Text: Diogo Henriques | Photography: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Jagozes are said to be those who were born in the village of Ericeira, they are the “people of the sea”; those who were born outside the village are the “land people”, belonging to the saloia region, the saloios.
In the summers in Ericeira, the usual morning fog is called by the fishermen as néuva, but there is always someone in the village who says “it’s still going to open today”, and usually around midday it dissipates, with a radiant sun showing up.
You are from Ericeira!
For the fisherman, as for most jagozes, there are only two seasons: “the Berão (Summer) and the Winter. it is Berão from May to October, the Imberno (Winter) makes up the remaining months”.(*ª)
“If the sea seems to be less bibo (alive), hope is reborn, in the next vaia-da-bom, here they are on their way, on an adventure.”(*ª)
(*ª) – Alves, J. (1993) “A linguagem dos pescadores da Ericeira” (“The language of Ericeira fishermen”).
Here are excerpts from the text originally published in A Fuga.
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