PH Joins Asian Culture Festival in Brasilia

The Philippine booth featured artisanal items and typical Filipino food. (Brasilia PE photo)

BRASILIA 04 August 2018 — The Philippines was one of the five countries featured during the 45th Quermesse Festival in the Brazilian capital this August.

The Philippine booth was organized by the Philippine Embassy in Brasilia and featured artisanal items such as pearl jewelry, bags, hats, capiz frames and abanicos, and typical Filipino food such as pancit, lumpia, chicken and pork barbecue, turon and siopao.

Arnis self-defense techniques were also demonstrated by Filipino arnis master Dada Inocalla and his students.

The Quermesse Festival is an annual celebration of Asian food, music, dance, games, and arts. In Brazil, quermesse is a term used to refer to any outdoor religious festival. India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka were the other countries featured in the month-long festival.

This year’s Quermesse was held at the Pure Land Shin Buddhist Temple in Brasilia over the four weekends of August, with a different country featured every weekend. The Philippines was the featured country on the weekend of 11-12 August 2018.

The festival’s theme this year is “A Present Community,” which hopes to make people more aware of the invisible relationships that exist among people. END

For more information, visit www.brasiliape.dfa.gov.ph/ www.philembassybrasilia.org or https://www.facebook.com/PHEmbassyinBrazil

Ambassador to Brazil Marichu B. Mauro and Consul General Ariz Severino V. Convalecer with one of the organizers and Master Dada Inocalla. (Brasilia PE photo)

Brazilian arnis students demonstrate the ancient Filipino martial arts to the crowd. (Brasilia PE photo)