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Cape Verde - Mindelo´s Carnival

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  • Some girls that will parade in alegoric cars chat while preparing for the march.
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  • In Carnival parades in Mindelo, attempts to recover the tradition of "mandigas" groups are made. These were members of African groups also used as slaves in Cape Verde. They rumble the streets chaotically playing with the audience and covered with oil or mud. They are generally from the poorer strata of population.
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  • In Carnival Monday dozens of school girls and boys parade through Mindelo streets.
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  • Two girls preparing their costumes before parading in Mindelos Tuesday Carnival March.
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  • Plastic masks are starting to be used by some carnival drolls in the more traditional Mindelo Carnival.
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  • Two girls before starting their participation in an alegoric car in Mindelos Tuesday Carnival March.
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  • In Carnival Monday dozens of school girls and boys parade through Mindelo streets.
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  • In Carnival Monday dozens of school girls and boys parade through Mindelo streets and at some points sensual dances arise amid the crowd.
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  • A private party during Carnival in Mindelo, capital of São Vicente island.
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  • A girl before starting her participation in an alegoric car in Mindelos Tuesday Carnival March.
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  • People gather on the windows, balconies or even on the rooftops of Mindelo buildings to watch the Carnival groups Parading on Lisboa street in Mindelo, the capital city of Sao Vicente island.
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  • Carnival Parade in Lisboa Street in Mindelo, the capital city od Sao Vicente island.
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  • Dancers from one of the collectivities that dispute Mindelos Carnival prize performing during the parade in Lisboa street on Carnival Tuesday.
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  • Boys collectively dresses as a wave during the parade in Mindelos Carnival March.
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  • A young man with a mask in front of a street mural depicting Charlie Chaplin and Picasso during Carnival in Mindelo, the capital city of Sao Vicente island.
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  • The standard-bearer of one of the collectivities that dispute Mindelos Carnival Parade prize.
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  • Two masqueraders having fun in Mindelos Carnival.
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  • In Carnival parades in Mindelo, attempts to recover the tradition of "mandigas" groups are made. These were members of African groups also used as slaves in Cape Verde. They rumble the streets chaotically playing with the audience. They are generally from the poorer strata of population.
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  • Mount Cara (Face) is one of the features that sorround Mindelos harbour. it is said that it resemble the face and body of an asleep George Washington.
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