Integration of Damanenses into Macau

Though a very closed society yet as the pictures show Damaneneses are very much integrated in the Macau society.
Pictures show Damanenses in Grupo de Danças e Cantares de Macau, a Portuguese folklore group and in the Macanese Dóci Papiaçám di Macau.
Macanese too have a dialect called Patua, which has some similarity to our Damão dialect. This dialect has almost disappeared and this group is now trying to revive it.
Damaneses in the Choir at the Sé Cathedral.
This is the first time a Damanense was selected to sing the ‘Veronica’ at the annual procession of Nosso Senhor dos Passos as this is mainly reserved for the Macanese.

On the sports arena, Damanense have been selected to represent the Macau Football squad at International levels.