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Letter from the house
Casa do Sarau opens its doors.
More than a first edition, it was the beginning of a community.
A home for every voice.
Casa do Sarau was born to create a space where the Portuguese language could be lived in all its diversity — Brazilian, Portuguese, Angolan, Cape Verdean, Mozambican, Guinean, Timorese and so many other voices that make up the Lusophone community in London.
That purpose stopped being an idea. It took on faces. It took on voices. It took on stories.
It found a home.
I am deeply grateful to every guest who shared their work, their courage and their voice, and to everyone who chose to spend the evening with us. The attention in the room, how generously people listened, and the conversations that carried on long after the programme confirmed what I have always believed:
Something was missing. There was a gap. There was a longing.
Now we have a home to strengthen our community and carry our voice further.
The opening night is over, but we only just began — at the end of September we open the doors again.
This house is being built together, and the stage and the microphone belong to all of us.
“Let us go hand in hand.”
With love,
Camilla Rodrigues
Founder | Casa do Sarau
Letter from the house
Portuguese literature, from London to the world.
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