PHOTO: Preparing for the Santo António de Lisboa parade

Updated On Jun 13, 2017 03:50 pm IST

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A girl from the Lisbon neighbourhood of Alfama, prepares for the last details before attending the Santo Antonio de Lisboa's Parade on Avenida da Liberdade. Lisbon celebrates Saint Anthony's day, the city's protector saint, with a parade that gathers participants from several neighbourhoods of the city. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Updated on Jun 13, 2017 03:50 pm IST

A girl from the Lisbon neighbourhood of Alfama, prepares for the last details before attending the Santo Antonio de Lisboa's Parade on Avenida da Liberdade. Lisbon celebrates Saint Anthony's day, the city's protector saint, with a parade that gathers participants from several neighbourhoods of the city. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

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Two girls from the Alfama district finalise their costumes before attending the Santo António de Lisboa parade. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Updated on Jun 13, 2017 03:50 pm IST

Two girls from the Alfama district finalise their costumes before attending the Santo António de Lisboa parade. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

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These are enormously vivid celebrations, during which the people take to the streets eating, drinking and having fun in the old neighbourhoods, that are bedecked with arches, colourful balloons and the aroma of sweet basil. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Updated on Jun 13, 2017 03:50 pm IST

These are enormously vivid celebrations, during which the people take to the streets eating, drinking and having fun in the old neighbourhoods, that are bedecked with arches, colourful balloons and the aroma of sweet basil. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

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The festival of Santo António, the patron saint of the city, lasts for the whole month of June. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 13, 2017 03:50 pm IST

The festival of Santo António, the patron saint of the city, lasts for the whole month of June. (AFP)

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On June 13, the participants hold a huge procession around the Sé cathedral. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Updated on Jun 13, 2017 03:50 pm IST

On June 13, the participants hold a huge procession around the Sé cathedral. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

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On the afternoon of June 13, a procession in homage to the popular Saint - who is believed to foster marriages - winds its way through the streets around the Sé cathedral and provides a special religious flavour to the festivities. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Updated on Jun 13, 2017 03:50 pm IST

On the afternoon of June 13, a procession in homage to the popular Saint - who is believed to foster marriages - winds its way through the streets around the Sé cathedral and provides a special religious flavour to the festivities. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

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The festivities are big and attracts hundred of tourists to the parade. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Updated on Jun 13, 2017 03:50 pm IST

The festivities are big and attracts hundred of tourists to the parade. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

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A girl dressed up in traditional costume walks a street of the typical Lisbon neighborhood of Alfama. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

Updated on Jun 13, 2017 03:50 pm IST

A girl dressed up in traditional costume walks a street of the typical Lisbon neighborhood of Alfama. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

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