🧐 Want to learn more about the traditions surrounding the celebrations of Saint Anthony - the Patron Saint of the city of Lisbon - don't miss my dedicated post to find out all you need to know on the subject in only 4 minutes!
🗓 Don't forget that 13 June is a public holiday in Lisbon (to help you recover from the previous day's festivities) 🤪
🎉 Ask for the full programme for the 2023 edition ➡️ here for visits, arraiais (neighbourhood parties), concerts, the famous marchas populares, open-air cinema... and many other ideas for outings.
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The 5 lucky winners of the 2023 Sardine Reproduction Competition have already been announced 🏆 - the sardine is one of the emblems of the Lisbon festivities, along with the manjerico (a small plant of fresh basil):
- 3,267 proposals received from 64 countries,
- the winners included 5 portuguese sardines and 1 brazilian sardine,
- The designers of the 5 winning sardines each received a prize worth €1,500,
- This year's theme was "Abril, Sardinhas Mil" (April, Sardines, A Thousand),
- If you're curious, you can find out more about the winning sardines (from left to right):
🐟 nº1: Tiago Távora Veras has created the Sardine São Vicente - which takes its inspiration from 15th-century Portuguese art, with the panels of the Adoration of São Vicente (a polyptych made up of six panels painted in the 1450s) inside the belly of a sardine.
🐟 nº2: Where's Kitty? by Rita Martelo was inspired by the work of British illustrator Martin Handford, author of Where's Wally? It shows Lisbon's festivities, from the Castle to the sardine-filled Cais das Colunas. In an allegorical tone, it illustrates the diversity of the city's population celebrating Saint Anthony. The little black cat Kitty is not easy to find among the balloons, beer, music and colours that characterise the popular saints' season.
🐟 nº3: Luís Gil decided to transform the painting The Son of Man into a meeting between Fernando Pessoa and René Magritte. Instead of the green apple covering the man's face, there is a sardine, which replaces Fernando Pessoa's nose and moustache, a characteristic Lisbon figure.
🐟 nº4: Eliza Borkowska travelled to Japan and presented Sardine-Sushi. The illustration features pieces of sushi and two red chopsticks in the shape of the Portuguese's most famous fish.
🐟 nº5: Marta Dias has bet on celebrating the culture and memory of the Portuguese people, presenting a sweet rice pudding, decorated with cinnamon, in a clay bowl. Arroz doce (rice pudding) is a key dessert in traditional Portuguese cuisine.
🚌 Where can you spot these 5 specimens? In June, the winning sardines will be on display inside Lisbon's buses. Enjoy your fishing! 🎣