Latin American Festival
Marcel | August 13, 2010In case you are still looking for something to do this weekend, and feel the need to spice up the Irish version of the season otherwise know as “Summer” with some tango-rythms, salsa-sounds and spicy food, maybe the first festival launched by the Latin American Native Community in Ireland (or LANCI for short) is worth a visit:
2010 is the bi-centenary of the independence of Latin America. LANCI is launching a new festival to commemorate and celebrate this year . This will incorporate the 8th International Tango Festival.
The LANCI Festival aims to give international recognition to the varied cultures of Latin American Countries. This Latin American Festival offers a variety of artistic and traditional presentations including music, and dance in the form of salsa, samba and tango, traditional foods and film, photographs and paintings from Latin American artists.
This is the first time that a festival of this kind is being held in Dublin. A cosmopolitan city like Dublin guarantees that this type of event will be a success.
You will find the full programme on the festival-website, and I’m especially lookign forward to the Latin American fair or “feria” in Temple Bar on Sunday.
HI.
I am not in Ireland, but am eager to know how it was.
The first one is always hard to organize, but the next will be easiear and more sucessful than the first one.
Do you know how many latinos are there in Dublin? What are the majr countries they come from?
Thanks.
There are some amazing photos here. Its left me pleasantly excited for the 20th anniversary of Hereford Photography Festival in the UK which I’m shortly leaving for. Thanks for sharing.