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Listen to Virginia's story about maritime Brava (a short song too), and also a Nho Lobo story for your enjoyment...
Interview: with Virginia Monteiro August , 2000 by Patricia Rodrigues An interview with Virginia... |
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| Virginia: | It was exciting for everyone when the ships were arriving from the United States. They traversed Djeu (a small unpopulated islet visible from Brava), and then sailed past my doorstep. They were on their way to Furna (port of Brava). They would have fireworks right over the ocean, when they were about to enter Furna. | ||||
| Interviewer: | Did you have parties? | ||||
| Virginia: | Yes. | ||||
| Interviewer: | Did you go? | ||||
| Virginia: | Of course, I loved dancing. I can’t dance anymore, but my heart still dances. (Laughs) I was a very good dancer. | ||||
| Interviewer: | Did you go to parties hosted by Nho Eugenia Tavares (the well known Cape Verdean poet)? | ||||
| Virginia: | Yes. | ||||
| Interviewer: | Do you know any of the "mornas" (genre of Cape Verdean song) that Nho Eugenia wrote? | ||||
| Virginia: | Yes. | ||||
| Interviewer: | Can you sing one for me? | ||||
| Virginia: | Sure. *please note the words were
modified by Virginia "I came from Praia D’Aguada (Beach) where the ocean meets the sky My soul came with the hope of being at the foot of my sweetheart. Maria, the woman, dived into the ocean. La, la, la, la, la, la, la…" |
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Lobo story…..narrated by Virginia. Nho lobo worked far away, and there was a woman expecting his child, He went far away to work, and when he returned his child was grown. The woman brought the child to meet his father, Nho Lobo. She showed him that the child’s teeth had grown. Nho Lobo was happy that he had new teeth. |
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Editor’s Note: As you read and or listen the stories that Virginia has told, please remember that they are oral histories extracted from casual interviews. She is 105 years old, and has told these stories to the best of her memory. Both the "morna" and the Nho Lobo story were modified according to Virginia’s memory of them, and you may have heard other versions. The Nho Lobo story is a popular oral tradition in Cape Verde usually used to teach morals to young children. I hope these sound bytes have given you a more intimate understanding of Cape Verdean history and culture. |
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Developed by: Patricia J. Rodrigues..author's note Copyright 2000 |
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