January 06, 2016

A bull runs wild on Trancoso’s Quadrado

The bull rampaging in Trancoso's historic neighborhood on Festa do Boi's night is actually a young man in a wonderfully colorful, hand-made bull costume, and he isn’t the only creature charging around the grassy Quadrado, the children are most afraid to be caught by the mischievous jaguára (jaguar), who spends the evening hiding behind trees and bushes and leaping out to scare the unsuspecting.