Now retired Evaristo Marques, 75, prepares at his house to celebrate the day of Santa Catarina in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, November 25, 2018. Marques, who was born in Cape Verde's capital Praia, doesn't see himself living anywhere else in Lisbon. "People can say whatever they want about Cova da Moura but I will only leave this place when I'm dead," he said. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Women make balls with corn flour during the celebration of Santa Catarina at Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, November 25, 2018. Santa Catarina is one of the most important religious celebrations in Cape Verde and in Cova da Moura too. Every year locals attend a church service and take over the streets to celebrate the saint. Community parties are held afterwards. During the church service a choir sings religious songs in Cape Verdean Creole, a Portuguese-based Creole language widely spoken in the neighbourhood. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A cat stands next to a graffiti wall in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Laundry hangs outside a house in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, November 23, 2018. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Cape Verdean musician Francisco Fortes, 56, plays guitar inside Coqueiro, one of the dozens of restaurants in the Cova da Moura neighbourhood, serving traditional Cape Verdean food, in Lisbon, Portugal, December 16, 2018. "Living in Cova da Moura is just like living in Cape Verde," Fortes said. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Paulo Cabral, 36, born in Cova da Moura neighbourhood to Cape Verdean parents, sits on a sofa at his father's house in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, November 23, 2018. "Sometimes the only thing people know about Cova da Moura is the negative side," said Cabral "But that isn't the whole truth." Cabral organises tours of Cova da Moura. "When you visit once you keep on coming back," he said. "People may be poor here but they have big hearts and preserving culture is part of who we are." REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Residents attend a procession during the celebration of Santa Catarina in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, November 25, 2018. Santa Catarina is one of the most important religious celebrations in Cape Verde and in Cova da Moura too. Every year locals attend a church service and take over the streets to celebrate the saint. Community parties are held afterwards. During the church service a choir sings religious songs in Cape Verdean Creole, a Portuguese-based Creole language widely spoken in the neighbourhood. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lisbon is seen from Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, January 29, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Cape Verdean cook Benvinda Mendes, 73, locally known as Totta, takes a break as costumers eat at her restaurant in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, December 13, 2018. Mendes was born in the Cape Verdean island of Santa Catarina. There she was a construction worker, building roads and other infrastructures. In the 1980s she moved to Portugal seeking a better life Ð for her and her family - but when she got to Cova da Moura there was no running water or other basic services. Now, she runs a family restaurant in the neighbourhood and dances the traditional 'batuque', a music genre and dance style from Cape Verde that she learned with her late mother. 'Batuque' is set to feature in Madonna's upcoming new record. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A photograph of Cape Verde's singing legend Cesaria Evora sits inside a restaurant in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, November 23, 2018. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Dulce Fernandes poses with her Catholic figures for a portrait in her room in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, December 13, 2018. "I always have a smile on my face even though I'm sick," Dulce said. She has problems in her knees, which makes it hard for her to walk. Dulce came to Portugal in 2000. "I moved to Portugal to seek a better life, there were no jobs in Cape Verde. I have four children, without a father. I'm a strong woman," she said. Like many other residents in Cova da Moura, Dulce collects Catholic saints. Cape Verde is a predominantly Catholic country. In her tiny house she also has plants she uses for medical purposes, something prevalent in the neighbourhood, just like in Cape Verde. Dulce said she was evicted from her previous home in another similar neighbourhood in Lisbon, which is being destroyed to make space for a new urban development. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A dog stands in a window of a house in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, January 29, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A boy rides a bicycle on a street in Cova da Moura neighborhood in Lisbon, Portugal, January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People dance inside Coqueiro, one of the dozens of restaurants in the Cova da Moura neighbourhood, in Lisbon, Portugal, December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Idrissa Mane, 44, works at his sewing workshop in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, November 23, 2018. Colourful patterns of African clothes can be spotted from outside Mane's store. "All materials come from Africa," he said. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Women make balls with corn flour during the celebration of Santa Catarina in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, November 25, 2018. Santa Catarina is one of the most important religious celebrations in Cape Verde and in Cova da Moura too. Every year locals attend a church service and take over the streets to celebrate the saint. Community parties are held afterwards. During the church service a choir sings religious songs in Cape Verdean Creole, a Portuguese-based Creole language widely spoken in the neighbourhood. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A man checks his phone on a street in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Rapper Timor Young Smoke, 27, poses for a portrait as he has a drink with his friends in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, December 1, 2018. Timor has a successful career as a rapper and, among other things, uses his music to highlight social issues, including police violence. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A postbox hangs on a street in Cova da Moura neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal, December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante SEARCH "MOURA LISBON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.