Around 25,000 people are expected at the biggest event in Jersey, the Portuguese Food Festival, organized by the Madeiran community, Rui Abreu, Regional Director for Communities and External Cooperation, said this Sunday, August 28.
An estimated 25,000 people will attend the four-day festival, including tomorrow.
Regional Director for Communities and External Cooperation
The XXI edition of the Portuguese Food Festival starts on Friday and runs until tomorrow. The event has not been held since 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rui Abreu appreciated the support of the event’s organizing committee and the official institutions of Jersey, represented by Councilor Joao Carlos Nunes and Mayor of the Municipality of St. Helier, Simon Crowcroft.
“This is the biggest event in Jersey, organized by the Madeiran community,” said Rui Abreu, “The festival keeps Madeiran traditions alive in Jersey and acts as a tourism poster for Madeira in the United Kingdom”.
João Carlos Nunes, councilor of Madeira in Jersey and head of the festival’s organizing committee, attests and admits that a great deal of effort has made it possible to re-promote the festival.
In this festival we show our culture, our customs, values and traditions. At the same time, we send a picture of Madeira to everyone who visits the event. Basically, the festival acts as a tourism promotion platform for our land.
Madeira Counsel in Jersey
Joao Carlos Nunes also gave an account of the difficulties experienced in the last two years: “Jersey’s business landscape, nowadays, is different. So, organizing the festival was a challenge. Thanks to the support of sponsors, local and regional organizations, we were able to take the festival forward, set up five gastronomic tents, bring in 12 entertainment groups and give new life to the Madeira Folk Group in Jersey. .
“We are the largest foreign community living in Jersey. Let this festival continue. We will also maintain the Madeira-Jersey twin: it is a bridge, it will continue”, concluded Joao Carlos Nunes.
GR Madera maintains support for folk group
The regional government, through the Regional Directorate for Communities and External Cooperation, will continue to support the Madeira Folk Group in Jersey.
The guarantee was given by Rui Abreu, who spoke about the group’s importance in spreading Madeira’s culture abroad.
“We will continue to support with folk clothes, boots and clothes”, he said, noting that “the Madeira Folk Group in Jersey has a fundamental role in promoting and spreading Maderan traditions in that Channel Island”.
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