The gentleman is filling water bottles at a font, typically a small spring. These springs are ubiquitous around Portugal. Some families will travel 100's of kilometers to fill dozens of large water bottles from a favorite spring in another part of the country to provide drinking water back home.

Forest prime-valued. Certainly not prime-evil. Hardly primitive. Quite cultivated even cultured.

Cacilhas, dock area and entry to the street of restaurants, night, Rua Cândido dos Reis

Church of Cacilhas. Lots of restaurants up along this path.