We organised a second birthday party for the children of Calheta, whose birth dates were from May through to September. This time we had a group of 26 children (Ineida, Juliza, Claudina, Melissa, Jussara, Mena, Justina, Nolita, Marcio, Marquinho, Elcy, Diva, Rosana, Artemisa, Josefina, Cynthia, Edeson, Josseanne, Delmizia, Jocelyne, Erica, Ana Galina, Eviline, Evilise, Eveline and Veronica Conceição), who started showing up at the pension, where the party was going to be held, by midday.
Some children came around with their mothers, so as to collect the money for the school. I still had time to film a few, but not all, as we had to try to start the party on time. Most children (not to say all of the children) were wearing the new dresses or outfits which had been handed to them before and they all looked beautiful.
Nolita and her sister Maria de Jesus came around with their mother, who was handed out the photos, as well as the money sent by Filipa and Maria Felicidade respectively. Maria de Jesus was at the previous birthday party but Nolita would be at this one.
Nolita (left) and Maria de Jesus (right).
Similar situation happened to the sisters Eunice de Jesus and Claudina, who came around with an aunt, as Eunice had been to the previous party, whilst Claudina would be attending that one. Claudina also got a birthday present and card. The money sent by Henriqueta and Mafalda (respectively) was handed to their aunt.
Eunice de Jesus (left) and Claudina (right) with their aunt.
Josefine also came around with her aunt to collect the money sent by Cecilia and stayed at the party , as she belonged to the group of those who would be celebrating their birthdays.
Josefine with her aunt.
Erica and Justina walked in together and if the first had been entitled to some extra presents sent by Noëlle the previous night, so did Justina, having got some extra T-shirts and a photo album sent by Isabel.
Erica (left) and Justina (right).
Just before the party was due to start I noticed one girl (Artemisa) was missing, so I had someone walk quite a long distance to go and search for her.
They all seemed excited and so were we. We at least expected the party to correspond to what we had envisaged it would be. I filmed the party and in between tried to photograph them "capturing" their facial expressions.
The boys seemed a lot more sparse in regards to expressing their feelings and I don't believe it only had to do with the fact they were outnumbered by the girls.
Edeson (left) and Marcio (right)
Evilise (left) and Veronica Conceição (right).
Eveline (left) and Jussara (right).
Diva (left) and Jocelyne (right).
Elcy (left) and Claudina (right).
Melissa (left) and Josefine (right).
Erica (left) and Rosana (right).
Ineida (left) and Mena (right).
Cynthia (left) and Ana Galina (right).
Justina
(to be continued)
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