For 12 days, Santa Maria da Feira travelled back nearly 900 years, again bringing in huge crowds to one of Portugal’s most popular historical events, but an unexpected incident on the final night briefly plunged part of the festival into darkness.

For 12 days, Santa Maria da Feira travelled back nearly 900 years, again bringing in huge crowds to one of Portugal’s most popular historical events, but an unexpected incident on the final night briefly plunged part of the festival into darkness.