Axinene Arivava

Axinene Ari Vava (“Thank you, my sister”)

Let your natural hair be free

Young girl

In my land, in our natural land, there’s no fear

There’s capulana, there’s muciro, there’s micovova

(To exalt)

Your beauty, mwampula

Let your body move as you jump rope to the sound of the tufo

Your serene song

Mutiana Horera (noble woman, elegant one)

Axinene Ari Vava,

Axinene Ari Vava

(Thank you, my sister)

Ku xucuro, this is how we say thank you

Here on the island

There’s the flavor of the earth

There’s Nikhotonkoro, Matapha, Djampa (traditional foods/dances/places)

There is joy

That’s contagious

There is magic

There is enchantment

Let your body move as you jump rope to the sound of the tufo

Your serene song

Mutiana Horera