The Museu da Tabanca is a museum in the town
in the western part of the island of
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
in
Cape Verde
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. It is dedicated to local culture, including
tabanka
Tabanka (Cape Verdean crioulo name of tabanca) is a musical genre of Cape Verdean music.
As general music
As general music, tabanka characterizes by having an ''allegro'', a binary compass, and traditionally being melodic only.
In its tradit ...
music. The museum was first opened in 2000 in
Assomada, the seat of the municipality of
Santa Catarina, but in December 2008 it was moved to its current location in Chã de Tanque, also part of Santa Catarina. After two years of renovation, it was reopened in November 2017.
Santa Catarina: Museu da Tabanca abre as portas novamente na próxima semana
, 17 November 2017
See also
*List of museums in Cape Verde
This is a list of museums in Cape Verde.
Museums in Cape Verde Fogo
* São Filipe Municipal Museum
Santiago
* Museu Etnográfico da Praia, Praia
* Museu da Tabanca, Chã de Tanque
*Tarrafal camp, Chão Bom
São Vicente
* Centro Nacional de ...
* List of buildings and structures in Santiago, Cape Verde
References
External links
Museu da Tabanka
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070323110100/http://biztravels.net/biztravels/museums.php?id=127&lg=pt
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Tabanka
Tabanka (Cape Verdean crioulo name of tabanca) is a musical genre of Cape Verdean music.
As general music
As general music, tabanka characterizes by having an ''allegro'', a binary compass, and traditionally being melodic only.
In its tradit ...
Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
Tabanka
Tabanka (Cape Verdean crioulo name of tabanca) is a musical genre of Cape Verdean music.
As general music
As general music, tabanka characterizes by having an ''allegro'', a binary compass, and traditionally being melodic only.
In its tradit ...
Music museums
2000 establishments in Cape Verde