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a little so part of it either the next 2 and a half months, 10000 people will carry the torch across france. and it's obviously to run after the break adult films that includes the, capturing the distinctive thoughts and sounds of a jungle of music and dance. known as mona anatomy, how it, i'll have more headlines for you in 45 minutes. start. start with the why do, how many does not get drunk? why do gravitational waves squeeze all bodies? how much do we need to put a stop comp claim for help find beyond fis gets much on d. w. science outtake talk channel. the
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in archipelago in the middle of the atlantic cape, the residence of these craggy volcanic mountains looked out over an endless expanse of c, the . in contrast to the rugged landscape, the special sound of cape birds. exec is luxury and soulful and melancholy. the best number to make you know, we are in the 15th century, portuguese sailors discovered the uninhabited archipelago. under the mostly barren volcanic islands are fringed with endless speeches, fishing, agriculture,
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and tourism. are the main sources of income for the keep for dns. the deals and the shaking things up around here. that's new to the drummer. it's only 4 weeks to carnival, a beloved cape verde and tradition. it's the most important date in the countries calendar. nuno has 2 things to take care of before that. building drums and finding more drummers for the carnival parade. the sports field is a wash with new talent, not just athletic, but musical to take 12 year old jobs on most of the the 1st. yep. this years this 1st
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time. he's never played as a carnival before. he doesn't know how to do it yet. we're doing basic training here. but i'm nervous. i've got goosebumps already. i've never done this before, and i don't want to do anything wrong. the . an independent african country k birds islands are located some 600 kilometers west of synagogue in the atlantic ocean. 9 of the islands are inhabited . there are also smaller uninhabited islands. santa and tell is the greenest, and perhaps the most beautiful of the cape virgin islands. and serves as the islanders fruit and vegetable garden.
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the sugarcane flowers is here. a long side coconuts, bananas by a bread, fruit trees, and of a condos. the coffee beings grew on the mountain slopes below. the less for tile island of savvy, sent a, is kept well stocked with fruit and vegetables. thanks to its neighbour. its capital mean dello is home to the largest port in cape bird and is a meeting point for globe trotting sailors. the keep for it is not a prosperous country, it lacks industry and natural resources,
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but it does have a homegrown treasure, a special genre of music, known as moore. now, the saudi is a young musician. she's actually studying law, like a friend of mirrors. yeah. but music is her passion. she takes the bus down to the beach to compose a new, more now than the style, jake, melancholic, life affirming music of k bird. the saudi a wants to keep the musical tradition of cape virtual life with their songs and earn some money in the process. just like her role model sees aria able that made kate birds more noise, indicate for to famous the world over a central theme is so dodgy, the pain of leaving a bird and the longing for home. keep bird has long been a country of emigration. the
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like many here because out here is catholic and deeply religious legacy of the islands, portuguese colonizers, the society, a able to is buried in them in gallows cemetery. to this day. she's a role model for the young generation of female musicians who like cloudy, a hope for a better future. many of their songs address the cape verde in dilemma to stay and suffer or leave long for home. others are about love, poverty or more to base. the local creole word for hospitality.
