It all began in Rebola and the pride of belonging to a people was reborn, a project embraced by all social classes, from childhood to old age.

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The Bubi Mother Tongue Day made it possible to recover the lost socio-cultural values of a people.

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Over the years, this event became one of the most relevant cultural manifestations ever seen throughout the national territory. During its ten years of existence, no significant mishap has been recorded that endangered the integrity of the participants.

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Everything was so well organized that the event was a true display of diversity representative of its objective: the presentation of a wide variety of artistic expressions, linguistic literature and cultural and touristic manifestations that would have nothing to envy to similar events anywhere in the world for its uniqueness and colorfulness.

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The euphoria of the attendees was indescribable when all kinds of poetic interpretations, modern music and traditional dances in all their expressions were presented on stage. The atmosphere was incredibly exciting.

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The hours leading up to the big night were filled with reading and writing workshops, as well as children's contests in the Bubi language, making it a veritable marathon of activities for the little ones.

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The next day was another great moment: the Gastronomy Day, a day dedicated to sharing African culinary diversity in general and Bubi gastronomy in particular.

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The Bubi Mother Tongue Day motivated many young people to prepare their artistic pieces for exhibition. Many ancestral crafts, handicrafts and expressions of Bubi identity that had been in danger of being lost were recovered.

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It was great while it happened. Now, more than ever, it is time to continue working within the possibilities of each one of us, to activate all possible lights of knowledge from any corner of the world where there is someone who is part of this cultural and linguistic history.

It is necessary to promote the Bubi identity in all possible spaces, to transmit its essence through literature, art, music, poetry and dance. To create content in all possible platforms, to feel with pride every second, every minute and every hour the belonging to one of the richest cultures in the world in its language, its lyrics and its unique and singular dance.

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It was great while it happened.

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