Popular marches will animate the municipality of Odemira between June 3rd and July 2nd. In the 6th edition of the Festival de Marches, 10 meetings will be held in various parts of the Alentejo municipality, always at 21 pm, with free admission.
The marches will be presented in Boavista dos Pinheiros (3 June), S. Luís (4 June), Sabóia (9 June), S. Teotónio (10 June), Cavaleiro (11 June), Colos (17 June), Longueira (18 June), Zambujeira do Mar (24 June) and Vila Nova de Milfontes (2 July).
On the night of June 25, at 21 pm, Odemira receives the Grand Final of the 00th Festival of Popular Marches in the municipality, with the participation of all the marches promoted by the communities of the various parishes.
The nine marches are promoted by the Humanitarian Association D. Ana Pacheco (Sabóia), Zambujeira do Mar Cultural Recreational and Sports Association (Zambujeira do Mar), Association of Retired, Pensioners and Elderly of the Parish of S. Teotónio), Sport and Cultural Center of Cavaleiro, Cultural, Recreational and Sports Association of the Residents of Almograve, Boavista dos Pinheiros Party Association, People's House of S. Luís, Santeotoniense Recreational Society and Odemira Sports and Cultural Center.
Also within the scope of this festival, between the 8th and 29th of June, a Festival of Marches Costumes Show will be open to the public at the José Saramago Municipal Library, in Odemira, an initiative of the Municipality and various communities.
The objective is, according to the autarchy, to «value and show the wardrobe works, in female and male models, made for the marches, over the years in which the initiative has been going on».
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