About two weeks ago I received this very pretty card showing the striped buildings of Costa Nova in Portugal. But the back was just as much a delight because there I found these stamps.
They are three of a set of eight all illustrating various masks used in celebrations, mainly in the Bragança area, in the north of Portugal. The central one shows the wooden mask used in Entrudo at Lazarim. Entrudo is held on the last day before Lent and is the same as Mardi Gras or Carnaval.
This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"
I especially loved the first one with the great colors. Hope you have a great rest of the weekend.
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Why are most masks scary? Maybe to scare the devil away?
ReplyDeleteGood group. I should have checked Spain and Portugal.
ReplyDeletePretty houses, never seen these, and would have never guessed they were Portuguese. Masques are fascinating things.
ReplyDeleteThe masks would be a good subject for postcards.
ReplyDeleteReally neat set of stamps. They really remind me of Marti Gras.Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteAnn
Nice! But the most effective masks are the behavioral masks, when you act as a different person...:)
ReplyDeleteI love this postcard. Very colorful.
ReplyDeleteI hope you could join us too every Wednesday at Postcard Perfect. Thanks!
These houses are too cute and colorful...they remind me of some of the bright and pretty "painted ladies" as our San Francisco Victorians are called.
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