Santa Bárbara de Nexe is a village and civil parish in the Portuguese municipality of Faro on the southern Algarve region.

The Charolas in January are manifestations of the traditional culture of Santa Bárbara known across Portugal as cantar das janeiras, employing popular poetry, improvisation and lack of religious symbology.

[3] At the beginning of every year, in January, the Charolas, groups of men and women, accompanied by instruments (accordions, castanets, tambourines, triangles and sometimes clarinet and saxophone), play in the festivals of Bordeira, Santa Bárbara de Nexe and the surrounding homes of friends and local cafés.

The Charolas, as well as other Portuguese janeiras singing groups across Portugal, play songs and improvised chants to mark the New Year, in a climate of friendship, solidarity and socio-political critiques.

[3] The Charolas of Nexe, during the middle of the 20th century, reached their zenith with the accordionists of Bordeira, that included José Ferreiro and João Barra Bexiga, in addition to the popular poetry of António Aleixo and Clementino Baeta.