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Texto em português mais abaixo.
Downtown Mindelo is relatively wealthy and quite clean by some African standards. Third World is more evident in the outskirts of town, as you see here. The house with the red-tailed siren is the neighborhood "Século 21 Tesquinha" (21 st. Century Shop, a mix of grocery store, drinks shop, social center, etc).
People here may be materially poor, but they use naive art to brighten up their lives, be it a siren sculpture, a colorful mural or a seemingly purposeless archway.
In workshop I post a closer view of the tesquinha. I could post it as primary photo, because we see better the shop and some children.
The cross was put on the top of the hill when Pope John Paul II visited São Vicente Island.
Quiz: Where is the dog? Where is Monteiro?
Update: as requested by Ricardo (riclopes), I post also a WS with a better detail of the siren sculpture.
Appr. location: * Localização aprox.: 16.8813399, -24.9734473.
Uma zona pobre dos arredores do Mindelo. A casa com a sereia é uma loja/tasquinha, cujo nome que tem à entrada é, em crioulo, Século 21 Tesquinha.