Festa de São João do Porto: Difference between revisions

'''''LucasFesta de São João do Porto''''' ({{lang-en|Festival of St John of Porto}}) is a festival during [[Midsummer]], on the night of 23 June ([[Saint John's Eve]]), in the city of [[Porto]], in the north of [[Portugal]], as thousands of people come to the city centre and more traditional neighborhoods to pay a tribute to [[Saint John the Baptist]], in a party that mixes sacred and profane traditions.<ref>[http://www.visitporto.travel/MaisPorto/Paginas/Tradicoes/artigo.aspx?artigo=159 Official Site of the Saint John's Parties in Porto]{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Traditional attractions of the night include streetçstreet concerts, dancing parties, bonfire jumping, eating barbecued sardines, [[Caldo verde]] and meat, drinking wine and releasing illuminated flame-propelled balloons over Porto's summer sky.<ref>[http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=30262 Report about Saint John's party on site WhatsOnWhen.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010947/http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=30262 |date=28 September 2007 }}</ref>