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Os Maios

The Maios

Spring is here, so it’s time to learn about the Portuguese tradition of “Os Maios”!

  • No dia 1 de maio, On the first day of May
  • é comum ver-se à porta das casas de todo o país, it is common to see at the door of homes all over the country,
  • mas especialmente no Algarve e na região Norte, but especially in the Algarve and in the North region,
  • figuras feitas de palha e trapos. figures made of straw and rags.
  • São chamados Maios. They are called Maios.
  • Esta celebração da chegada da primavera This celebration of the arrival of spring
  • e da fertilidade dos campos and of the fertility of the fields
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Vocabulary
arrancarto rip, pull out, start atualmentecurrently, nowadays o bonecodoll, puppet a chegadaarrival a coroacrown, wreath homenagemhomage, tribute, honour a palhachaff pestanejarto blink a primaveraspring quotidianaeveryday, ordinary raparigagirl o sorrisosmile noun a sátirasatire os traposrags
Expressions
por sua vezin turn, on the other hand
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