In the 2020-2021 school year, the Route of the Romanesque launches the second edition of the "Popular Traditions on the Route of the Romanesque" School Competition.

The Competition is aimed at the school community, from pre-school to secondary education (public and private), within the territory that is currently covered by the Route of the Romanesque, consisting of 12 municipalities in the Sousa, Douro and Tâmega valleys: Amarante, Baião, Castelo de Paiva, Celorico de Basto, Cinfães, Felgueiras, Lousada, Marco de Canaveses, Paços de Ferreira, Paredes, Penafiel and Resende.

The works submitted to this School Competition should creatively explore the vast intangible heritage of the Route of the Romanesque: knowledge, know-how, festivities, songs, dances, myths, traditions, among many other manifestations of local popular culture.

We are particularly interested in works that manage to highlight the link between intangible heritage and the monuments of the Route of the Romanesque.

The Competition will award prizes to the three best works in each of the following categories, by stage of education:
a) Illustration: Pre-School Education and 1st Cycle of Primary Education;
b) Literary creation: 2nd and 3rd Cycles of Primary Education;
c) Photography: Secondary Education.

You can apply for the Competition here, until 31 March, 2021. The deadline for receipt of works is at 11:59 p.m. on 10 May. Read the Competition Regulations.

The «Popular Traditions on the Route of the Romanesque» school competition is co-financed by Norte 2020, Portugal 2020 and the European Union, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

WORKS
The school competition received in its two editions (2019-2020 and 2020-2021) a total of 44 works: 9 in the Illustration category, 30 in the Literary Creation category and 5 in the Photography category.

JURY
Fedra Santos, graphic designer and illustrator;
Pedro Fonseca, audiovisual producer;
Joaquim Costa, senior technician of the Route of the Romanesque.

AWARDED
Illustration category (Pre-School Education and 1st Cycle of Primary Education):
1st Prize – Escola Básica de Rio de Moinhos, Penafiel, Class 4 RM;
2nd Prize – Escola Básica de Eiró, Soalhães, Marco de Canaveses, Class 5 (Pre-school);
3rd Prize – Escola Básica de Canelas, Penafiel, Class 3 (Pre-school).

Literary creation category (2nd and 3rd Cycles of Primary Education):
1st Prize – Externato Senhora do Carmo, Vilar do Torno e Alentém, Lousada, Class 6th A;
2nd Prize – Escola Básica e Secundária de Airães, Felgueiras, Class 6th B;
3rd Prize – Escola Básica e Secundária de Lousada Oeste, Nevogilde, Class 6th C.

Photography category (Secondary Education):
1st Prize – Colégio de São Gonçalo, Amarante, Class 12th 4C;
2nd Prize – Colégio de São Gonçalo, Amarante, Class 10th 4C;
3rd Prize – Not awarded.