{"id":9487,"date":"2025-06-12T13:13:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/?p=9487"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:50:43","slug":"tonga-consul-general-attends-festas-de-lisboa-2025-hosted-by-city-mayor-carlos-moedas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/tonga-consul-general-attends-festas-de-lisboa-2025-hosted-by-city-mayor-carlos-moedas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonga Consul-General attends Festas de Lisboa 2025 hosted by City Mayor Carlos Moedas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>His Majesty\u2019s Honorary Consul-General of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Portuguese Republic, Anthony Bailey, attended the official celebrations of Santo Ant\u00f3nio as part of the Festas de Lisboa 2025, following invitations from the Mayor of Lisbon Carlos Moedas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For the Santo Ant\u00f3nio celebrations, Mr Bailey attended for the first time the renowned and colourful Desfile das Marchas Populares de Lisboa, held along the Avenida da Liberdade. The Marchas Populares, created in the early 1930s, are one of Lisbon\u2019s most emblematic cultural traditions. Each historic neighbourhood prepares for months to present its own parade, featuring bespoke costumes, choreography, original songs and impressive staging. The event honours Santo Ant\u00f3nio, Lisbon\u2019s patron saint, whose feast day on 12 June has long been associated with community gatherings, street festivities, popular culture, and the spirit of Lisbon\u2019s traditional neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>During the Marchas, the Consul-General met H.E. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic, and introduced him to his son Maximilian, who accompanied him to the festivities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On 20 May 2025, the Consul-General had also participated in the official presentation of the Festas de Lisboa 2025 programme in the Pra\u00e7a do Munic\u00edpio, an event that featured performances by the Orquestra de C\u00e2mara da GNR, Gimba, D.A.M.A., Carminho, and a special appearance by Jo\u00e3o Pedro Pais.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>#Tonga #Lisbon #Lisboa #FestasDeLisboa #MarchasPopulares #SantoAntonio #ConsulGeneral #Diplomacy #AvenidaDaLiberdade #PresidenteDaRepublica #MarceloRebeloDeSousa #CulturaPortuguesa #Lisboa2025 #TradicoesPortuguesas #CarlosMoedas #TongaPortugal<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Majesty\u2019s Honorary Consul-General of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Portuguese Republic, Anthony Bailey, attended the official celebrations of Santo Ant\u00f3nio as part of the Festas de Lisboa 2025, following invitations from the Mayor of Lisbon Carlos Moedas. For the Santo Ant\u00f3nio celebrations, Mr Bailey attended for the first time the renowned and colourful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"image_01":10926,"image_02":10927,"image_03":10928,"image_04":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tonga-gov.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}