Culture of Cape Verde

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The culture of Cape Verde is rich, with a range of customs and practices common in the islands.

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Cuisine

Main article:
Cuisine of Cape Verde
Cachupa

One of the most important aspects of Cape Verdean culture is the beverage grogue, a strong rum made from distilled sugar cane on the islands of Santo Antao and Santiago. The beverage is made in towns such as Paul on Santo Antao and Cidade Velha on Santiago using a trapiche. A variation of the drink is ponche (punch) which is sweeted with condensed milk or sugarcane molasses. Due to the intoxication on consuming grogue, it is consumed by many Cape Verdean musicians seeking inspiration.[1]

Corn and beans are staples of Cape Verdean cuisine. Also popular are rice, fried potatoes, cassava, and vegetables such as carrots, kale, squash and fish and meat such as tuna, sawfish, lobster, chicken, grilled pork and eggs. One legacy of the Portuguese on the islands is olives and Alentejo wines which are still imported.[2] One type of Cape Verdean stew is a cachupa which includes mashed maize, onions, green bananas, manioc, sweet potatoes, squash and yams.[3]

Literature

Main article: Literature of Cape Verde

Cape Verdean literature is the richest of the African

João Cleofas Martins, Luís Romano de Madeira Melo, Ovídio Martins, Jorge Barbosa, António Aurélio Gonçalves, Henrique Teixeira de Sousa and Baltasar Lopes da Silva (Osvaldo Alcântara). After independence, there are modern writers such as Germano Almeida, Manuel Veiga, Arménio Vieira, Orlanda Amarílis
and more.

Music

A group playing Morna.
Main article: Music of Cape Verde

Cape Verde is known internationally for

batuque, coladeira, and mazurka.[3] Cesária Évora is perhaps the best internationally known practitioner of morna. One of Cape Verde's most famous stars, on her passing, one Cape Verdean restaurateur stated that she was "more important than our flag".[5]

Cinema

See also: Cinema of Cape Verde

Theatre

Theatre in Cape Verde was mainly religious (biblical scenes translated into popular theatre) until the end of the 19th century, when cultural societies appeared.[6] Modern theatre arose around independence (1975), and received a great impulse by the establishment in 1995 of the theatre association Mindelact, which also organises an annual international theatre festival.[6][7]

Gallery

  • Bonecas de pano
    Bonecas de pano
  • Handicraft made with coconut shells
    Handicraft made with coconut shells
  • Big binde and small binde for making cuscuz
    Big binde and small binde for making cuscuz

See also

Culture by island:

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-9822619-2-7
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  2. ISBN 978-1-74104-821-6
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  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-59884-666-9
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  4. ^ Condecoração de Eugénio Tavares
  5. ISBN 978-1-84162-495-2
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  6. ^ a b Teatro, caboverde-info.com
  7. ^ "Publication d'un livre sur l'histoire du théâtre au Cap-Vert". Panapress.com. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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