Para Que Este Mundo Não Acabe!

Come and see this world end! - wrote the the priest António Fontes, father of folk medicine and burning witches in Vilar de Perdizes, a desperate plea in his precious monograph of the Barroso region. And I (João Botelho) went. Then I saw the people and the land. Haunting on discovery. Heart sank. God is good but the devil is not so bad! - We learned from this Community habits and that is great, tough and generous. And I also learned that no fairer place for a demand of life and even the elusive happiness there, I assure you, it is always possible.