Monthly project to disseminate different themes of our material and immaterial cultural heritage. This month: Secular Tradition of the “Fachos”, Machico.

Coordination: Lídia Góes Ferreira.

Text: Fernando Líbano and César Ferreira.

Photography: Fernando Líbano.

Graphic design: António Pascal.

Collection: residents of the Sítio do Caminho da Trincheira (facho da Misericórdia de Machico) and Sítio do Paraíso Machico, August 2018.

The Collections of the Madeira Ethnographic Museum

Credits: Madeira Ethnographic Museum