Galo

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Barcelos

O Galo de Barcelos (The Rooster of Barcelos) – símbolo português (a portuguese symbol)

Um dos símbolos de Portugal é o Galo de Barcelos. Todas as lojas de lembranças têm um galinho à venda, tornando-o uma das lembranças turísticas mais populares e procuradas no país. Muitos portugueses não conhecem a lenda. Resolvemos estudar esta tradição junto dos mais novos.Esta famosa lenda associa o Galo de Barcelos à sorte, à honestidade e à felicidade.

One of the portuguese symbols is the Rooster of Barcelos. Every souvenir shops have one, making it one of the most requested and popular souvenirs. Many Portuguese don’t know the legend associated with the Rooster of Barcelos. We decided to study this traditional legend among the youngest people. This famous legend links the Rooster of Barcelos to luck, honesty and happiness.

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O Galo de Barcelos é o embaixador do turismo à escala europeia e mesmo mundial!

The Rooster of Barcelos is the tourism ambassador at European and even global scale!

A figura tradicional do galo de Barcelos foi sendo alargada a outras de outras formas, feitios e padrões. O típico é a figura feita em barro e depois pintada.

The traditional figure of the Rooster of Barcelos was being broadened to other forms, shapes and patterns. The typical figure is made of clay and then painted.

Nowadays the Rooster is the inspiration to many types of works using lots of materials.

The legend of the Rooster of BarcelosGalo de Barcelos

• The legend of the Rooster of Barcelos tells the story of a dead rooster's miraculous intervention to proove the innocence of a man who had been falsely accused and sentenced to death. The story is associated with the 17th-century calvary that is part of the collection of the Archeological Museum located in Paço dos Condes, a gothic-style palace in Barcelos, a city in the Braga District of northwest Portugal.

• According to the legend, silver had been stolen from a landowner in Barcelos, and the inhabitants of that city were looking for the criminal who had committed the crime. One day, a man from neighboring Galicia turned up and became suspect, despite his pleas of innocence. The Galician swore that he was merely passing through Barcelos on a Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela to complete a promise.

• (Portuguese, "Cruzeiro do Senhor do Galo") in praise to the Virgin Mary and to Saint James. The monument is located in the Archeological Museum of Barcelos.

• Nevertheless, the authorities arrested the Galician and condemned him to hang. The man asked them to take him in front of the judge who had condemned him. The authorities honored his request and took him to the house of the magistrate, who was holding a banquet with some friends. Affirming his innocence, the Galician pointed to a roasted cock on top of the banquet table and exclaimed, "It is as certain that I am innocent as it is certain that this rooster will crow when they hang me." The judge pushed aside his plate because he decided to not eat the rooster. But still, the judge ignored the Galician's appeal.

• However, while the pilgrim was being hanged, the roasted rooster stood up on the table and crowed as the Galician predicted. Understanding his error, the judge ran to the gallows, only to discover that the Galician had been saved from hanging thanks to a poorly made knot in the rope. The man was immediately freed and sent off in peace.

• Some years later, the Galician returned to Barcelos to sculpt the Calvary (or Crucifix) to the Lord of the Rooster.

Example of popular sculpture with encraved elements related to St. Tiago’s miracles and the “hanged”, most popularly known as “the rooster miracle”

Some of the works that our students are developing

• Reading and analysing the Rooster of Barcelos legend• Drawings of the Rooster of Barcelos in 2D and 3D• The legend in “looney tunes” mode• Mobiles• Dramatization of the legend using the chinese

shadows technik, in musical environment• Books markers• Roosters of Barcelos decorated with recycled

materials