First Baiana’s cultural week in Florence
…an unbelievable festival from Brazil…
A week of cultures initiative, sports, and gastronomy to set against November’s cold the heat from the most colorful and enigmatic people in Brazil.
A dive in to the thousands faces of the afro-brazilian culture typical from Savador Bahia in Brazil.
From 16th to 22nd November 2009
November 20th is a memorial day. It is a day of remembrance for Zumbi dos Palmares, in a day that ( after years of social exclusion and cultural despise ) the Afro-Brazilian culture comes recognized and valued as a richness and fundamental part of a mixed Brazil.
Zumbi dos Palmares is an historical figure which truly existed and documented in Brazil. He be came, for his attitude, symbol f the balck people resistance in Brazil.
November 20th , “ Dia da Conciencia Negra “ ( Black Consciousness Day ) will be the crucial day to the First Baiana’s cultural week in Florence…