Rice and Beans Festival 2014
Bringing Brazil to Silo Park.
Overview
Brazil is coming to Auckland city this Saturday, February 22, in the form of the annual Rice and Beans Festival.
The free festival offers a smorgasbord selection of music, culture, art and food from South America.
Lead by Auckland’s favourite Brazilian Bobby Brazuka, the Mucho Aroha Music Showcase will feature a mint range of local and international DJs: Tamenpi (Rio de Janeiro), PG (Sao Paulo), Luiz Valente (Belo Horizonte), Latinaotearoa, Dubhead, Cian, Brazilian Divas, and AK Samba.
Besides music and food, Au Capoeira NZ, a branch of the Au Capoeira school in Brasil, will be performing in the grass at 2pm. The dance, which was originally developed by African slaves as a means of masking their self-defence training, is celebrated nowadays worldwide, even featuring in Hollywood films like Meet the Fockers, Step Up 3 and Ocean's Twelve.
Information
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