VILAR DE PERDIZES LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT AGAIN WITH MUSIC, FIRE AND THE MYSTICISM OF THE QUEIMADA
Canal N – Notícias – Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro30 August 2026 at 11:54
Hundreds of people gathered in Vilar de Perdizes on Saturday night for one of the most anticipated moments of the 40th Congress of Popular Medicine, a celebration that brought together music, theatre, fire and traditional rituals. The night began with the performance of Albaluna, who brought to the stage a sound marked by the fusion of different influences, setting the stage for the programming that followed.
After the fire show, which created a particularly engaging atmosphere, it was the turn of Filandorra – Teatro do Nordeste to bring to Vilar de Perdizes the strength of theatrical performance and the narratives associated with popular culture. But the highlight of the night was the fire, once again, as the traditional Queimada brought together hundreds of people around a ritual that, generation after generation, remains one of the most recognizable images of the congress.
The Queimada represented more than a spectacle, symbolizing the connection between memory, tradition and identity, preserving an expression of the popular imagination that found in the congress one of its main stages. Between flames, words, symbolism and mystery, the moment once again transformed Vilar de Perdizes into a great space for collective celebration.
The night demonstrated that, four decades after the first edition, the Congress of Popular Medicine continues to bring together different generations around a cultural identity that remains alive, with tradition coming out onto the streets, accompanied by music, theatre and fire, to continue being part of the present.
Centenas de pessoas juntaram-se em Vilar de Perdizes numa das noites mais simbólicas do 40.º Congresso de Medicina Popular, entre tradição, cultura e o imaginário popular.
Vilar de Perdizes voltou a viver, na noite de sábado, um dos momentos mais aguardados do 40.º Congresso de Medicina Popular, numa celebração em que a música, o teatro, o fogo e os rituais tradicionais se cruzaram perante centenas de pessoas. A noite começou ao som dos Albaluna, que levaram ao palco uma sonoridade marcada pela fusão de diferentes influências e prepararam o ambiente para uma programação que rapidamente mergulhou no universo simbólico e cultural que distingue o congresso. Seguiu-se um espetáculo de fogo, criando um cenário particularmente envolvente, antes de a Filandorra – Teatro do Nordeste trazer para Vilar de Perdizes a força da representação teatral e das narrativas associadas à cultura popular. Mas seria o fogo, mais uma vez, a assumir o protagonismo no momento alto da noite. A tradicional Queimada reuniu centenas de pessoas em torno de um ritual que, geração após geração, permanece como uma das imagens mais reconhecíveis do Congresso de Medicina Popular. Entre chamas, palavras, simbolismo e mistério, o momento voltou a transformar Vilar de Perdizes num grande espaço de celebração coletiva. Mais do que um espetáculo, a Queimada representa a ligação entre memória, tradição e identidade, preservando uma expressão do imaginário popular que encontrou neste congresso um dos seus principais palcos. A noite de sábado mostrou, assim, que quatro décadas depois da primeira edição, o Congresso de Medicina Popular continua a conseguir juntar diferentes gerações em torno de uma identidade cultural que permanece viva. Em Vilar de Perdizes, a tradição não ficou presa ao passado: voltou a sair à rua, acompanhada pela música, pelo teatro e pelo fogo, para continuar a fazer parte do presente.
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