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Entroido, much more than a carnival
Against the widespread notion of Entroido as a massive festival, Galician villages assert its deeper meaning.

A maragato interacts with a woman during the Entroido Ribeirao in Santiago de Arriba, in Chantada. (Photo: Brais Lorenzo)

MANOLO BROA
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CLÁUDIA MORÁN
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SERGIO PASCUAL
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SOL MENDIGUCHÍA
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BRAIS LORENZO
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Against the widespread notion of Entroido as a massive festival, Galician villages assert its broader meaning—cultural, rebellious against power, and rooted in rituals and the land. Entroidos like Ribeirao, in Santiago de Arriba (Chantada), the Fulión in Trabazos (Manzaneda), or even in areas marked by depopulation far from the interior, like Samede (Paderne), are acts of memory and recovery. They remind us that Entroido embodies the roots of an entire people, a tribute to nature and the community to which we must return.