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somebody who takes inspiration from cape foods stunning natural landscapes. the newest song celebrates monte carter mountain with the face of famous been dealt with landmarks the the, the the sooner she will be performing this new song. for the 1st time, the close to the beach human dello, the capital of so if you send
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a to see seems close enough to touch the there is an abundance of fish and cape bird, but house is outside the capital are not connected to the water supply system, all the water comes from a single to say, live nation plant. if you're not connected to its pipes, the canister is your only option. the at the highest point of the island, miguel antonio has been especially creative the . he's worked out how to procure the precious water he needs for irrigating his
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garden, on the cliff. he fishes it out of the clouds, the books it was meant that you don't get the reset. last year in this net, the washer condenses during the night is think of it. because it, because this, i mean the, the gwinnett gets wasted. nice. the more you and the washer, or is it the bronze diamond duper and then flows into the cistern. this is the cistern where miguel collects water vital both for himself and his garden every
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night 50 to 60 leaders of water accumulate here. think that this i could do that will hold 4000 liters. a lot grows on his for child 100 square meter plot, then we carrots, aniseed central. now let's is rosemary and others. is he happy with his live? is it? yes, very happy with the garden and the water or his livelihood along the road just above his garden. he keeps a small stand here he transforms his curves into t. n. shops and sells them to the locals and tourist the rest. he keeps for himself
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from the spectacular cliff top garden begin, antonio has a magnificent view of the islands capital. min dello the on the neighboring islanders sent one tow. a piece of sugarcane from the roadside is a popular snack on the way home from school. there was a school bus for the pupils who live further away. c pupils like new jersey, the 16 year old jews era labors with their brand mother, uncle, and, and their children in one of the small mountain villages. her father is not present, which isn't uncommon in cape bird. and her mother is also absent. the money is tight,
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the legal minimum wage is about $130.00 heroes per month to 0 must also contribute to the family income after school. she earns extra money with donkey deliveries. spectacular as the landscape is. it's not easy to navigate. many journeys are only possible by donkey and many people also rely on donkeys for the crucial resource of water. pipes are often out of service and some areas are not connected to the water supply system at all. l ton has 3 donkeys which you rinse out to school girls like jews, era when he doesn't need them himself. it will take choose era and the donkey an hour and a half in the scorching heat, to transport this heavy canister to a house high up on the mountain, the same
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goose, tons of bits and parts done. so there are many elderly people living in the houses here and there isn't enough water and the pipe supply isn't reliable. so we have to load the water onto the donkeys and we also bring them their groceries from me. so for the, for this completion to 0, will earn about 2 euros from elton for the strenuous time she's expected on the mountain top. goza, i have to take the water to the house up there because i, i always do it. when i come home from school, he seemed to get some money for velocity would be just c h to the it's a difficult journey with
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a stubborn donkey. for the place itself is special. the the new gotta renew is viewed. it's beautiful here which causes the houses and the green after the rain. supergroup the scene go, which if you listen, no, you can only see it from up here. the bush with you and your the the made it the mario suicide lives here with his family. it's 5 kilometers by foot to the nearest village guy because the,
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the, to the expert who, who i'm looking for don't keys are vital for survival at the present transportation for the day. we have no water without the donkeys. you know, the level of woods could come up with the case, but we'd also be missing all the basics to move a section of materials, cement, and stones, etc. everything new who, who, who folks meant lots of good don't key. so important look. or the simply people don't use it until the end of the fruit and vegetable supplied by sun to entitled to the neighboring islands are also transported by donkey in the market hall mean dello, cloudy, and her friend museums are shopping.
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they want to cook. cape birds, national dish coupon. so you could also put a meet filling in it so we have everything for the got you? yes. is the current in the bag the right one for catch you bob? thank you. the, the traditional recipe includes both meat and fish, the,
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they take the bus home, do we cut it into pieces or wash? priced are the main ingredients of cut coupon or corn, beans, vegetables, meat, and fish. the hardy, sou, simmers for hours on a medium heat. once cooked the traditional dishes, reheated and eaten over several days cut out. he now lives and one of the most expensive neighborhoods near the beach cheese
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a dentist and a huge fan of carnival this year. a very special challenge lies ahead for the 1st time. she's a carnival queen in carnival. the queen's dress plays a central role. it has to be unusual, respect to traditions and have a seat on which the main carnival is fun. but it's also culture and traditions that i'm interested in social equality. having a balance between the winners and losers, best this dressers catalina's design. it requires a lot of fabric. and much like the responsibility of being queen it's waiting. my dress has a metal base. the costume represents the balance between rich and poor.
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colossal this. but it also has to be a big, sexy yes. of course. there's this part open with pearls. the more beautiful the dress, the better or has a dentist contract. tina earns good money. the dress will cost around $300.00 euros . being a queen requires a lot of investment um, dina has a sewing studio in one of the port or districts of the city. it's also cloudy as neighborhood farm from the beach closer to the mountains for weeks before carnival, it's all systems go here. dina interest,
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seamstresses have their hands for making costumes for carnival. dean is stressed. most carnival costumes are fairly standard, so they don't cost much to queen. stress is a big exception. and so the stress is a job for the boss that dina and this is how it should look the yeah know, put into the into the truck. can it be done in time for carnival or? yes, yes. that's hard or easy. the hard does it look queen lee? this is too much. do you see?
