Podence is internationally known for its tradition of Careto or Caretos, during the festivities of Carnival when gangs of masked youths terrorize young girls and rob the cellars of the village.
podence, macedo, cavaleiros, portuguese, footballer, daniel, podence, podence, former, civil, parish, municipality, concelho, macedo, cavaleiros, portugal, 2013, parish, merged, into, parish, podence, santa, combinha, population, 2011, area, podencecivil, pari. For Portuguese footballer see Daniel Podence Podence is a former civil parish in the municipality concelho of Macedo de Cavaleiros Portugal In 2013 the parish merged into the new parish Podence e Santa Combinha 1 The population in 2011 was 250 2 in an area of 14 44 km2 3 PodenceCivil parishPodenceLocation in PortugalCoordinates 41 35 31 N 6 55 34 W 41 592 N 6 926 W 41 592 6 926Country PortugalRegionNorteIntermunic comm Terras de Tras os MontesDistrictBragancaMunicipalityMacedo de CavaleirosArea Total14 44 km2 5 58 sq mi Population 2011 Total250 Density17 km2 45 sq mi Time zoneUTC 00 00 WET Summer DST UTC 01 00 WEST Podence is internationally known for its tradition of Careto or Caretos during the festivities of Carnival when gangs of masked youths terrorize young girls and rob the cellars of the village See also editAzibo Reservoir Protected LandscapeReferences edit Diario da Republica Law nr 11 A 2013 pages 552 64 65 PDF in Portuguese Retrieved 9 July 2014 Instituto Nacional de Estatistica EurostatExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Podence Podence in azibo org Careto s Tradition Article by Jose Paulo Carvalho Pereira in azibo org February 2006 University of Louisville Department of Anthropology Carnival of Podence in Portuguese Endless energy of the Caretos in Portuguese nbsp This Braganca location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Podence Macedo de Cavaleiros amp oldid 1219000854, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
