Celebrate Brazil this weekend.
A Lavagem da Rua 46
Making its debut this year is A Lavagem da Rua 46 ("The Cleansing of 46th Street"), the pre-Brazilian Day event taking place today and continuing through the festivities tomorrow. (Perhaps today's rain will aid in the cleansing process.) Listen to performances by Afro-Cuban and Brazilian musicians while browsing authentic arts and crafts, watching artisans exhibit their craftsmanship, or sampling food representative of northeastern Brazil (moquecas, acarajes, abaras, and vatapa).
West 46th Street (between Sixth & Madison Avs), Manhattan
Saturday & Sunday (30 & 31 August).
10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Free.
(212) 398-6464
(917) 528-8151
http://www.lavagemdarua46ny.com/
Brazilian Day in New York
This annual event celebrates Brazil's Independence Day, 7 September 1822. Since 1984, Brazilian Day has drawn increasingly large crowds (1.5 million last year) to the blocks surrounding New York's Little Brazil. It promises to be a huge party with lots of food. Have a Rio good time!
Sixth Avenue (between 42nd & 56th Sts) and West 46th Street (between Seventh & Madison Avs), Manhattan
Sunday, 31 August.
10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Free.
(212) 382-1631
http://www.brazilianday.com/english/home.html
By train: B,D,F,V to 47-50th Sts-Rockefeller Ctr
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