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34GUIA TUR%u00cdSTICO | TOURIST GUIDEequatorial nights, especially at the weekends, are marked by explosions of African rhythms and bodies, hopelessly enticing visitors.The musical rhythms and dances of Sao Tome and Principe reflect the multiple influences of various African origins of its people, and beyond. %u201ckadance%u201d continues to be the most favorite rhythm played in the discos, alongside %u201ctarraxinha%u201d deemed to be specific for the Archipelago. But there are many other rhythms that inundate the nights, and often universalized through contact with visitors, namely pu%u00edta, funan%u00e1, kuduro, the Kizomba, dombolo, kuassa-kuassa, reggae, pop and rap music. Outside the Discos, deeper cultural roots are conserved, associated with tribal rituals such as %u00fassua, socop%u00e9 and dan%u00e7o-congo, deemed as the most genuine and African, danced with exciting involvement by the Angolares.AUTO DE FLORIPESA ilha do Pr%u00edncipe tem igualmente o seu auto inspirado na tem%u00e1tica carol%u00edngia e as lutas entre mouros e crist%u00e3os de que estes saem sempre vencedores: o Auto de Floripes, representado em 15 de Agosto, dia de S%u00e3o Louren%u00e7o. A declama%u00e7%u00e3o chega a prolongar-se por 12 horas ou mais e decorre em terreiro ao ar livre, interpretada igualmente por atores rigorosamente caracterizados.O Auto de Floripes tem origem europeia, inserida no remoto esp%u00edrito medieval do %u201cmaravilhoso carol%u00edngio%u201d, supondo-se que a vers%u00e3o santomense tenha sido inspirada nas representa%u00e7%u00f5es em Tr%u00e1sos-Montes e levada para o Pr%u00edncipe no s%u00e9c. XIX, j%u00e1 na %u00e9poca da cultura do cacau, portanto bastante mais tarde do que o seu cong%u00e9nere %u201cTchiloli%u201d na ilha de S%u00e3o Tom%u00e9.AUTO OF FLORIPESThe island of Principe also has its play inspired by the Carolingian theme and the struggles between Moors and Christians, of which the latter were always the winners: the Auto of Floripes, played on August 15, on the day of celebration of Saint Lawrence. The recitation lasts for 12 hours or more on a plantation, in the open, and is played by rigorously dressed up actors. The Auto Floripes is of European origin, set in the remote medieval spirit of the %u201cwonderful Carolingian%u201d, with the assumptions that the S%u00e3o Tome version of the play was inspired by the representations made in Tras-os-Montes and brought to Principe in the nineteenth century, already at the time of the cacao culture, thus introduced much later than its counterpart %u201cTchiloli%u201d on the island of S%u00e3o Tome.