The Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities is promoting online training for Azorean folklore groups from South America and North America on December 14 at 5 p.m. Azores local time.<\/p>\n
The initiative will be organised by the Regional Directorate for the Communities and aims to be a space for disseminating and updating knowledge about Azorean folklore. At the same time, it will be an opportunity to exchange experiences between different groups of Azorean origin spread across South America (Brazil and Uruguay) and North America (the United States, Canada and Bermuda), where the historic Azorean communities are based.<\/p>\n
The panel of trainers will be made up of Lu\u00edsa Bairos, artistic director of Santa Cec\u00edlia da Faj\u00e3 de Cima Folklore Dance Group, S\u00e3o Miguel Island, and Leandro \u00c1vila, artistic director of Fontes da Nossa Ilha Folklore Dance Group from Fontinhas, Terceira Island.<\/p>\n
Maria Lu\u00edsa de Medeiros Bairos, a native of Ponta Delgada with a\u00a0History degree, is a founding member of the Santa Cec\u00edlia Folklore Dance Association in 1987 and has been its artistic director for the last four decades. She served as president of the association from 2007 to 2016 and is currently responsible for the archive service at RTP\/A\u00e7ores.<\/p>\n
Leandro Adelino Andrade Cardoso \u00c1vila, a native of Praia da Vit\u00f3ria, holds a degree in Basic Education, a Master’s and a PhD degree in Insular and Atlantic History from the University of the Azores, and is now completing a postgraduate course in Traditional and Popular Portuguese Cultural Heritage at the Piaget Institute. He is a researcher at the Humanities Centre of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon).<\/p>\n
This online training initiative, scheduled to be approximately two hours long, begins with a speech by the Regional Director for the Communities, Jos\u00e9 Andrade, who will provide a brief historical overview of Azorean folklore groups and the Azorean diaspora. It will include presentations from tutors and end with an interactive session for participants.<\/p>\n