POLONcv, Rotterdam (2026)

02/08/2026

POLON®

𝗦𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗗𝗨 𝗞𝗔 𝗧𝗔 𝗜𝗡𝗫𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗗𝗨 - TABANKA

Ten tradison ki ta trabesa tenpu pamodi ses pasu ta kontinua ta ser kontadu. Na es rubrika (Sabidu ka ta inxinadu) nu kre silebra alma di Tabanka, rivela sis kuriozidadi, sinbulu i mimoria. Oji ki sta kunpanha-nu na es viaji e nos kovidada .

𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙞 𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖 𝙩𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙖, 𝙢𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙠𝙖 𝙩𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞!

Video by:
Special Guest: Lua Pires
Extra Editing: .ernandomoniz

29/07/2026

POLON®

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔 - PERSONAJI

Na Tabanka, kada personaji ta dizinpenha un papel isensial na prizervason d'es tradison ansestral. Rei ku Rainha ta riprizenta autoridadi i union di komunidadi, Noiba ta sinboliza rinovason di bida, soldadu ta proteji i garanti ordi di korteju, enkuantu ki muzikus, kantaderas i fieis ta da vos, ritimu i alma a un silebrason ki ta susti eransa kultural di-nos povu.

𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖 𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙨 𝙙𝙞 𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙝𝙖 𝙠𝙞 𝙣𝙪𝙣𝙠𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞!

_________________________________________________________

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔 - CHARACTERS

In Tabanka, every character plays an essential role in preserving this ancestral tradition. The King and Queen represent the authority and unity of the community; the Bride symbolizes the renewal of life; the Soldiers maintain order and safeguard the ceremonial procession. Meanwhile, musicians, singers, and devoted participants give voice, rhythm, and soul to a celebration that keeps Cape Verdean cultural heritage alive.

25/07/2026

POLON®

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔 - REI & RAINHA

Na Tabanka, Rei ku Rainha ta sinboliza lideransa, union i dignidadi di komunidadi. Mas ki só un figura serimonial, es ta riprizenta mimoria koletivu, orienta ritual i prizerva valoris transmitidu pa nos antipasadu. Ses prizensa ta strama spritu di solidariedadi, ruspetu i rezistensia kultural.

𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖 𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙠𝙪 𝙥𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙖𝙙𝙪, 𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙪 𝙣𝙖 𝙩𝙭𝙤𝙣!
____________________________________________________________

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔 - KING & QUEEN

In Tabanka, the King and Queen symbolize the leadership, unity, and dignity of the community. More than ceremonial figures, they embody the collective memory, guide the rituals, and preserve the values passed down through generations. Their presence strengthens the spirit of solidarity, respect, and cultural resilience, ensuring that this living tradition continues to thrive.

Video provided by:

22/07/2026

POLON®

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔 - JERASON NOBU

Na mo di kriansa, tabanka ta dexa di ser memoria i ta transforma na futuru. Inxina mas nobu planta raís ki tenpu ka konsigi rinka. Na kada kantiga, kada toki di tanboru, kada son di buziu i kada pasu inxinadu ta manti bibu identidadi di un povu. Asi nu ta garanti ki eransa kontinua ta ekua di jerason pa jerason.

𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖 𝙚 𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖 𝙠𝙞 𝙩𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖.
____________________________________________________________

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔 - NEW GENERATION

In the hands of a child, Tabanka becomes more than a memory, it becomes the future. Teaching the younger generation is planting roots that time can never uproot. Every song, every drumbeat, every sound of the conch shell, and every step they learn keeps the spirit of a people alive, ensuring this precious heritage continues to echo from generation to generation.

Photographer: ©Eder Martins

12/07/2026

POLON®

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔

Tabanka e un di kes tradison bibu mas markanti di Cabo Verde.
Ku raís mas stramadu na ilia di Santiago, moldadu pa muzika, posison, ritual i pa rezistensia. Nasidu di bida sosial afro-kabuverdianu duranti tenpu'l kolional, borotadu di solidariedadi, spiritualidadi i memoria koletivu.

Tabanka ta silebradu entri mes di maio i junhu, es movimentu kultural i spiritual ta onra nos antipasadu, ta djondja vizinhansa i ta susti nos kultura, Mas ki folkloru, e ta kontinua ta ser un di kes sprison mas antigu di Cabo verde bibu di identidadi, reziliensia i sotiria spadjadu.

____________________________________________________________

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔

Tabanka is one of Cabo Verde’s most powerful living traditions, rooted especially in Santiago and shaped by music, procession, ritual and resistance. Born from Afro-Cape Verdean community life during the colonial period, it carried solidarity, spirituality and collective memory.

Celebrated between May and July, Tabanka honours ancestors, neighbourhood ties and cultural survival. More than folklore, it remains a living expression of identity, resilience and shared history.

Vidoe provided by

10/07/2026

POLON®

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔 - TXADA GRANDI

Tabanka di Txada Grandi ta distaka ku un varianti propiu di Tabanka kabuverdianu, es dizinvolvi un identidadi propriu ku tenpu.
Konbinason di ritimu, kadensia di tanboru, uzu di buziu i manera modi ki partisipantis ta kanta i disfila orijina un stilu karakiteristiku. Es ivuluson poi Txada Grandi "na boka'l mundu" ka so pa un lugar di silebrason, mas tanbi komu un referensia di un stilu spesifiku di Tabanka na Cabo Verde.

𝙎𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙠𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙫𝙪, 𝙨𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖 𝙠𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙫𝙤𝙨.
____________________________________________________________

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔 - ACHADA GRANDE

The Tabanka of Achada Grande stands out as a distinct variant of Cape Verdean tabanka because it developed its own identity over time. The combination of rhythms, the cadence of the drums, the use of the conch shell, and the way participants sing and parade gave rise to a characteristic style. As a result, Achada Grande came to be recognized not only as a place of celebration, but also as a reference point for a specific style of tabanka in Cape Verde.

