Sport and recreation

Capoeira weekend, sounds of Brasil in Dubrovnik

Third capoeira weekend will be held from today to Sunday, October 11th at several locations around the city. The rich program includes a completely free classes for beginners of capoeira, the Brazilian workshop of Jongo dance and music lessons on traditional Afro-Brazilian instruments.

Free classes will be organized on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday in the sports hall of the elementary school Marin Drzic, classes of capoeira will start at 1:30 pm, and on Sunday at 2 pm. The central event of the festival will be a public lecture about capoeira which will be held on Saturday at 9 pm in the Lapad bay (Cafe Promenade). The festival is organized by a non-governmental non-profit Association ‘Capoeira Amazonas Dubrovnik’.