With the premise 'Once the pious devotions are over, however, wine flows, fireworks explode, espetada (kebab) stalls flourish, and Monte regains normality for another 363 days.', is 'Monte is a normal location, outside of a period of pious devotion.' simply an unrelated statement?
Once the pious devotions are over, however, wine flows, fireworks explode, espetada (kebab) stalls flourish, and Monte regains normality for another 363 days.###Monte is a normal location, outside of a period of pious devotion.