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see yes. yes. the um the the circumference of the extravagant dress is recorded on the floor. dina isn't thrilled. she's under a lot of time pressure. every one is relaxed except her seas. it's always the same. everything comes at the last moment just before a carnival, and i only have 4 weeks. the 3 weeks later, there's not much to show yet. first they try out a model. an employee serves as a substitute queen the
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we would there would be enough time before comfortable more or less. the time is running out for new though to use red suit and matching red hat still have to be made for carnival. the band leaders outfit society a able to is on the present in new knows workshop. there was no money for drums or costumes. they create everything themselves,
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including the music at the kill full. so he lived there and then go, we do, i've come up with my very own prism for the carnival dell 1st. i mean you both. it's a kind of mixture of sky reiki and galloping horses. i see. mm hm. about to you to keep me go back, choose follows. okay, jump out here and look a sound good movie bash can visit you. right, right. you the right next to this is anya ever a cemetery is guitar maker and this settles workshop more not the music of cape
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bird also serves as the collective memory of the cape verde ends its central theme . so daddy expresses the melancholy and yearning for a home so by those who had to leave their country due to poverty before the 1st performance of her new morning songs cloudy a wants to give her old guitar an overall on the set to the guitar maker is not very impressed with her plastic backed instrument. you need to re okay, 30 and guitar. it's very, we have the best ones here. i'll show you on that. some of the most pleasant and desire defense. classic this movement on what you thought.
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somebody else may i try one, a cloudy. i can't afford i'm a settled guitars, but there's no harm dreaming activity back and i think the guitar she has is no longer adequate for so do you agree? i don't for my kind of music, one of your guitars would be great for a brief time. she gets to hold a really good instrument. it costs around $600.00 curos far too expensive for cloudy and she'll be sticking with the old guitar for now. the
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new places somewhat harder, faster with them about to cut us are the drums sections of the carnival parades. they were key part of the cape verde and musical culture and dello. the 2nd largest city in cape bird is the cultural center of the archipelago. new knows drummers are rehearsing on the soccer field as they do every evening before. carnival john sons in the line of some, $150.00 drummers will come together for the event. the neighbors can forget about sleep during these weeks,
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but most of them are taking part. anyway. i the rest of the sessions for dancers every evening, it was rehearsal. the noodle is you for it. we were the 1st group to start rehearsing. at this point, i'd say, we'll be ready for the what looks like and i do like beach was one so place of hard for some 3 centuries. the speech was the side of one of the world's largest slave markets. the under portuguese colonial rule,
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thousands of africans were changed to this pillar before being sold onto the americas and the caribbean. 2 days, the dungy vidalia the former capital is a world heritage site. after centuries of portuguese colonial rule, cape bird finally became independent in 1975. the the country's modern day capital is about 15 kilometers away. it's called prya,
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which means beach. like the old capital, it's located on the cape birds. largest island, santiago, the 70 percent of cape birds, population or creole descendants of both in sleeved africans and the portuguese colonizers. the cape bird. cri, old language, developed from the communication between slaves, engines slavers, both portuguese and creole, still spoken in cape for today. around 20 kilometers from the capitalize the tranquil town of so domingos keywords where pasquals lives. he's the last cape verde and who can still build and play the traditional instrument of being slaved. the symbol. it's base is a hollowed out gord swimming pool, a symbol for means of magazine, symbolize the oldest string instruments and kate,
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but it goes back centuries and has neither european nor american origins. it has to have come from the african continent and is mentioned in slave accounts from the time scraps focus each by a couple bank, mostly the exact yeah, this happened is not with a group of slides flipped to the mountains, they would dump the bad guys above us a in nature, they found the materials they needed to build an instrument, then you won't by pointing gun, remember to live, there must be the to keep them so simple, a replica was created. so the 1st in k o as in boy e d, the last uh 3 is mostly excuse me,
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this box the beginnings of the 1st, specifically k for the music john rodney, i called about 2 hours ago. there was still goats in the mountains today, just like back then pasco needs their skin for the sound box, the animals can to be too young or too old. the to the next part is more difficult. porsche tail hair is the boat, and the strings are made from it says, you know,
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i saw a ton of notes here. so you could literally send here the one for them was a female. so because of the, for now, the instruments can already be given a rough, choose what size as each by c. so it's important to basketball, that distribution be kept to live and with a, the memory of slavery bank and so be sent. it's nadia is also working to keep the keep 30 and musical traditional live the for next performance date is approaching. she's excited, but it's difficult to practice when her mother wants to see her studying law. cloudy is thoughts straight from her studies to her new compositions and
