“Fifty thousand people visited Ovibeja yesterday. It was the best day ever 39 fair years”, summarized this morning to Lidador Notícias the president of ACOS-Agricultores do Sul, event organizer.
For Rui Garrido, two factors contributed to this happening: “the presence of the President of the Republic and the way he interacts with the People, lead to many people coming to greet their presence and take the inevitable selfie. Afterwards, the Xutos e Pontapés concert drew a crowd. It was excellent", finished.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa toured all the pavilions of the fair for a long time, tasted everything, alleged, cheese, drank wine, beer, poncha and the various qualities of olive oil present in the famous Ovibeja olive oil competition. How is your timbre, the President of the Republic greeted thousands of visitors and took thousands of photographs and selfies. Since the end of the afternoon, the many followers of Xutos e Pontapés have concentrated on the
From the early hours of Saturday, people headed to the Manuel Castro e Brito Fairs and Exhibitions Park, to see the livestock exhibitions, agricultural machinery, buy products endogenous to the region and, of course, have lunch or dinner at the many restaurants and taverns spread over the more than fifteen hectares of the fair, between the built space and Campo da Feira
This year, one of the big bets of the organization was the creation of a restaurant that only made lamb dishes, of the many associated producers of ACOS, called “Solar da Campaniça”. “Having restaurants from various parts of Portugal, it was important to have a place with one of our excellent products, or sheep. It has deserved the attention and preference of many visitors”, finished the president of ACOS.
The “Sing Train” that brought several dozen choral groups from the region and the Lisbon Metropolitan Area to Beja, also dragged many lovers of Alentejo singing and family members of singers who returned to their origins.
Sunday is marked by the presence of the president of the PSD, with the arrival of Luís Montenegro, schedule for 17,00 hours.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
