Saturday 18 February 2012

Diary of an emotional trip to Calheta de São Miguel (the morning of Day 2 - cont.) - The 12th of February 2012.



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Prior to having handed out the presents to the girls one of the "godmothers" was given a present herself - the visit of her daughter's protegé Marquinho, so soon after she left on the way to his parents' to get to know them and hand him out the presents herself on behalf of her daughter Sonia and her husband.














Celeste with Marquinho.

















Lucia holding the bag with the first birthday presents she got from a "godmother" who has recently joined the group, Carla Cordeiro (left) and having put on the new dress she was bought, though on top of her own clothes (right).




 













Maria de Jesus holding the birthday presents sent by her "godmother" Maria Felicidade (left) and wearing the new birthday outfit (right).




 













Carla holding the birthday presents sent by her "godmoter" Rosario, her mother and daughter (left) and wearing the new birthday outfit. (right).




 













Ana Galina wearing the new birthday dress I bought for her (left) and Ana holding the letter she finally received from her recent "godmother", Berta Vasques whilst holding the first presents she got from her (right).


















Ana Borges with the presents I bought for her (left) and Elcy (right) with the new album of photos and a piece of jewellery Lurdes and I bought for her (once we are both her "godmothers").


















Cynthia with the book she received from the hands of the "godmother" herself (left) and Mena with the presnts she gotfrom her "godmother Silvia (right), though one of the best presents she could ever get (medicine for her eyesight) she was also given.




Note: 
Rivia and Lou can't be seen with their presents, once they were given them the previous day.
Veronica, Claudina and Filomena can't be seen on any photo but I know they were given their new books
Ana Bela and Ana Rita can't be seen on any photo either but I was told they were given the "spare" presents  I took the care of sending the moment I saw their extra names on the list I got from Sibylle, prior to the "godmotherss" having set off to Cape Verde.
Josseane was given the books I bought her later on, as nobody could find them among the  presents spread on the tables.
Luisa Ivete and Ineida can be seen in the previous article holding both the artistic works they made and the albums of photos I bought for them.



The girls were also given Carnival masks and presents for their mothers before leaving.














Before heading to Cutelo Miranda to celbrate Nate's birthday, the "godmothers" stopped at Manguinho to pay a visit to Ivanilde Elena's parents and Rivia's grandmother once I had asked them to. On the way they met Erica, who proudly showed them the bracelets and necklace she had already made with the plastic "pearls" she had got from her "godmother" Noelle.





Erica  proudly showing her "handmade jewelery".

















Outside Rivia's grandmother (left) and at Ivanilde Elena's (right)










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