Tomorrowland. Hundreds of Portuguese support DJ Diego Miranda

The legendary Tomorrowland electronic music festival ends today in the Belgian city of Boom and, on Saturday, featured a performance by Portuguese artist Diego Miranda on a stage surrounded by trees, plants and fantasy decorations reminiscent of magical nature, which was covered in the green, red and yellow of the Portuguese flag.

"Let's go, Portugal," said Diego Miranda, already wrapped in one of those audience flags, addressing the hundreds of Portuguese people watching his performance.

Gabriela is on this stage in a group of eight family members aged 40 to 50 from Fundão and tells Lusa that being at Tomorrowland "is a dream come true".

"As long as the festival has existed, [it's been held since 2005] we've wanted to come," says Gabriela.

Beside him, Nuno confirms: "It's fantastic, it's worth repeating. Today we wanted to be here to support a Portuguese DJ."

"We understand why they call this 'Disneyland for adults'," concludes Gabriela.

Also carrying a Portuguese flag are Lia and her boyfriend Emanuel, aged 26 and 30, who live in Switzerland and are originally from Águeda. They are visiting Tomorrowland for the first time.

"This was a dream for us. I have no words," Lia told Lusa.

Unlike Gabriela's family, Lia and Emanuel stayed at the festival's campsite and, taking all expenses into account (ticket, campsite and flights), they say they spent around 1,500 euros per person.

"It's really worth it, but I spent five and a half hours trying to buy a ticket," Lia points out, reporting the difficulties in getting entry due to the online sales system with limited, randomly selected seats, which sell out quickly given the festival's popularity.

"There are more Portuguese people here than I expected," they added.

Repeating his dream of participating in Tomorrowland for the third year is Rui, who came from Felgueiras with a couple of friends.

Rui told Lusa that, "as the festival is being commercialized, it is more fashionable and this brings more Portuguese people."

"But this will always be the best festival," guarantees Rui, who didn't hesitate to "support Portugal" when watching Diego Miranda's performance.

In an interview with Lusa, Diego Miranda says that on Saturday he repeated "the dream" he fulfilled several years ago of playing at the Tomorrowland electronic music festival, which gave him "international visibility" and attracts "growing enthusiasm" from Portuguese festival-goers.

In this edition of the festival, which began in 2005 and takes place in an area equivalent to 63 football fields after 53 days of assembly, the theme is 'Orbyz' and refers to an icy universe full of mythical creatures and ancient secrets.

Around 400,000 people from over 200 nationalities are expected over the two weekends of the Boom festival to watch more than 850 DJs perform on 16 stages.

Among the DJs present, 14 of the lineup are Brazilian, this being one of the main nationalities participating in Tomorrowland -- were it not for the edition that takes place in the autumn in São Paulo --, which is joined by Portuguese and other Portuguese-speaking countries, but mainly Belgians and North Americans, according to the organization.

Among the hundreds of DJs present are the Portuguese Diego Miranda and the international artists Amelie Lens, Armin van Buuren, Bob Sinclar, Charlotte de Witte, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hardwell, John Summit, Lost Frequencies, Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki and Swedish House Máfia.

As for Brazilian DJs, there are Alok, Anna, Vintage Culture and Zerb.

The festival, known as 'Disneyland for adults', has been sold out for several months.

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