CARNIVAL TOUR 2024
The most original celebration in the West Coast!
The Carnival of Guinea-Bissau is spread over four days and takes place mainly in Bissau and on the Bijagos archipelago, where the different ethnic groups and the inhabitants of the small villages and other towns of the country come together to present their culture and their traditions .
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During the colonial era, the Carnival was reserved for Portuguese settlers and assimilated. Little by little and since the Independence War, Bissau-Guinean people have appropriated this celebration in order to make it the ultimate expression of the different Guinean cultures and traditions.
Decade of Return
2024 Carnival Trip
6th to 13th February 2024
Expected Program
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Tuesday, Feb 6th: Arrival
Check-in at Hala Hotel and Aqua Park, Rest and dinner.​
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Wednesday, Feb 7th: Cacheu
Cacheu is the city where your ancestor probably left his land...Powerful spiritual moment visiting the Slave trade Museum and the door of the prison they were kept before entering the boats​.
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Thursday, Feb 8th: Ancestry day
Your African Ancestry test shows you're from Balanta? Mandingo? Brame? Pepel? Fula? Djola?
On Ancestry Day, The coordinators will bring you to YOUR COMMUNITY, your family! Spend time with them, ask questions, share a traditional meal with them, BOND!
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Friday 9th to Sunday 11th: Bijagos Islands retreat
Treat yourself with 2 days of tropical enjoyment in the most beautiful hotel of the arquipelago and meet this fearless Bijagos people.
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Monday, Feb 12th: CARNIVAL*
Back in Bissau, we going to attend the 3rd day's Parade of Carnival Festivities until late night. Covid Test in the morning if needed.
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Tuesday, Feb 13st: Leaving Bissauland
Preparing to go back to your 2nd homeland.​
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* Awaiting confirmation from the 2024 Carnival Organizing Committee
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