From three o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, the carnival wth te blessing of Rei Momo will invade the streets of Cape Verde. S. Antao, Brava, children, youth and adults of various entertainment groups will sing and dance until Tuesday, the day that will start the official parade.

Praia

The kindergarten opened on Saturday 13th, the Carnival parade, as of 15:00, each with its own theme and over 800 extras: Suzy Garden (The Professions), Sunflower Garden (Fruit and Vegetables), Catly and School of Thought (Mar), Tia Dulce, Swallow / School Eugenio Tavares (Flower) and Monica's Monica (Circo), Charming. In total, over.

Sunday, the streets are the schools of the EBI. As of 15:00, 2140 parade extras schools New President and Eugenio Tavares (circus), Seed Trade (OS), Chapel (Peoples of the World), SOS (Discovery and Settlement of Cape Verde), Laundry (Road Safety) and Peace and Love (Africa, Peace and Love).

Tuesday of Carnaval is days of the senior groups. Interestingly, this is the smallest quota, only 680 extras. Parade from 15:30 (without any delay, it is hoped) groups Without Shame, Inter-Village and Coming of Africa have chosen the theme Environment, Praia do century and successes, respectively.

Exceptionally, in two days also parade entertainment groups who elected him two evils issues that have affected the Cape Verdean society tragically in recent times: violence based on gender (White Ribbon Group) and Grupo Batucada Tabanca Dinos.

Ribeira Grande de Santiago

Ribeira Grande de Santiago - Heritage - also joked the Carnival. Yesterday afternoon, 12, the School of the Old City, with support from City Hall, left the streets to "play" the KARNAVAL DI PIKENOTI parading of the San Antonio Sao Bras, ending the parade at the premises of the School.

São Filipe - Fogo

Three official groups will contest te title of best carnival group in the city. Will miss the "Challenge", but range from Earth, Fire Burning Sea and Blue will parade in bridging groups as official on Tuesday. But regardless of what happens on Tuesday of Carnival, the excitement stirs allver the island.

The sanfilipenses can watch the pre-parade of the Fire Burning animate the streets and neighborhoods of the city. Arriving two weeks of intense testing, those responsible for the group want to test everything before the big moment on Tuesday of Carnival - the day that about 400 revelers will parade under the banner of the Fire Burning.

The City of S. Filipw has not yet defined for this year, the values of awards to groups nor subsidies. But the newspaper found that the premiums will increase. Last year the council stipulated premiums for the top three: 80, 60 and 40 stories respectively.

Mosteiros

The carnival groups of the Mosteiros and the City Council failed to agree on the amount to be available for the Carnival. So this year there will be no official parade at concelho. A Board submitted a proposal for 200 stories to groups "Flor" (Vila da Igreja) and “Strela Negra” (Mosteiros Trás) to cover the costs of the Carnival.

Half of this amount would be distributed to groups as a way to support preparations for the feast. The other half would be reserved for the awards. Only the representatives of the groups considered the amount insufficient and decided not to make the official parade. They prefer to animate the streets on Carnival and without any compromise with the official competition.

Brava

There are five official groups that parade this year in the Carnival in the Brava. To these should be small groups of spontaneous animation. Are incorporated "The Bahian", Group of the School of Lem, Group of the School of Manuel Gomes, Group of Our Lady of the Mount and the Group of young Etson and Pinay.

Sal

In Sal, the party starts this Saturday, 13, with a group of sixth form students Olavo Moniz. The Carnival for pikinotis is scheduled for Sunday. The kids will portray the enchanted world, the superheroes, that every day, through cartoons, movies and comic caricatures, populate your imagination.

The official parade is scheduled for the afternoon of Tuesday, 16, in Asparagus. Wonders of the South (Santa Maria), Hawks and samba in the foot (Asparagus) are the official groups that promise to make the jump Sal, more than ever, this Carnival 2010.

New this year is that on the afternoon of Wednesday Ash, the blocks competing Tuesday in the asparagus will parade for the population of the tourist town of Santa Maria Avenue in New Zone. The awards will be announced in front of the Police Health

The winner will receive the sum of 200 stories, the runner-up 100 stories and the group placed third it will be an amount of 70 stories. The King and Queen of Carnival 2010 will each have 10 contos, while for the best theme song (music) and better standard-bearer the authority will give a prize of five thousand. The best group of animation will be awarded with a value of 20 stories.

Boa Vista

More protection to the environment. This was the requirement that the City of Boa Vista imposed on groups that will participate in the official Carnival parade on the island of dunes, on Tuesday, 16. Colorful Dreams, from the sea and the group Association of Tent go to the promenade with everything.

There are no prizes, but each promises a parade with lots of color and batucada. The Good Shopping supermarket moves along, as usual, to animate the Carnival as a block unofficial.

Schools EBI and kindergartens in every village of Boa Vista, parade on Saturday. The little ones will defend his reputation, and maintain a reputation for driving spirit of the feast of King Momo in the island of North dunas.No goes on the road block the group Blue, but Bofareira Old Village and just rely on the entertainment groups to play the carnival.

S. Nicolau

The main actors of the Carnival of St. Nicholas - Blue Star, Copacabana and Brilliance of the area - promising a party to the height of which is tradition on the island, with plenty of brightness and joy. The 2010 edition of the feast of King Momo will talk of climate change, marine resources and the dream of rebuilding the Ribeira Brava, which was devastated by floods last year. And the revelers of the island receive a major reinforcement of dozens of immigrants who came to the United States, who are on the island to play carnival ne dveri.

The groups promise not to delay the shows, which kick off on Saturday night. You see, you already know the groups reached the yard during the night or on Sunday morning, to the despair of people who like to see and celebrate Carnival. The party will be financially supported almost entirely by the city of Ribeira Brava. But, as always, some companies with representation on the island also support groups.

S. Antao

The Carnival will also be celebrated throughout the island of St. Antony. Five groups are officers who will parade in the three counties. To these should be small groups of spontaneous animation.

In Ribeira Grande will parade a single group: Coming from the universe, the village of Ponta do Sol As the only group, the City Council decided to support it with 200 stories. In Paul are the three official groups - Paul Flores, Youth Alegre and Famas Window - and many other entertainment groups.

Also in New Haven will be the parade of a single group: Fund Lombo Branco. Some groups of animation will shake the streets, standing out among these three systems

S. Vicente

In Mindelo, Saturday morning is reserved for kindergartens. "Garden Welly" opens the show at 10.00. Following is the "Jardim Despertar" and terminating with the "Bom Pastor". On Monday, it does the expected return of the School of Tropical Samba, at 21:00.

The already known, Brincalhões do Mindelo, Tucim Bedje, Mandingas d’Ribeira Bote, Mindel Fantasy and Caprichosos do Mindelo, are aware of the high schools, other groups not participating in an official competition but will also brighten the Carnival 2010.

The subsidy granted by the Board to unofficial groups varies depending on the scale of the projects submitted and will the 15,000 $ 00 (fifteen thousand crowns), to 50,000 $ 00 (fifty thousand crowns).

The day however it is expected Tuesday, when the Group of Mindelo Flores, winner of the last two editions of the carnival will open from 14.30, the official Mardi Gras parade in 2010. Follow up will Montessossego, Dreams Unlimited and Youth Monte Sossego.

The prize for the best music in response to statements Vlú, accusing the City Council to interfere in the classification of music, Humberto Lélis, councilman of Culture, in an article published on the Internet CMSV says that "we have no interference with the work of the jury. Just choose, to set them up, people who understand the carnival and we have no influence on their decisions. "