Portuguese Catholics celebrate ‘Intrudo’ before the start of Ash Wednesday

Wild time: The young and the old at the Portuguese settlement participating in a water-splashing event in conjunction with Introdo, which is a tradition observed on the Sunday before ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent for the Catholics.

MALACCA: It has not been raining in Malacca since mid December last year but residents at the Portuguese Settlement in Ujong Pasir here had a merry splashing time at their annual traditional water festival known as Intrudo recently.

Intrudo or “introduction” in the local Cristao Portuguese dialect is observed on the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday, which which is observed today, and also coinciding with the eve of Lunar New Year.