Brava: Organization of the “Conakry” party announces tribute to Zinha Oliveira, former member of the organization
The organization of the festival called “Conakry”, which portrays the life and history of emigrants, celebrated on the second Sunday of August, in the town of Furna, announced today that this year they will honor Zinha Oliveira.
Stacy Oliveira, a member of the event's organizing committee, explained to Inforpress that since the beginning of July, activities have started and everything has been running "normally", which leads them to believe that everything will continue well and close with "key of gold” programming.
According to the same source, this year, the group will honor a member who has always been ahead of the organization of this party, Zinha Oliveira, but who is no longer among them today and this tribute was a way that the commission found to “recognize the work and contribution he made in passing on his legacy to younger people”.
Stacy Oliveira said that a futsal tournament is taking place and, in parallel, other activities are being carried out, as well as traditional activities of a cultural nature, namely the traditional “pylon”, the boat race and swimming. , parade of drummers and coladeiras, “badju di Verão”, and on Sunday the 13th, the day of Conakry, the day begins with the Eucharistic Celebration at 9.30 am, at 3 pm it will be the turn of the traditional boat parade and then the lunch.
“We have a stone boat, built a long time ago, and on the second Sunday of August, this year it will be on the 13th, several people dress up as crew members, sailors and emigrants to play on this boat”, he added.
With this “joke”, said Stacy Oliveira, there is a simulation of what the life of an emigrant is and the “great dilemma of the Cape Verdean people: wanting to stay and having to leave”.
