The Women's League Brings Brazil to AUB

During the performance

In line with its prerogative of being "the center of friendship" for women in Lebanon, the Women's League and its guests gathered at the Issam Fares Hall on November 9 for its end-of-season celebration. With the sponsorship of the Brazilian Embassy, the league arranged for an exuberant Brazilian percussion concert that included a live samba performance. The band Trio Raiz and dancer Viviane dos Santos entertained the audience with a musical trip through different regions of Brazil.

The band played a set of classic Brazilian songs, including the second most recorded song in the world, "The Girl from Ipanema," as well as the famous "Aquarela do Brasil." In her bright, variegated garb, Viviane dos Santos performed a native Brazilian samba that got the audience up and dancing, as Brazilian flags waved high in excitement. Another highlight in the program was a short capoeira duel, a well-known Afro-Brazilian martial art.

The three-hour festivity concluded with an encore of "Aquarela do Brasil," with many in the audience joining the band as it performed a choreographed reproduction of the song. Fulfilling their hopes of "forgetting outside politics" for a while, the women left the party with feelings of optimism and in high spirits.