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"Banderona" kicks off in Campanas Baixo 19 January 2013

Cape Verde’s lengthiest religious/profane festival, the Banderona, kicks off this Saturday, January 19, in Campanas de Baixo, in the municipality of São Filipe (Fogo island). The festivities last until February 11.

Tabanka rituals begin in Achada de Santo António (Praia) 10 June 2011

The tabanka activities in Praia’s Achada de Santo António neighborhood will take place this year between June 10 and 13 in the Capela district, with traditional luncheons, drumming and processions.

The sound of the mortar and pestle echoes through São Filipe 28 April 2010

The first fireworks have gone off to mark the beginning of the festivities, and the rhythmic pounding of the mortar and pestle can already be heard in São Filipe. The public mortar and pestle ritual constitutes a veritable spectacle of ancestral song, dance and rites in celebration of Saint Phillip.

Easter: the resurrection of Christ for some, family get-together for others 02 April 2010

Today, Good Friday, is for Christians the beginning of Easter celebrations, which commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Others see the holiday as an opportunity for family get-togethers.

Plenitude and brotherhood on Ash Wednesday 17 February 2010

The revelry of Carnaval has died down, leaving in its wake Ash Wednesday celebrations.

Nhô Santo Amaro: the patron saint of Tarrafal 16 January 2010

Today, January 15, all roads will lead to the town of Mangui, in Tarrafal (Santiago island), where the municipality will be celebrating its patron saint, Nhô Santo Amaro Abade.

Morna festival on Boa Vista 03 October 2009

Mornas singing the praises of Cape Verde and recall renowned musicians and composers – this is the best description of Friday night at the 8th edition of the Diante beach morna festival on the island of Boa Vista, in which various artists took to the stage to honor this musical genre said to have

Funaná: from Santiago to the world 21 August 2009

O Midjor di Funaná (The Best of Funaná) is a compilation that is all the rage this summer in Portugal’s night clubs. All over the country, songs such as “Nha Madrinha,” by Jorge Neto, or “Tra Rabo” can be heard booming from cars and

Porto Novo awaits pinnacle of São João festivities 24 June 2008

Saint John the Baptist day is commemorated on June 24, but, in Porto Novo, on the island of Santo Antão, festivities start at the beginning of the month. Many are those who schedule their vacations for the month of June so as to spend Saint John’s day in the municipality.

The famous grogue of Santo Antão 17 March 2004

The appearance of sugar cane in Cape Verde was indisputably linked to the slave trade. Based on this fact, we may conclude that the introduction of the plant into the Cape Verdean flora dates back to the earliest years of the archipelago’s colonization, but only in the late 17th and early 18th

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