Culture of Cape Verde

Cape Verde

Cape Verdean literature

Eugénio Tavares is one of the best-known poets of the Cape Verdean literature.

A group playing Morna.

Cape Verdean literature is one of the richest of Lusitanian Africa.

• Poets: Sergio Frusoni,^[1] Tavares Eugénio,^[2] B. Léza, João Cleofas Martins, Luís Romano de Madeira Melo, Ovídio Martins, Barbosa Jorge, Fortes Corsino António, Baltasar Lopes (Osvaldo Alcântara), João Vário, Oswaldo Osório, Arménio Vieira, Vadinho Velhinho, José Luís Tavares, Carlos Baptista, etc.
• Authors: Manuel Lopes, Henrique Teixeira de Sousa, Almeida Germano, Luís Romano de Madeira Melo, Germano de Almeida, Orlanda Amarílis, Jorge Vera Cruz Barbosa, Pedro Cardoso, Mário José Domingues, Daniel Filipe, Mário Alberto Fonseca de Almeida, Corsino António Fortes, Arnaldo Carlos de Vasconcelos França, António Aurélio Gonçalves, Aguinaldo Brito Fonseca, Ovídio de Sousa Martins, Osvaldo Osório, Dulce Almada Duarte, Manuel Veiga
• Poems in Portuguese: Cape Verdean Poems,^[3] Poesia
• Cape Verdean Literature^[4]
• Sopinha de Alfabeto^[5]
• Famous tales: Ti Lobo and Chibinho^[6]

Music

Cape Verde is known internationally for Morna, a form of folk music usually sung in the Cape Verdean Creole, accompanied by clarinet, violin, guitar and cavaquinho. The islands also feature native genres such as funaná, batuque, coladeira, and mazurka.

Cesária Évora is perhaps the best internationally-known practitioner of morna. She has achieved worldwide fame, counting in her fans many famous people, such as Madonna^[7] and Julio Iglesias.^[8]

Games

Several games are played regularly in common meeting places such as squares. These are a strong form of social interaction, and sometimes originate informal tournaments that draw the public's attention. Among these games are several card games such as bisca and txintxon, and other games like uril.

Gallery

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  Bonecas de pano

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  Handicraft made with coconut shells

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  Big binde and small binde for making cuscuz

See also

• Culture of Africa
• Music of Cape Verde
• Religion in Cape Verde

References

1. ↑ UNB.br (Portuguese)
2. ↑ Eugeniotavares.org (Portuguese)
3. ↑ Home.no.net
4. ↑ Home.no
5. ↑ Tanboru.org
6. ↑ Minerva.uevora.pl
7. ↑ Jim Harrington (2007-06-08). "'Barefoot Diva' Cesaria Evora steps into Bay Area". Oakland Tribune. 
8. ↑ Pedro Chantre (2008-10-29). "Julio Iglesias responde a Cesária Évora" (in Portuguese). Visão News.