This past Thursday we celebrated Magosto in the afternoon at our school. The chestnut train has returned after a forced break last year to remember this very tradition of ours. The ANPA of the school was responsible for warning the train to stop at the Milagrosa station. The different classes of the center went in different shifts to collect this roasted delicacy, which they then enjoyed in their classroom with their classmates.

The magosto was traditionally celebrated in a clearing in the same grove, beginning in the early afternoon with the gathering of firewood and chestnuts. One or more bonfires were made with sticks and frouma to get enough embers to roast the chestnuts; other times it was in the threshing floor or in a wide alley, with the old people in the kitchen and the young people in the street. It was customary for the young women to bring the chestnuts and the young men the wine; in other cases the young men provided everything and the young women were invited. Although the chestnuts had to be chopped (or marked ) before throwing them on the coals, there was no shortage of people who threw some whole ones, so that they exploded in the face of those who were stirring them, which the participants celebrated by throwing aturujos. Finally, at the end of the party, the boys played with their hands full of feluxe while young people and adults sang and danced, in some cases jumping over the remains of the bonfire.

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