1000s Of Handmade Paper Flowers Cover The Streets Of Alentejo, Portugal
After four years, The Flowers’ Festival also known as People’s Festival (Festas do Povo / Festas das Flores in Portuguese) is back to the streets of Campo Maior in Alentejo, Portugal (22-30 August). The most astonishing part of this festival is how much effort people put in it. That’s the most outstanding reason why you should join this festival. You’ll be dazzled by the art of paperwork at every corner you turn.
It is said that the residents had worked on this masterpiece for 4 months (only??). By looking up to the sky, through the countless paper flowers, all I could read was meticulousness, patience, sleepless hours, family members skipping a meal for the sake of finishing decorating a street.
It is in the heart of Alentejo (the largest Portuguese region).
This is not the kind of event that happens periodically. This is the kind of event where the residents of the municipality decide together upon a date and start planning and working on it – the real community work and lesson of democracy books are praising (now we know why it is also called The People’s Festival).
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It won't happen in August in that region. It will be practically between 30-40 degrees. No way it's gonna rain there.
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Absolutely stunning. It's amazing how the use of bold colors and repetition can make something as simple as paper flowers looks so beautiful in the streets of Portugal.
Very beautiful,! But I hope these are reused from year to year, recycled and the paper responsibly resourced from sustainable forests. Paper was incredibly expensive and rare even two hundred years ago. Now we take paper for granted and forget that all our products use precious resources. I love Bored Panda but any of the entries give me pause as an environmentalist.
It won't happen in August in that region. It will be practically between 30-40 degrees. No way it's gonna rain there.
Load More Replies... Absolutely stunning. It's amazing how the use of bold colors and repetition can make something as simple as paper flowers looks so beautiful in the streets of Portugal.
Very beautiful,! But I hope these are reused from year to year, recycled and the paper responsibly resourced from sustainable forests. Paper was incredibly expensive and rare even two hundred years ago. Now we take paper for granted and forget that all our products use precious resources. I love Bored Panda but any of the entries give me pause as an environmentalist.
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