Friday 5 May 2017 | 5:30pm
Club Na Múinteoirí - Teachers' Club
Free admission, booking essential.

The 5th of May is the International Day of the Portuguese Language and culture from the Portuguese speaking countries. In its 4th day of the festival, Cultura Fest would like to invite you to celebrate this special evening with us where we will have a series of presentations, exhibitions and performances for all culture lovers.

Some of the attractions of the night will be:

Exhibition of illustrations by artists from the Portuguese speaking countries. The illustrations were specially designed for Cultura Fest 2017 and will show popular idiomatic expressions used in Portuguese and we will translate their equivalent in English.

Lovely traditional food stands. Food from Brazil and Portugal will be on sale and you will be able to eat in our arty food area from where you can see the other attractions of the evening while eating. Drinks can be bought in the bar upstairs 'til late.

The sound experience. We are delighted to take the public into a 'sound tour' where we will be introducing the various sounds of the Portuguese language which may seem 'exotic' or 'challenging' for non natives. Fun activities will help you discover some of the innumerable accents from this language spoken in 10 different countries and also make sure you 'exercise' your jaw trying to say some of the words.

Sean-Nós & Fado - best friends? Brazilian translator and fluent Irish speaker Natália Uí Fhaoláin will sing traditional Irish music (Sean-Nós) and traditional Portuguese music (Fado) and open a discussion on similarities between these singing styles.

Screenings from the Lusophone countries. Short movies and videos from the countries where Portuguese is an official language will be shown, opening the possibility to make known a bit of the cultural aspects of the countries as well as the varieties of accents.

Theatrical performances. Actors, speakers of Portuguese and English, will explore the gestures, facial expressions and non-verbal utterances that are commonly used to communicate in Portuguese speaking countries.

Dance performances. Traditional dance and music from Brazil and Africa will be performed and the general public will be able to join the dancers and instructors.

An evening for all language lovers and cultural backgrounds and not to be missed!

Events will be in English and in Portuguese.

Photos on the banner by Felipe Diehl and Anna Flávia.