The grand annual 2nd Latin American Festival held at Qba Courtyard in Westin Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday June 7, 2009 was a great success judging by the bigger crowd that jammed-packed the place as compared to previous one held.
The glamourous event was the initiative of the embassies of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela in conjunction with the Latin American Ladies Association.
Malaysians, tourists from Westin Hotel and nearby hotels and the Latin American community working in Malaysia joined in the merriment with great gusto. They had a fun time celebrating themselves to the best of authentic Latin American food, music and dance.
Each Latin country set up its own stall manned by embassy staff and selling traditional delicious dishes and native arts and handcrafts. Admission to the festival is free but guests had to purchase coupons for the items they want. There are the irresistible temptations from the wide array of exotic and delicious Latin American cuisine, wine, whisky, Cuban cigar and many others.
Proceeds generated by this event went to MAKNA (Majlis Kanser Nasional) or National Cancer Council.
The Latin American dance performances created the excitement with the guests dancing and enjoying themselves all day afternoon long! Sophisticated, elegant, flirtatious, spunky and seductive, the Latin American dance has it all.
All in all, it was a cultural experience and a great party to remember for everyone present. It was a day of good food, great music and a swinging good time. An event that the guests will be talking about and a good enough reason to return for more at the next festival!
The glamourous event was the initiative of the embassies of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela in conjunction with the Latin American Ladies Association.
Malaysians, tourists from Westin Hotel and nearby hotels and the Latin American community working in Malaysia joined in the merriment with great gusto. They had a fun time celebrating themselves to the best of authentic Latin American food, music and dance.
Each Latin country set up its own stall manned by embassy staff and selling traditional delicious dishes and native arts and handcrafts. Admission to the festival is free but guests had to purchase coupons for the items they want. There are the irresistible temptations from the wide array of exotic and delicious Latin American cuisine, wine, whisky, Cuban cigar and many others.
Proceeds generated by this event went to MAKNA (Majlis Kanser Nasional) or National Cancer Council.
The Latin American dance performances created the excitement with the guests dancing and enjoying themselves all day afternoon long! Sophisticated, elegant, flirtatious, spunky and seductive, the Latin American dance has it all.
All in all, it was a cultural experience and a great party to remember for everyone present. It was a day of good food, great music and a swinging good time. An event that the guests will be talking about and a good enough reason to return for more at the next festival!
Dances from Latin America
The Latin American Festival showcased to the world the Latin American culture through their beautiful dances and musics. The dancers added amazing energy and visual excitement to the great party. Wow! They are really good!
The folk dance from Colombia.
A couple dance the tango.
The spins of salsa dance.
A dancer shaking her body with wild grace.
A female dancer gyrating with her swaying curves.
The energetic and sassy Cha-Cha dance.
The samba dancer. She is amazing!
The lively, rhythmical dance of Brazilian samba.
The sexy attire they wear certainly set pulse racing.
Samba dancer with her flirtatious steps and energetic jumps.
Easily charming the crowd with her swaying curves.
Spectacular samba dancer.
Samba dancers help liven things up at the festival.
Samba dancers with their fabulous feathered costumes added the glitz and glamour to the Latin American Festival.
A Brazilian capoeira performance - a fighting style dance.
Two children in a capoeria mock fighting dance.
The legendary warrior dance of capoeria using sticks.
A couple showing off their dance moves.
The crowd dancing to the thumping latin music.
Everyone just wanna have fun.
The dance floor was packed.
The jam-packed crowd at the Latin American Festival enjoying the best of Latin American cuisine, music and cultural expressions.
Guests enjoying their time at the festival.
The stall offering the best of Argentina's cuisine.
This young girl helping out at the stall offering authentic Cuban dish, cigar and other native stuff.
The stall offering native dishes from Venezuela.
The stall offering selected arts and crafts produced by the best masters artisans from all over Peru.
Malaysia's Astro Ria reality TV singing competition show Akademi Fantasia (AF) 7 champion Mohd Hafiz Mohd Suip (left) interviewing a representative from Peru.
A couple drinking guarana antarctica - the most popular guaran-flavored soft drink in Brazil.
Thanks to these ladies from the Latin American Ladies Association of Malaysia for their charity efforts.
Volunteers from MAKNA (Majlis Kanser Nasional) or National Cancer Council at the booth providing valuable info on cancer.
A traditional dress worn by this lady from Brazil.
This lady had just won a bottle of wine in a lucky draw.
So sweet!
Attractive and cheeful ladies.
The three ladies who came to enjoy the festival.
These teens from Iraq said they enjoyed watching the Latin dance performances.
3 comments:
great pix, nicely taken. Keep it up!
- pmrhhp -
tomyam, nice one...
wow...this is awesome...mayne
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