Carnaval

 

Carnaval and Baia das gatas is the most popular festival for

caboverdean people (S.vicente).

While new year`s  eve, sanjon, sao.vicente day and the

liberty da have fixed date.

The best part about the festivals in Cabo verde is that all the

events are celebrated

with the same enthusiasm and every year where tusents of people gather for the festivals . Most famous among them is the celebration of Carnaval (februari) run for 14 days but 2  days are important days.

 

 

 

 

Baia das gatas

 

Baía das Gatas is a village in the northeastern part of the

island of Sao Vicente, Cape verde. It is situated on the coast

, approximately 8 km east of the island capital Mindelo.

It takes its name from the bay it is situated on, also named

Baía das Gatas.Since 1984, the Festival de Música da

Baía das Gatas is held every year in August on the beach

of Baía das Gatas. It features local and international music.

 

 

 

 

 

Sanjon

These European-derived festivities had pagan influences in t

heir own origins, dating from the first years of Christianity.

The origins of these celebrations seem to lie in a combination

of cult practices and agricultural rituals mixed with the ritual

fulfillment of promises made to a saint. The chants contain

traces of these extinct cults, such as orgiastic liturgies,

allusions to sexual

desire, and homage to the sun god.

The festivities of São João are still very much alive in Cape Verde and feature drinking, eating, bathing at the beach, love songs, riddling, and fortune telling with eggs in water or with playing cards. A bonfire is lit on the eve of the feast to drive away bad spirits and prevent their influence on the land, the source of all wealth for the peasant. Young men and young women holding hands leap over these fires for good luck. Fortunes told speak of death, voyage, marriage, happiness, and love.