Missed the hammerfest last night, but made it to the Festa de S. João in the neighboring village of S. João de Sobrado today for the Procissão de S. João. (Procession of St. John) and the Dança Entrada de Mour e Bugios (Dancing Entrance of the Moors and the Bugios). The event is a parade, half religious and half, if I understand it correctly, a celebration of the role played by the Bugios in the defeat of the Moors in Portugal during the Middle Ages.
No one I spoke to today had a clear idea of exactly who or what the Bugios were, or what role they played in defeating the Moors, but in the Dança Entrada de Mour e Bugios segment of the parade the Bugios were represented by a hundred or so men dressed in bright red costumes and a variety of festive masks. The program stated that both the Bugios and the Moors would 'enter dancing', but I couldn't tell who was supposed to be a Moor since they all wore essentially the same bright red military-style costume. Maybe the distinction was in the masks since I doubt that a Moor ever wore a bright red military uniform.
An image of the religious portion of the parade. The icon is S. João.
The crowd joined the parade behind the religious procession.
And finally, the dancing Bugios entered.
Today pushed the limits of the Coolpix 5000 when shooting the Bugios who didn't exactly 'dance' but trotted. Two things make this Nikon model difficult to use for live events. There is a frustrating delay between depressing the shutter release and capturing the image (which means you capture what takes place after you hit the shutter release) and then it takes several seconds to write the image to the removeable card or disk (especially true when shooting at high resolution).
If the assignment is a one-shot proposition, rent a Nikon D1 or equivalent system.
No one I spoke to today had a clear idea of exactly who or what the Bugios were, or what role they played in defeating the Moors, but in the Dança Entrada de Mour e Bugios segment of the parade the Bugios were represented by a hundred or so men dressed in bright red costumes and a variety of festive masks. The program stated that both the Bugios and the Moors would 'enter dancing', but I couldn't tell who was supposed to be a Moor since they all wore essentially the same bright red military-style costume. Maybe the distinction was in the masks since I doubt that a Moor ever wore a bright red military uniform.
An image of the religious portion of the parade. The icon is S. João.
The crowd joined the parade behind the religious procession.
And finally, the dancing Bugios entered.
Today pushed the limits of the Coolpix 5000 when shooting the Bugios who didn't exactly 'dance' but trotted. Two things make this Nikon model difficult to use for live events. There is a frustrating delay between depressing the shutter release and capturing the image (which means you capture what takes place after you hit the shutter release) and then it takes several seconds to write the image to the removeable card or disk (especially true when shooting at high resolution).
If the assignment is a one-shot proposition, rent a Nikon D1 or equivalent system.
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