TOMAR -THE FESTIVAL OF TRAYS PORTUGAL

THE FESTIVAL OF TRAYS TOMAR PORTUGAL

The Trays Festival is held every four years in early July.

It has origin in the Cult of the Holy Spirit , which began in the 16th century , we can see in it traces of earlier harvest festivals, in the profusion of flowers and the fact that bread and ears of wheat are present on the trays.

The Procession is the high point of the festivities, the most important of which are the Boy’s Procession, the Mordomos Procession, the decorating of the popular streets,, the Partial Processions, the popular parties and the Pêza.

The Festival starts on Easter Sunday when the Crowns

As children are not allowed to take part in the big procession

The Boy’s procession was created so that the children could have their own festival.

The Boy’s procession is an exact copy of the adults

It in held on the previous Sunday

Children from Nursery and Primary school take part.

The Trays It should be the same height as the girl who carries it.

It is decorated with paper flowers, greenery and ears of wheat

It also made up with 30 bread rools of a special size, each wighing 400 grams, threaded onto 5 or 6 canes
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The later emerge from a wicker basket, wich is wrapped in a white embroidered cloth, and on top it isfinished off with Cross of Christ or a Dove of the Holy Spiri.
The girl’s outfit consists of a long , white dress with a coloured ribbon across the front .
The boy’s one is a simple, white shirt with sleeves rolled up, dark trousers, black beret on the shoulder and a tie the same colour as the girl’s ribbon.

Next Party is in 2019