Flowers' festival in Portugal is breathtakingly beautiful
The Flowers’ Festival also known as People’s Festival (Festas do Povo / Festas das Flores in Portuguese) is currently adorning the streets of Campo Maior in Alentejo, Portugal. (Picture Courtesy: http://www.wheretwogoto.com/)- As the pictures depict, there is a certain element of surreal in the flowers that embellish the streets.
- The visitors are charge €4 and provided with a map where the paper flowers are adorned.
- By looking up at the sky one can see countless paper flowers, which create an amazing view.
- The beauty of the festival lies in the fact that each individual contributes to the collective effort to create a work of fun and beauty.
- The event however does not take place periodically. The locals decide on a date and start planning and working towards it.
- The residents have put in four months of hard work to create this masterpeice.
- According to reports, the local residents have put in efforts in making these flower and that is most important part of this festival — how much effort people put in it. You’ll be dazzled by the art of paperwork at every corner you turn.
- There are garlands and canopies of ornate paper flowers bedecking houses, roads and even churches.
- It is one of the most incredible paper-art spectacles ever.
- All the streets are dressed in paper flowers, each one with a theme, be it jasmin, tulips, poppy, rose or orchid.
The Flowers’ Festival also known as People’s Festival (Festas do Povo / Festas das Flores in Portuguese) is currently adorning the streets of Campo Maior in Alentejo, Portugal. (Picture Courtesy: http://www.wheretwogoto.com/)
Flowers' festival in Portugal is breathtakingly beautiful
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