The 17th Lusofonia Festival, a Portuguese Speaking Communities Cultural Festival in Macau, will be held from October 17th to 19th at the Taipa Houses-Museum. All Macau citizens and tourists are welcome to join and experience the Portuguese Speaking Communities rhythm in this Festival.
The first Lusofonia Festival was held in 1998 on the Portuguese Expatriate Day (June 10th) to honor Portuguese-speaking individuals who reside in Macau and have contributed to Macau's development. In its 17th year, the Lusofonia Festival will further demonstrate the vibrancy of Macau as a tourism city, turning into a traditional event incorporated with rich Portuguese Speaking Communities culture. This year's edition, a wide variety of festival events will be held in Taipa Houses-Museum on October 17th, between 7pm and midnight, and October 18th and 19th between 12pm and midnight.
The program includes different Portuguese speaking communities and Macau performances, lusofonia gastronomy, traditional games, table-football competition, Grand Prix simulator, pony ride, giant games for children amongst others. "Carmo Radio", music of Portuguese speaking communities will be played all the way through, allowing participants of different ages and tourists to have great fun and a touch of Chinese and Western cultures.
Ten different Portuguese speaking community booths will be exposed. They are Macau, Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Goa, Daman and Diu, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Principe and East Timor. In these booths we can know their culture through their costumes, photographs arts and crafts, decorations, gifts and one can also taste their traditional snacks and drinks. All Macau residents as well as tourists are welcomed to this three day event which include dancing, singing, games, gastronomy and feel the environment of this festival. For additional information, please search IACM website www.iacm.gov.mo or call the number 8988 4000.
