From the starting point of 'Once the pious devotions are over, however, wine flows, fireworks explode, espetada (kebab) stalls flourish, and Monte regains normality for another 363 days.', does 'Monte is a normal location, outside of a period of pious devotion.' follow as a logical conclusion?
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.