{"id":16,"date":"2014-12-02T21:54:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T20:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvraiz.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2024-06-07T23:53:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T22:53:35","slug":"cultural-retention","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"title icon\">African retentions in Cape Verdean Culture &amp; Language<\/h2>\n<p>Looking into African retentions doesn\u2019t necessarily provide a straightforward connection with ancestral origins from 1 specific ethnicity or even ancestral area. Because previously ethnic-specific cultural patterns can also be adopted by genetically unrelated people.\u00a0Who in turn pass it on to following generations. <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cultural<\/span> transfer is something different from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">genetic<\/span> transfer<\/span> <\/strong>after all. Still having an overview of which cultural aspects can still be identified as ethnically specific in Cape Verdean culture might be helpful in clarifying Cape Verde&#8217;s most important African origins. In particular when combining with evidence shown on the other pages of this website.<\/p>\n<p>This is not going to be an exhaustive overview. <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Just some of the things I am aware of<\/span><\/strong>. Most of them central to Cape Verde&#8217;s culture and with assumed ethnic origin within Africa being fairly certain. I intend to expand on this section in the future. But briefly this is the summary of what I will discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Crioulo language<\/b>:<\/span> linguists being currently in agreement that <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mandinga and Wolof influences<\/strong><\/span> are most noticeable in Cape Verdean Creole.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Pano textiles<\/b><\/span>: closely connected with weaving technology <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">originating from the Mandinga, Wolof, Sereer<\/span><\/strong>. Pano cloth being the most important export item of Cape Verde after the 1600\u2019s this also created a demand for specialized weavers often found among these ethnicities (but not exclusively).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Ouril board game<\/b><\/span>: widely spread in West Africa and also still popular in Cape Verde; going by the etymology of the name and perhaps also game rules (?) <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">tied specifically to Wolof\/Mandinga<\/span><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Cuscus<\/b><\/span>, a traditional Cape Verdean recipe related but different from the wellknown Maghrebi dish. Judging from its preparation and utensils used closely <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>connected with Senegalese cuisine, esp. Wolof<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Pilon (mortar and pestle)<\/b><\/span>, used for pounding food in many parts of Africa, however the Cape Verdean word for the verb \u201cto grind\u201d (cotchi) is <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Mandinga derived<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cimboa instrument<\/span>:<\/b> its etymology is<strong> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">pointing to a Mandinga origin<\/span><\/strong>, although one-stringed violin-like instruments also have been described already in historical travelling reports among the Wolof.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Bumbudo\/Bombu,<\/b><\/span> mothers carrying their babies on their back, again to be seen in many parts of Africa, but the Cape Verdean word for it is <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>derived from Mandinga<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvraiz.com\/?page_id=150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/next.jpg\" alt=\"next\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/next.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cvraiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/next-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African retentions in Cape Verdean Culture &amp; 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