Campo Maior Drapes Its Streets in Paper Flowers as a Rare UNESCO Festival Returns
The Festas do Povo (People's Festival) opened on Saturday in the Alentejo town of Campo Maior, with more than 400,000 visitors expected. Held only when the townspeople decide, the UNESCO-listed event saw over 4,000 volunteers turn roughly 50 tonnes of paper into flowers draping more than 100 streets