tabanka

Kabuverdianu

FWOTD – 17 September 2015

Pronunciation

• (Santiago) IPA^(key): [tɐˈbãŋkɐ]

Noun

tabanka

1. a traditional cultural performance of Cape Verde, where the theft and recovery of a saint (represented by a flag) is staged as a parade accompanied by music

References

• “tabanka” in Jürgen Lang, Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) (2002).