Events

Easter in Sardoal has a deep cultural and religious significance for the community. Renowned for its vast religious heritage, during Holy Week, chapels, churches, convents and sanctuaries – carefully decorated – become the stage for an extensive program of celebrations. A tradition that is now part of the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

There are several moments that make Holy Week in Sardoal unique: highlighting, however, five impressive processions – Procession of the Steps of the Lord, Procession of the Palms, the Procession of the Lord of Mercy (or Fogaréus), the Procession of the Burial of the Lord and the Procession of the Resurrection – which run through the streets of the village previously decorated with the typical colors of this season.