São Paulo is the Brazilian state with the largest number of immigrants and, to represent and publicize the Latin American culture, Largo do Arouche receives, this Sunday (28), from 11am, the Festival Cultural Integration of the Peoples of Latin America and Caribbean. 
The event, organized by the Latin American Association of Art and Culture, is free and brings performances of traditional and contemporary songs, popular dances and performances. The artistic expressions that will be presented at the festival represent cultural heritage recorded in their countries of origin.
In total, 12 countries will be represented: Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Haiti, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador, Democratic Republic of Congo and Cuba.
“More than an artistic meeting, the festival is a celebration of memory and resistance. Each song and each dance carry centuries of history, reaffirming the identity of original peoples, Latin American, Caribbean and African communities. The participating artists are guardians of rhythms and traditions that cross generations, preserving culture as struggle territory, belonging and transformation, Tania Bernuy, activist by the activist by the activist by the activist by the activist by the activist by the activist by the activist by the activist Human Rights and Cultural Producer of the Festival.
For Tania, Brazil already has the contribution of indigenous and African descent culture, such as capoeira, samba, axé. Because it is such a large country, with this very particular wealth of each state, the Brazilian cultural integration itself brings a lack of understanding in its magnitude.
“It is very necessary to make debates on this issue of regional integration to strengthen a full recognition of the individual as endowed with their own culture and enrich their own ethnicity to cross future generations.”
Schedule
- 11h tango and passion (Argentina)
- 11:30 am Jazuweda (Haití)
- 12h street vendor (Brazil)
- 13h Tinkus San Simón (Bolivia)
- 14h Mariachis Reyes Azteca (Mexico)
- 15h Quinchamali de Chile (Chile)
- 15h30 Capoeira Gerais (Brazil)
- 16h Qhantati Ururi Conima Peru Brasil (Peru)
- 17h Folkloric Expression Tususunchis (Peru)
- 5:30 pm Celina sings and enchants (El Salvador)
- 18h Latin Peru (Peru)
- 19h Leonardo Matumona and Banda (Democratic Republic of Congo)
- 20h Alejandro Hernández (Venezuela)
- 21h Aleksey El Majadero (Colombia)
The festival will take place at Praça das Flores, in the Republic neighborhood.
Migration in numbers
According to the 2022 census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, between 2017 and 2022, the state of São Paulo received 736,000 immigrants, even though it registered for the first time a negative migratory balance.
The city has a diverse foreign population, with countries of origin with the highest migratory index Bolivia (more than 15,000 people) and Venezuela (over 14,000 people).
*Intern under the supervision of Eduardo Corrêa
