In D. Quinhas' house the children already started to plait the onions. The secular Onion Fair of Gondifelos, one of the biggest and oldest onion fairs in Portugal and a landmark in the history of the parish, happens this Sunday, August 28, from 7h00, in the Gondifelos Leisure Park.
Although the Onion Fair happens only on Sunday, it will be two days of communitarian party, in the scope of the Mostra Comunitária de Gondifelos.
From the program of animation of the Communitarian Show, organized by the Junta de Freguesia in partnership with the Municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão, the highlight will be, on Sunday, the onion braiding workshop (11h), the Onion Parade (15h30) and the several musical and sport events that will happen in the two days of the event, from traditional games, on the 27th, to the Folklore Afternoon, on the 28th, with groups from Famalicão, passing through the Onion Fair Trail, on Sunday morning.
Highlight also to the gastronomic contest "The Onion is Queen", that will take place on Saturday, August 27th, at 19h00, where will be awarded the best sweet and salty dishes having as main ingredient the ex libris of this weekend: the onion.
It should be noted that the Onion Fair was once the meeting point for the municipality's farmers and onion producers to commercialise the product and establish the prices to be practised that year. It is a milestone in the history of Gondifelos parish, a centenary tradition, with uncertain origin, which is repeated annually, on the last weekend of August and that arose due to the strategic positioning of Gondifelos, which is near Famalicão, Póvoa de Varzim and Barcelos, being a place of frequent passage of the producers who sold their products in the region. In the past, the fair was held in the parish churchyard, having, in recent years, been held in the Leisure Park of the parish.