Cape Verde

Cape Verde is an Atlantic archipelago of Creole culture, celebrated for morna and coladeira music and island cuisine.

Music & dance Textile & dress Food & cooking Spirituality & rites Language & oral

Knowledge in this place

Morna music

Morna music

Morna is a melancholic sung genre of longing accompanied by guitar and cavaquinho.

Panu di terra weaving

Panu di terra weaving

Weavers join narrow strips into the indigo panu di terra once used as currency.

Textile & dress

Cachupa cooking

Cachupa cooking

Cachupa is a slow stew of hominy corn, beans and meat or fish, the national dish.

Batuku dance

Batuku dance

Santiago women drum on a cloth bundle and dance batuku in a call-and-response circle.

Spirituality & rites

Cape Verdean Creole

Cape Verdean Creole

Kriolu, a Portuguese-based creole, is the mother tongue of the islands.

Language & oral