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The exhibition “Nativity Scenes of Portugal” has been recording, year after year, successive records in the number of pieces on display, as well as in the number of participating artisans, coming from all over the country, from North to South. This growing trend has remained steady throughout recent years, confirming Vila do Conde’s event as a national reference in this field.
As the National Handicraft Fair of Vila do Conde is considered the event that offers the greatest visibility to Portuguese artisans - contributing decisively to the promotion, dissemination, and sale of traditional crafts - the organization has been promoting this initiative not only as a way to encourage artisanal production but also as an alternative proposal for Christmas gifts.
Inseparable from our collective memory, the Nativity Scene goes far beyond the act of Faith represented by the Holy Family.
The first nativity scene in the world is said to have been created in clay by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1223. That year, instead of celebrating Christmas Eve in the church, as he usually did, the Saint chose to do so in the forest of Greccio, where he set up a manger with an ox and a donkey to better explain the meaning of Christmas to common people—peasants who struggled to understand the story of Jesus’ birth. The custom spread throughout the great Cathedrals, Churches, and Monasteries of Europe during the Middle Ages and quickly extended to different cultures.
Unlike what is found in other countries, the so-called Traditional Portuguese Nativity Scene is composed of very diverse figures. Except for the Holy Family (Saint Joseph, the Virgin Mary, and the Baby Jesus), the shepherds, and the Three Wise Men, all other figures appear in the Traditional Portuguese Nativity Scene to give a “more Portuguese” representation to the Nativity story.
From region to region, details and materials were added according to local customs and traditions.
Today, it is difficult to list such diversity, but in Vila do Conde, at the Nativity Scenes of Portugal Exhibition/Sale, variety is certainly guaranteed.
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The exhibition “Nativity Scenes of Portugal” has been recording, year after year, successive records in the number of pieces on display, as well as in the number of participating artisans, coming from all over the country, from North to South. This growing trend has remained steady throughout recent years, confirming Vila do Conde’s event as a national reference in this field.
As the National Handicraft Fair of Vila do Conde is considered the event that offers the greatest visibility to Portuguese artisans - contributing decisively to the promotion, dissemination, and sale of traditional crafts - the organization has been promoting this initiative not only as a way to encourage artisanal production but also as an alternative proposal for Christmas gifts.
Inseparable from our collective memory, the Nativity Scene goes far beyond the act of Faith represented by the Holy Family.
The first nativity scene in the world is said to have been created in clay by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1223. That year, instead of celebrating Christmas Eve in the church, as he usually did, the Saint chose to do so in the forest of Greccio, where he set up a manger with an ox and a donkey to better explain the meaning of Christmas to common people—peasants who struggled to understand the story of Jesus’ birth. The custom spread throughout the great Cathedrals, Churches, and Monasteries of Europe during the Middle Ages and quickly extended to different cultures.
Unlike what is found in other countries, the so-called Traditional Portuguese Nativity Scene is composed of very diverse figures. Except for the Holy Family (Saint Joseph, the Virgin Mary, and the Baby Jesus), the shepherds, and the Three Wise Men, all other figures appear in the Traditional Portuguese Nativity Scene to give a “more Portuguese” representation to the Nativity story.
From region to region, details and materials were added according to local customs and traditions.
Today, it is difficult to list such diversity, but in Vila do Conde, at the Nativity Scenes of Portugal Exhibition/Sale, variety is certainly guaranteed.
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