World Portuguese Language Day

Date: 08 May 2021 - 22:09

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On the occasion of the World Portuguese Language Day the Ambassadors of Portugal and Brazil send the following message:
Brazil, Portugal, Portugal, Brazil. We both speak a global language, Portuguese. In its unity, plural, diverse, rich. The most spoken language in the South Hemisphere. Shared with other seven  countries in all continents. With a special presence in Africa (Angola, Cape Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe), but also in Timor-Leste and in other places, like Macau or Goa. On May 5th we commemorate the World Portuguese Language Day. Of the nine States that speak it, two boast an Embassy in this captivating country, to which we are bound by ancient ties of friendship that we value and seek to enhance. Which is why we want to mark this date with a symbolic gesture. Each of us will donate book of celebrated authors of our countries to Iranian schools and universities, in their beautiful translations into Farsi – a language of fertile and acclaimed literary and poetic tradition, like ours. This is a day for sharing. And it is also pertinent to recall that both countries have Cultural Institutes which provide online courses of Portuguese.  In the case of Brazil, its Cultural Centres, which in the future will be called "Instituto Guimarães Rosa”, and for Portugal, "Instituto Camões I.P..” Also in Portugal and Brazil, the number of students learning the Persian language is growing. May we know each other better and better, and may the mutual learning of our languages draw us nearer. That is our wish.