Inspire curiosity with your photography of culture, is Aaron Joel Santos‘ assignment this week. And here is my take on Portuguese culture:
~ please click the photos for a larger image ~
This characteristic church near Óbidos is a beautiful and cultural part of Portugal, but to me culture is about people!
~ Relaxing, taking it easy… but always together in twos and threes.
~ A typical Portuguese snack stand, with nuts, seeds, corn and bananas, plus sweetness.
~ Bent after a full life of work, but still active and participating in black and hard-earned wrinkles. Beautiful!
~A stately gentleman in holiday suit, still safe from the busloads of tourists who will soon arrive.
In the header the food these hospitable people always provide for hungry travelers. We keep coming back to taste and feel Portugal. Bits and pieces of my heart can be found everywhere…
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Thank you, Aaron Joel Santos, for providing us with this Cultural Photo Challenge!
Figments of a DuTchess 
What great photo’s!
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Bedankt, Joke 🙂
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The church is wonderful, but your photos of the characters you came across really drew me into your post…there is something very arresting about the modern shiny metal walking stick……I kept looking again and feeling she should have had a beautifully carved wooden one instead!
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On the other hand it’s a nice combination of the old and new, the way time moves on. But I agree, a wooden one would have fitted the image better. Perhaps I’ll take one with me next time, just to be sure 😉
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🙂
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now this was an interesting take on the culture of a country… it is just so beautifully depicted as I would imagine a country and it’s people to be… lovely post…
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I love to photograph daily life, faces. But it’s not that easy. I can’t just walk up to a child and start taking pictures for example. So I try to capture what I can 🙂
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I like the way you went from the photo of the lovely building to all the interesting people.
janet
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Thanks so much for visiting, Janet 🙂
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Thank you for the glimpse into the Portuguese culture
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You are most welcome, Lily.
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inderdaad sijn kultuur over de mensen
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People make and breathe culture.
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