{"id":52573,"date":"2023-01-06T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=52573"},"modified":"2023-01-06T18:22:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T18:22:56","slug":"kings-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/kings-day\/","title":{"rendered":"King\u2019s Day","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Dia de Reis&#8221;: a tradition in Madeira<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/01\/three-king-day-1-360x360.jpg\" alt=\"Three King&#039;s \n\" class=\"wp-image-52574 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/01\/three-king-day-1-360x360.jpg\" alt=\"Three King&#039;s \n\" class=\"wp-image-52574\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/three-king-day-1-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/three-king-day-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/three-king-day-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/three-king-day-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/three-king-day-1-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/three-king-day-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year on January 6th, Portugal, including Madeira, celebrates \u201cDia de Reis\u201d (\u201cKing\u2019s Day\u201d). According to tradition, it is to celebrate the day when the three wise men from the East visited the newborn child Jesus on the night of January 5-6 after being guided by a star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King&#8217;s Day is celebrated widely throughout Europe, but particularly in Spain, and Latin America, \u2018El Dia de los Reyes\u2019, as it\u2019s called in Spanish, marks the glorification of baby Jesus by the Three Wise Men. The day is also known as the Catholic Feast of the Epiphany.<br \/><br \/>The three wise men &#8211; Reis Magos &#8211; Belchior, Baltazar and Gaspar gifted the child Jesus, gold, incense and myrrh. Tradition also dictates that on this day the family reunites to celebrate the end of Christmas celebrations. <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">The end of Christmas celebrations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Throughout the country, people traditionally call door to door in their neighbourhoods. They are invited to enter neighbours&#8217; houses and are offered snacks such as sweets, cold cuts of meat, wines, etc. <br \/><br \/>\u201cBolo Rei\u201d (English: \u201cKing&#8217;s Cake\u201d) is a traditional Portuguese cake that is usually eaten around Christmas, from December 25th until January 6. The cake itself is round with a large hole in the centre, resembling a crown covered with crystalised and dried fruit. It is baked from a soft, white dough, and in some of these cakes there is the characteristic dried \u201cfava\u201d (broad) bean or small Wise Man figurine. Tradition dictates that whoever finds the fava bean or the Wise Man figurine, must pay for next year\u2019s cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">C\u00e2mara de Lobos Mega King&#8217;s Cake<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/01\/mega-bolo-de-reis-500x280.jpg\" alt=\"Mega King&#039;s Cake\n\" class=\"wp-image-52575 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/01\/mega-bolo-de-reis-500x280.jpg\" alt=\"Mega King&#039;s Cake\n\" class=\"wp-image-52575\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mega-bolo-de-reis-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mega-bolo-de-reis-360x202.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mega-bolo-de-reis-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mega-bolo-de-reis.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After two years of interregnum due to the pandemic, C\u00e2mara de Lobos City Council will this year once again share a &#8220;Mega&#8221; King&#8217;s Cake with the population on Sunday, January 8th, at 11:00 am &#8211; anybody can turn up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the city council attested in a note sent to the editorial office of the local press, this will be the biggest ever, weighing 265 kilos and measuring around 180 metres in length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cake for this seventh edition will be made by Pastelaria Rainha and will be 180 metres long, for a total of around 265 kilograms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-global-color-16-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">COVID-19 in Madeira: updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/covid-19-cases-double-to-56-per-day\/\">earlier&nbsp;post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/madeiraisland.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-360x156.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49362 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-360x156.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49362\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-360x156.png 360w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-500x217.png 500w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/minews-screensnap.png 1233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-000000-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">All the incidental&nbsp;news from Madeira \u2013 up to 60 reports per&nbsp;day \u2013 is being&nbsp;picked up automatically, translated, and&nbsp;posted on&nbsp;our sister website,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/madeiraisland.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">madeiraislandnews<\/a>, no matter how trivial<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Dia de Reis&#8221;: a tradition in Madeira Every year on January 6th, Portugal, including Madeira, celebrates \u201cDia de Reis\u201d (\u201cKing\u2019s Day\u201d). According to tradition, it is to celebrate the day when the three wise men from the East visited the newborn child Jesus on the night of January 5-6 after being guided by a star. King&#8217;s Day is celebrated widely throughout Europe, but particularly in Spain, and Latin America, \u2018El Dia de los Reyes\u2019, as it\u2019s called in Spanish, marks the glorification of baby Jesus by the Three Wise Men. The day is also known as the Catholic Feast of the Epiphany. The three wise men &#8211; Reis Magos &#8211; Belchior, Baltazar and Gaspar gifted the child Jesus, gold, incense and myrrh. Tradition also dictates that on this day the family reunites to celebrate the end of Christmas celebrations. The end of Christmas celebrations Throughout the country, people traditionally call door to door in their neighbourhoods. They are invited to enter neighbours&#8217; houses and are offered snacks such as sweets, cold cuts of meat, wines, etc. \u201cBolo Rei\u201d (English: \u201cKing&#8217;s Cake\u201d) is a traditional Portuguese cake that is usually eaten around Christmas, from December 25th until January 6. The cake itself is round with a large hole in the centre, resembling a crown covered with crystalised and dried fruit. It is baked from a soft, white dough, and in some of these cakes there is the characteristic dried \u201cfava\u201d (broad) bean or small Wise Man figurine. Tradition dictates that whoever finds the fava bean or the Wise Man figurine, must pay for next year\u2019s cake. C\u00e2mara de Lobos Mega King&#8217;s Cake After two years of interregnum due to the pandemic, C\u00e2mara de Lobos City Council will this year once again share a &#8220;Mega&#8221; King&#8217;s Cake with the population on Sunday, January 8th, at 11:00 am &#8211; anybody can turn up. As the city council attested in a note sent to the editorial office of the local press, this will be the biggest ever, weighing 265 kilos and measuring around 180 metres in length. The cake for this seventh edition will be made by Pastelaria Rainha and will be 180 metres long, for a total of around 265 kilograms. COVID-19 in Madeira: updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier&nbsp;post All the incidental&nbsp;news from Madeira \u2013 up to 60 reports per&nbsp;day \u2013 is being&nbsp;picked up automatically, translated, and&nbsp;posted on&nbsp;our sister website,&nbsp;madeiraislandnews, no matter how trivial<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":52574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}