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It was a small town from Rayano, Ribamoura, a breeding ground for smugglers, where this profession of risk and profit made the people less sleepy than the villagers usually are. Hot-headed young men abounded, and those who couldn't pick up a shotgun and make a profit were disdained.
The women, dressed and adorned with what contraband gives of themselves, wore ostentatious filigree earrings, lavish patens, colorful silk scarves; Jamaican rum and Flanders cheese were not lacking in the houses, and the men had English weapons, leather bags, and Virginia and Macuba tobacco. Through Portugal, England sent its products, and others passed from Spain, crossing the mighty river.
Some days of the year the traffic and the industry of Ribamoura were interrupted. The entire town gathered to celebrate the customary ceremonies, which served as a pretext for solace and revelry. Such was the case with the Carnival, such with the festivity of the Patron Saint, such with the days of Holy Week. Despite being these of penance and mortification, for those of Ribamoura they had the character of a party; In them, in the main church, a spacious building from the Herrerian era, the representation of the Passion was celebrated, with flesh and blood characters, and people from the town themselves taking care of the roles.
Coming from Porto, a Portuguese actor, with the dramatic instinct of the race, organized and directed the performance; but without taking part in it. This would have been considered irreverent in Ribamoura. They "worked" out of devotion and traditional respect for the redemptive mysteries; but they would never have admitted any mercenary, nor would they have tolerated anyone of ill repute playing the role. Honest people, even if they smuggled; that does not dishonor. Not even for sin did the friars give it in the confessional.