Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil organises Festa Junina
The Vietnamese Embassy in Brazil on June 26 coordinated with the International Club Brasilia in organising the Festa Juninas festival, also known as "festas de São João", which commemorates the birthday of Saint John/João (June 2).
An art performance at the festival. (Photo: Places To Visit Brazil)
Brasilia (VNA) – The Vi🌼etnamese Embassy in Brazil onJune 26 coordinated with the International Club Brasilia in organising the FestaJuninas festival, also known as "festas de São João", whichcommemora🌱tes the birthday of Saint John/João (June 2).
Senhora Julie-Pascale Moudoute Bell, President of the club,said that the festival is an opportunity for countries to exchange and discover each other's culture. Particularly, on this occasion, participants can enjoy typicalVietnamese dishes.
In June, the Festa Juninas festival is held across Brazil.The holiday expresses the gratitude of the inhabitants to heaven and earth forfavourable weather and good harvests.
In the past, the festival was mainly held in Brazil’scountryside, with peasant boys wearing large straw hats and women with braidedhair, wearing red checkered skirts dancing "quadrilha" - a dance thatwas fashionable in Europe and its colonies in the late 18th 🐟and and 19th centuries.Nowadays, not only in rural areas, the festival is also held in schools to keep the good tradition./.
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An art performance at the festival. (Photo: Places To Visit Brazil) 
