Traditional Out Fit from Miranda do Douro.
This is te outfit used by the male stick dancers from North Eastern Portugal called “Pauliteiros”
– a word that derives from “paulito” (small stick).
The dance is characterized by the use of two sticks that the dancers hit to the rhythm of the music played by the gaiteiros, a musical group composed by gaita-de-foles (bagpipe), caixa (small drum) and bombo (big drum), (drum) and fraita (three-holed pastoral flute) at the same time. It is performed by eight men in a specific costume, either comprising white embroidered skirts, woollen socks, decorated vests (coletes) and hats, or black trousers, white shirts, black vests and decorated hats.
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