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Ordem do Vulcão
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Ordem do Vulcão (Portuguese for the Order of Vulcan or Order of the Volcano), also named as the Medal of the 1st Class of Ordem do Vulcão is a national award that is done each year by the President of Cape Verde, it is awarded to the greatest personalities of Cape Verde and non-Cape Verdeans, which contributes to an aggrandizement of the nation.[1] It is the main decoration of the country created after the independence of the nation.
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Ranks
It has the following ranks:
Recipients
- Eugénio Tavares, 1995[2]
- João Lopes Filho, 2004[3]
- Amélia da Lomba, 2005 - the first non-Cape Verdean to be awarded[4]
- Cesária Évora, 2006
- Mário Lúcio Sousa, 2006
- Edite Borges, 2011[5]
- Gil Semedo, 2011[5]
References
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