Entremarés Activities at FMM Sines - World Music Festival 2024

FMM Sines - Festival Músicas do Mundo (World Music Festival) is a festival that has been organized by the Sines City Council for over 25 years and brings together thousands of people every year. This year, the festival has teamed up with MARE, the University of Évora and CIEMAR for a week full of scientific dissemination activities:

YOGA IN A TIDE POOL
21 JUL, 18h00 @ Escola Básica de Porto Covo | 27 JUL, 12h00 @ Centro de Artes de Sines | Dur. 45' | For children (3-12 years old) accompanied by parents or other family members

Yoga class for families inspired by the lives of animals on rocky intertidal shores.

TIDE ON THE BEACH
21 JUL, 09h00 & 22 JUL, 10h00 @ Praia dos Buizinhos, south of the Porto Covo viewpoint. Meet at the top of the stairs | Dur. 60-90'

Observation of marine animals and algae at low tide to learn more about their biology.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND OR DON'T YOU? 
24 JUL, 10h00 @ Laboratório de Ciências do Mar da Universidade de Évora, Avenida Vasco da Gama, Sines | Dur. 45'

What is a barnacle? How does it feed? How does it reproduce? What is its life cycle like?

MARINE MAMMALS AND REPTILES: WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY DO THEY COME ASHORE?
25 JUL, 10h00 @ Vasco da Gama Beach (Sines). Meet at the lifeguard flag | Dur. 45'

Cetaceans and sea turtles, what threatens them, why they wash ashore and what to do if you find them. As part of the ARROJAL project, financed by the Environmental Fund.

FAMILY REUNION: THE MOZAMBIQUE SHELL GAME 
26 JUL, 12h00 @ Laboratório de Ciências do Mar da Universidade de Évora, Avenida Vasco da Gama, Sines | Dur. 45'

Brief notes on biological classification (taxonomy). The Family and the Species. Card game of families of shells from Mozambique. Observation of specimens from Professor António Martins Mendes' collection of "Mozambique shells".

For more information and to register for the activities, click HERE