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.
Flowers' festival in Portugal is breathtakingly beautiful