the Congo in Lisbon [...], given by Princess Sebastiana Julia, regent of the Congo empire [...] very crowded with whites [...]. After midnight, the guests left, who had paid for their entrance tickets, and only the princess and her court remained [...] and some whites. Pretoria danced to her Congo dance and other dances in Europe.  
The African importance of the relationship between party/history/religion, the reconstruction of a new African identity based on the past but inserted into the Portuguese present, is underlined, as revealed by the adhering to elements of Portuguese modernity - such as the financial element or the police protection available to these festivals - resulting in the creation of unprecedented synchronous operations.