The Perceve Festival, which took place from the 8th to the 10th of September, took "more than 12 thousand people" to Vila do Bispo.
All visitors were «welcomed by a team consisting of 80 people who, over three days, served the best gastronomic delicacies that the county has to offer, in terms of seafood, with special emphasis on the barnacle, a snack caught by the shellfish collectors of Vila do Bishop», says that City Council.
For Paulo Lourenço, president of the Association of Shellfishers of Vila do Bispo and Costa Vicentina, the event “exceeded all expectations as the number of visitors was higher than expected by the organization and it was possible to sell all the seafood available and promote one of the greatest delicacies. gastronomic of the Municipality: the barnacle».
«At the end, the promise was left to start working so that the next edition is even better than the present one», promises the Vila do Bispo Chamber.
For the year, the organization hopes to count on the “collaboration” of the sea to catch more barnacles and thus be able to satisfy all requests from visitors who travel to the site in search of this delicacy.
In addition to snacks from the Vila-Bispense cuisine, the Festival also had a lot of musical entertainment. During the three days, “Undercover” and “Humberto Silva”, “Evandro Cabral”, “Helena Candeias”, “Fábio Muchacho”, “Rancho Folclorico and Ethnographic de Odiáxere”, “Acoustchiks” and “Emanuel Martins” were present.
The event, organized by the Association of Shellfish Collectors of Vila do Bispo and Costa Vicentina, had the logistical and financial support of the Municipality of Vila do Bispo.
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