2015Azores Handicraft (FDC S - First Day Cover

The sea – omnipresent and majestic – is the uniting element of the nine Islands of the Azores born violently from its deep abyss as if it were a mystery.
Volcanism marked the islands with spectacular landscapes, and in its people, their way of life. From the fear of the violence of the eruptions and the earthquakes habits and customs were born: Promises, pilgrimages and festivities that have been preserved to the present day which, erasing individual borders, enhance the strength of the communities and consolidate the popular religiosity.