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performance. music is a refuge her father left when she was very young. i mean it beat us. you my life never been easy. let's use explain part of my life for as long as i can remember. if i was singing along to the radio when i was to, and my mother got me a guitar when i was for basketball. sadie a couple of the leaves this area, a bar i showed people morning music and made it big. ella x and brought cape bird to the attention of the world. see me yelling me and he was indeed of my job as a young woman living here today. i see that many other young people aren't listening to our music anymore. speed. not getting charging via got a model like the music starting to disappear, to cool movies. you get stuck with you. dropping it back for my part i,
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dentist. i was more. no. i can't allow us to lose our roots, uh, dentist. that's why i sing more. no. you don't feel comfortable. it's difficult to make a living for music. things are extremely expensive. a square, the social is got us. take the price of a loaf of bread recently and shut up from $150.00 to $250.00. your school does the equivalent of around 2 euros. 50 o loaf of bread is often too expensive to buy. hello. do you have some cookies or conflicts? yes, sure. or anything else t the cookies. thank you. sonya and make sure to leave some catch upa for her mother to eat when she gets
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home late in the evening from her job as an accountant cody is mother doesn't earn much and most of it goes towards her only daughter's tuition fees about a 130 years each month and it's a constant battle with my mother. she keeps telling me musics, no good, my child. and i tell her, yes it is. use it as a part of me. and then she'll say cloud, you go and study cape virgin, use like one pay away. it'll do you know, good of the blue scarfs there. done. have you forgotten anything that's already 9 15 pm
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on the evening of the 1st performance with the new song. it's about to begin the, the key will earn her around 30 years. but it's true where it is greater saudi is songs are helping to keep, keep birdie and music alive the that song she wrote on the beach about the mountain with the face. now it's live on the concert stage, the
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contravene a to is preparing or rather be prepared to be queen the this year's queen's dress has been kept secret from the public until the last moment the the catalina is nervous. people are already gathering outside for the carnival. under queen stress isn't ready yet.
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the dean is at the end of her rope and catalina to needs all her strength right now. first, get into the dress, but how the it's a bit difficult. this dress difficult to get into meeting but what dean is conjured up in the last 4 weeks is truly spectacular. the last few weeks of taking their told on dina. 7 very, very, very tired. i haven't slept for 24 hours. i've worked non stop. no, not 2430 or so.
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it turned out beautifully. her parents are here too, and they're so proud the but the biggest challenge is here to come. how to get up there onto the carnival float with the help of a construction because they head up, but it's not very stable. up. she goes, the, it's shaky. it's too big. will it get there? the,
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the queen's in her place, high above the people just as she should be. down below there is during the now we can begin carnival, the highlight of the year in cape bird, the,
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the, the different part of the parade for new know, it's the combination of months of preparation. these red hat in
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suit somehow got made ready just in time the but he doesn't seem entirely satisfied. the, even the sound of his whistle can be heard and the deafening dain attention. you have to watch me the somewhere in the middle of it all is just on the soccer player. fairly recognizable under all the make up. his 1st carnival. and this is very saw there and some
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3 things you need in life, health, money, and love. the parade only lasts for one day for one glorious night. but they've been waiting and preparing it for a full year in cape bird. it's the music that brings every one together, the from refugee to business. and the summer has made it. 10 years ago, she fled from syria to touch, says she started as successful confectionary self. even so, she faces 10 inches in her new home. the focus on us in 30 minutes, d w, in sweden named highest,
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which is at risk of being swallowed down by the world's largest. all mine. she will not bowls that has precious, wrapped up, but the ground beneath it is already hollow down to the stable. all materials and hide among the city is getting a fresh start made into many in 90 minutes on d, w. the 1st engine already is whenever they feel like it's going themselves selling and fashion. and most pieces in this guy ben's how many are including the us have survival to do. they do is
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the secret lives of the inside stops may 22nd on d, w. the, this is data between use and these are the top stores. this is ralph has pledged to push ahead with an offensive on the city of rafa in southern gaza. despite a warning from the us presidential guidance at washington could stop. some weapons shipments is rob goes ahead with its plan for sheltering over a 1000000 displaced civilians. meanwhile, report site as well and how must have ended the latest round of peace talks in car thousands of pro palestinian demonstrators have gathered in the swedish.

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