A STRANGER FROM OUR LAND
A community creation directed by Rui Catalão
First Gathering

Saturday, January 17, 2026
Vouzela (Viseu Dão Lafões, Portugal)

A co-production by Irreal and Binaural Nodar, in collaboration with the Professional School of Vouzela, the Municipality of Vouzela, the Mariana Seixas Professional School (Castro Daire Campus), and the Municipality of Castro Daire, through its Municipal Library.

Separated by the mountains, there are dozens of students from São Tomé and Príncipe attending vocational schools in Vouzela and Castro Daire. They come from the same country, are the same age, and have a similar way of life. But they don’t know each other.

The first gathering of the project “A stranger from our land” took place on Saturday, January 17, in Vouzela, offering the two groups the opportunity to meet, talk, dance, walk, and taste food from São Tomé and Príncipe cooked by their colleagues from the Professional School of Vouzela.

Binaural Nodar would like to thank the Professional School of Vouzela, the Mariana Seixas Professional School – Castro Daire Campus, the Municipality of Vouzela, and the Municipality of Castro Daire, through its Municipal Library, for their fantastic collaboration.

A project supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth and Sports | Directorate-General for the Arts and integrated into the activities of the Tramontana Network, co-financed by the European Union’s Creative Europe program.