Nazaré Local Customs

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Lucrecia Raffa (Argentina) &
Sharon Pullar (USA)

It's a tradition in Nazaré. Local ladies Sun dry their carapaus ("Trachurus trachurus").

According to my pocket dictionary, "carapau" translates into english as "small saurel" or "stickleback".

The Carapaus generally take one or two days to be full dried.

Sales to tourists are appreciated. 1 Euro buys one dozen Sun dried Carapaus.

I guess Sun drying fish is an ancient tradition that nowadays is still kept alive to store inexpensive food at home. Well, at least the local Nazaré ladies say this tradition has been in use for generations back.

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	Tradition Tip Rating:

Updated By solopes

on September 2, 2008

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Tradition is fading in Nazaré, but, if you look carefully, it's still present, specially in the old people. And that is because the fading is the result of the new opportunities of live, not for loosing respect and the love of that tradition. Nazaré is struggling to preserve its unique culture, and, I appreciate that effort, though, sometimes, we easily understand that they are only performing for visitors.

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	Taking a nap when customers are off. Tip Rating:

Updated By MarioPortugal

on September 8, 2006

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taking a nap (pic's author
unknown!)

There's nothing like a good rest when customers are off.

Funny. Look closer. Even the dog is tired! :-)

This photo was sent to me over the Internet by a good friend of mine. The pic's author is unknown !!

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	Black widows Tip Rating:

Updated By rexvaughan

on November 9, 2006

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Multi-petticoats

Some would say these ladies dress for tourists, but the age of the lady we saw makes me believe that was not the case with her. It was evidently the custom in the past for women to wait on the beach for their fishermen and, as it can be windy and chilly at oceanfront, they would wear as many as seven petticoats so that they could use them to wrap their limbs and heads in for warmth. It was also the custom for widows to wear black for the rest of their lives. The lady we saw obviously had on several petticoats which made her skirt sort of balloon out. She was elderly and wearing black but we are not sure if she was a widow.

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	Lota Tip Rating:

Updated By solopes

on September 2, 2008

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99...98...97...95...95...94... Chuí. Sold by 94 to that man in the second row. And the basket of fish was replaced by the next one, until the end of that day's catch.

Now, the "Lota" is closed, and that show is not available anymore. But the place was preserved, and is now used as a cultural center. Good idea. I saw books and computers around, but forgive me, I only really saw those steps were for decades beat the earth of the people, and started the spreading of fresh fish to the area.

At the door, a woman looks at the sea and waits. But to make entire justice to Nazaré's women, a couple more female figures should be added running with baskets in their heads to the markets.

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	Market days Tip Rating:

By rexvaughan

on November 9, 2006

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Market along the Avenida da
Republica

Market days bring vendors of all kinds to the main center of the lower town. They line Avineda da Republica and along the Pracas Arriaga and Praca Sousa Oliveira. Here you can find clothing of all types, olives, nuts and other foodstuffs. It has an authentic feel as the kiosks and tents are staffed by older ladies and the things like nuts and olives are not pre-packaged. I read that these markets take place every day except Monday

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	Drying Fish Tip Rating:

Updated By solopes

on September 2, 2008

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Once a large activity, the racks of drying fish in the sand almost disappeared, since the closing of the "Lota". But in front of the new cultural center (performed?...) you still may see how it is done, and imagine the look, the smell (the flies) of the large area they once used in that work. Would you believe me if I say that I never tasted that dried fish?

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	Women in Black Tip Rating:

By ajphilly

on June 11, 2005

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Women wear black everyday when they believe that they are old. This tradition is slowly dying out as less women practice this tradition.

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	How to wear 7 skirts? One on the other, in Nazaré!

By lichinga

on April 16, 2003

Nazaré has been celebrated for its peculiar inhabitants: fishermen using a traditional collective way of fishing and women dressing 7-layer skirts. Some of them still exist! But the village has been transformed completely and the atmosphere you experience is definitely different from the initial expectations.