Sao Nicolau and Sao Vicente. June 2014
Category Archives: Cape Verde
Sunday afternoon in Tarrafal
Generous upwinds that sunday on the beach in Tarrafal. Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde June 15.
Sao Nicolau drummer boy
At last a break from the fierce drumming at the street party outside Ribeira Brava.
Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde June 2014
Another view from Monte Gordo
More from “Fat Mountain” Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde June 2014
Football fever in Cape Verde.
The national team of Cape Verde, Tubarões Azuis (Blue sharks) did not make it to the world cup but the small West African nation has the football fever these days anyway no doubt.
As a bonus they have excellent samba schools as well!!
Sao Nicolau and Sao Vicente June 2014.
And finally…
the eleventh flight ending this Cape Verde adventure. (would have been twelve if not for that TAP strike) More images will be posted from those islands in West Africa in the coming weeks.
Kastrup, Copenhagen June 27.
Festa da tambor
At night after the ritual climb to honour the spirit of the Caramujo mountain, things starts to heat up on the hills outside Ribeira Brava. Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde
Free parking
outside the main shop in Cachaco. June 17. Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde
The old man and the sea
After an hours walk from Estancia Bras along the sea on that old and winding donkey trail we arrived to Ribeira Funda. The deserted stone houses, a little bit resembling Machu Picchu in Peru, are situated on the steep hillside on the other side of the ribeira.
A couple of decades ago there where 200 people living here but from 1983 and forward the population began to diminish fast, kind of a reflection of Cape Verde as a nation of emigrants.
But the place is not completely empty yet. We hear a dog barking and some chicken running around. From one of the houses an old man comes out with a curious expression on his face.
It´s Kerine, (Quirino) the last living person in the village .
Kerine seems to appreciate the visit so we stay for a while and talk. Sometimes his only company during a week or more is the dog and the roaring waves from the sea. He tells us that he walks once a week or so to Estancia Bras to get some supply or sometimes just to take a drink.
Kerine was born 1944 in Ribeira Funda and he says that he will stay here as long as he can stand on his feet.
June 11. Ribeira Funda, The island of Sao Nicolau. Kape Verde
Story about Quirino in Cape Verde TV : http://videos.sapo.cv/NEdbCzO5CwmL850aqiBZ
The soul of Caramujo
June 8, some fifty local villagers, drummers, donkeys and flag-bearers manifested their traditional annual tribute to the soul of the mountain Caramujo. The steep climb to the top takes about two hours. Among the participants where Manuel with his goat kid following him anxiously wherever he sat his foot.
Riberia Brava. Sao Nicolau island in Cape Verde.
Håkan Rönnblad 