# 2 carnival in lazarim

This year we escaped the imported Portuguese carnival parades and spent Shrove Tuesday (or Mardi Gras) in Lazarim, a small village near Lamego, where Entrudo is still celebrated in an authentic and traditional way. Men and women disguise themselves by putting on locally hand carved wooden masks and parading through the village after which follows the reading of a will in the village's main square. The will is written in  rimming verses that publicly scorn and curse the young boys and girls of Lazarim. Here are some acceptable verses from this year's readings:

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Andas sempre a pregar que das raparigas não tens medo,

piroca tu não tens, nem sabes dar uso ao dedo
...
Os 23mm não te saiem do pensamento,
por isso, se eu fosse burro deixava-te o meu instrumento
...
Vamos deixar esta menina que nos deixou à toua,
vamos agora tirar as peneiras à Ana Rita de Lisboa. 


Benvinda Ana Rita ao nosso testamento, 
Queres alguma da terra, ou é o nosso presentimento?


E a ti menina Ana Rita o que te havemos de deixar?
Deixamos-te o rabo do burro para o teu poderes descansar. 

The whole ritual ends with a delicious feast of bean stew and cornflour soup made by the women and served to everyone who participated and came to visit. 

PS: this was on my list!!