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Afro-Latinx Festival

2/24/2019

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Afro-Latinx Festival
Sunday, February 24, 2019
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Free Admission / $10 Parking

Come celebrate the cultural diversity of the Americas and the African influence in Latin America at MOLAA’s Afro-Latinx Festival! Whether you enjoy dancing to salsa music, like munching on Peruvian anticuchos, or meeting your friends at a Capoeira studio for a roda, you’re experiencing a mixture of customs from African and Mestizo peoples in the Americas. MOLAA’s Afro-Latinx Festival highlights the African legacy in Latin America through art workshops, face painting and live performances.

11am – 5pm at Viva Event Center:

  • Craft vendors
  • Art Workshops
  • Free Face Painting
  • DJ Eusebio Akasa
  • Community Organizations

12:30pm (Screening Room):

Cuentos y Cantos, story time with the Long Beach Public Library

Sculpture Garden Performances:

12:30 – 1:15pm Lidereibugu Garifuna Ensemble

2 – 3pm ABADA Capoeira

3:30 – 4:30pm Quitapenas

Food trucks offer refreshments for purchase. Parking is $10.

Details

Date:
2/24/2019
Event Categories:
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Website:
https://bit.ly/2T6EI7C

Venue

Museum of Latin American Art
628 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802 United States
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