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The aim of Sea Week is to promote Maio as a destination of excellence for water sports and opportunities for blue economy in Cabo Verde.
The program will include the presence of Mitu Monteiro, the first Cape Verdean kitesurfing world champion. Mitu Monteiro will share his life story with the young people of Maio and take a tour around the island with the aim of showing Maio’s potential in terms of water sports as a reference point for the blue economy. He will be accompanied by his family and sailors Hendrick Lopes and Dianira Lopes.
Other highlights of the program include a multi-sport event and craft fair in the town of Porto Inglês on Saturday 14 December, and the National Open Water Swimming Championship, with the Pau Seco-Calheta crossing, and the Terra Mar Gastronomic Festival, in Calheta on Sunday 15 December.