Brazil Week celebrated
By
Hakeem Babalola
Part
of the one week programme was an event tagged Brazil Street Festival which took
place on Sunday September 11 at Nagymező Street in down town Budapest
featuring Capoeira, Samba dance and fashion parade.
Expected
to be yearly event, the idea according to the Brazilian Deputy Head of Mission, is to mobilise the Brazilian community in Budapest. “Our idea is to
mobilise the Brazilian community,” said Wagner Antunes who attended the
festival with Rafael Neves, vice consul.
He
added that even though the Brazilians in Budapest
“are away from home, they are still part of the larger community”.
Speaking
further to African News Hungary, Mr.
Antunes explained that since there is very large number of Hungarian in Sao Paulo, the programme is an opportunity to bring more
Brazilians to Hungary.
Moreover,
it is also said to be an initiative to show Brazilian culture, ways of life,
dance, arts exhibitions, Brazilian movies and food.
Though
the programme is the sole responsibility of the Brazil Council, it is supported
by the embassy in terms of logistics and publicity.
The
Brazilian Independence comprised
a series of political events occurred in 1821–1823, most of which involved
disputes between Brazil
and Portugal
regarding the call for independence presented by the Brazilian Kingdom.
It is celebrated on September 7.
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| L-R Wagner, Rosana, Anita & Rafael |
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| Time for Capoeira |
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| The band takes charge |
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