugal,
people tend to cook dishes with pork
meat and chestnuts together.

8. Customs and Traditions
Regional Differences
There aren’t really significant
differences among regions when
celebrating S. Martinho.
In most of the places in Portugal Beliefs and Predictions
people organize a way to eat As in the legend, people believe that
together in their neighbourhood, sometime in the middle of Autumn
school, family or just among there will come at least 3 days of pure
friends, drink some wine and eat a Summer (and most of the years that is
lot, especially really good and so) where they can profit from the sun
warm roasted chestnuts. again.
Also farmers believe that this is a
good prediction for the future crops.
STREAMS OF CULTURE
Presentation of our school and city

9. Students’ Point of View

10. Students’ Point of View
We particularly like MAGUSTO that is the part where we prepare and
eat the roasted chestnuts and play or sing: