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On the Feast of
São Martinho, people roast chestnuts, drink red
Portuguese wine, and butcher a pig. There is a St. Martin’s Day Fair at
Golegã, in Ribatejo, that features a famous horse show at which some of the country’s finest thoroughbreds are displayed. Another well-known St. Martin’s Day Fair is held at Penafiel, in Trás-os-Montes. The parades and celebrations that are held in towns and villages throughout Portugal on this day are usually more secular than Christian in flavor.