Walk to collect corn and tributes mark Monchique holiday

There will be a tribute to Monchiquense writer José Rosa Sampaio

A walk, starting “before sunrise”, at 6:00 am, to revive the tradition of cob picking will take place on Ascension Thursday, a municipal holiday, in Monchique.

The gathering of participants is scheduled for Largo dos Chorões.

At 15 pm, a second highlight of these festivities will take place: the tribute to the Monchiquense writer José Rosa Sampaio, deceased in 2019.

At Espaço Jovem, the books «Nectar dos Dias» and «Conversas com Graham Greene» will be launched.

The program also includes, at 10:30 am, a tribute to the Ultramar fighters, with the laying of flowers at the monument.

A Camp Mass follows (Spiga Day, a municipal holiday in Monchique, and is also Ascension Thursday), on the threshing floor in front of the Internet Space. The organization is by the Monchique Parish Council.

At noon, in the same location, a tribute will take place to municipal employees aged 10, 20, 30 and 40 and to those retired in 2023.

 



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