05/07/2026

POLON®

𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗔 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗔!!! - 50 ANU DI INPENDENSIA DI CABO VERDE

5 di juliu di 2025 Cabo Verde sta silebra 50 anu di indipendensia.

Oxi nu ta silebra un marka stóriku rejistadu pa pilar di stória di 5 di juliu. E ka so fala di 50, mas tanbi di 500 anu.
Pabia Cabo Verde ka kumesa na 1975 i sinku sékulu di identidadi koletiva ka podi paga na torna skrebi un idiolojia di stória.

Nos alma kumesa kuandu nos ilia torna pontu di inkontru, di pasaji i di kruzamentu di povu i di kultura.
Nos e fetu di Áfrika, di Europa i di Amerika, ki konstrui entri mar, seka i partida. Nos storia e di reziliensa di kenha ki prendi vivi ku poku, mas ki ta sunha tamanhu.

Nos storia e di orguliu i di risponsabilidadi, orguliu pa tudu ki nu konkista, komu povu, komu nason, duranti dimokrasia.
Risponsabilidadi pamodi storia ka ta erdadu, ta konstruídu. Un storia entri partida i sodadi, ta konstrui un identidadi a skrebi na kriolu, ki ta badja na morna, ki ta labanta na Batuku i atxa kunpanheru na odju di kenha ki bai i kenha ki fika. Un povu musturadu na korpu i n'alma undi kada ilha ten si propi vos, mas nu ta parti un so lingua di afetu: Lingua Kabuverdianu.

Na 1975, kantu nu konkista indipendensia, nu ka kumesa di zeru. Indipendensia foi rikunhesimentu pulítiku di kenha ki nos dja nu era: Un povu ku identidadi, kultura i ku txeu vontadi di anda i susti ku nos pé.

03/07/2026

POLON®

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔

Tabanka e eku di povu ki ta transforma mimoria na ritimu i rezistensia na silebrason, Entri tanbor, vos i pasu marxadu, ta nasi un forma koletivu ki ta trabesa jerason. El e eransa bibu, fetu di fé, identidadi i pertensa, undi rua ta bira palku i tradison ta rispira prizenti. Na Tabanka, kada son ta karega storia, kada jestu ta guarda rais i kada inkontru ta rinova aima di komunidadi.

____________________________________________________________

𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗔

Tabanka is the echo of a people who turn memory into rhythm and resistance into celebration. Between drums, voices, and measured steps, a collective force is born and carried across generations. It is a living heritage, woven with faith, identity, and belonging, where the street becomes a stage and tradition breathes in the present. In Tabanka, every sound carries history, every gesture holds roots, and every gathering renews the soul of the community.

01/06/2026

POLON®

𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔 𝗡𝗢𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔 - POLON

Ten kontron ki ta pasa papel i transforma na memoria. Prizensa d'es movimentu POLON na es 𝗻𝗼𝗯𝘂 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗡𝗢𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔 ta riprizenta un di kes momentu raru, undi vos, vizon i kaminhu ta djondja.

Nu resebi es "gazadju" ku txeu gratidon i emoson, ka so un publikason, nu ta rakunhesi na el tanbi un jestu di sakuta, valorizason, i partilia. Kada pajina ta bira un ponti, kada palavra ta ganha un rais i kada imaji ta stika un kaminhada koletivu ki ta movenu.
E ku un gratidon tamanhu a NOSAGENDA ki abri-nu es porta pa kriason i forsa di narativa ki ta uninu.
Ki es kontron kontinua ta flora, inspira trabesas nobu i fortalesi mimoria bibu di nos kultura.

Rabata di bo, dentu'l maré na

Obrigado!
POLON

____________________________________________________________

𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔 - POLON

There are encounters that transcend paper and become memory. The presence of the Polon movement in this new edition of Nosagenda magazine represents one of those rare moments where voice, vision, and journey come together.

We receive this space with gratitude and emotion, recognising in it not merely a publication, but a gesture of listening, appreciation, and sharing. Each page becomes a bridge, each word takes root, and every image extends the collective path that moves us forward.

Our deepest thanks to Nosagenda for opening these doors to creation and to the strength of the narratives that unite us. May this encounter continue to bloom, inspiring new journeys and strengthening the living memory of our culture.

Buy yours before it's soldout!
More info:

24/05/2026

POLON®

𝗗𝗝𝗔 - 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗔

Brava e silensiu floridu na jardin di mar.
Ilia di neblina suavi, rotxa i sodadi bunitu, undi tenpu ta kaminha dibagar.
Ses gentis ta karega ternura i koraji na petu, umildadi i morabeza.
Na ora di badu ti biradu, Brava ta kontinua ta floresi na mimoria, sima un poizia bibu ki nunka dexa di txoma pa si kre-txeu.

"𝙎𝙞 𝙠𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙪 𝙠𝙖 𝙩𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙪"

____________________________________________________________

𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗔

Brava is a blossoming silence in the middle of the Atlantic.
An island of gentle mist, mountains, and beautiful longing, where time seems to move softly. Its people carry tenderness and courage within the same heart, humble, resilient, and welcoming. Between departures and reunions, Brava continues to bloom in memory, like a living poem that never stops calling its own.

POLONcv

02/08/2026

29/07/2026

25/07/2026

22/07/2026

12/07/2026

10/07/2026

05/07/2026

03/07/2026

01/06/2026

24/05/2026

Adres

Telefoon

Website

Meldingen

Snelkoppelingen

Delen

Type

Verzoek om vermelding te verwijderen