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Language Fair in Serpa - Muitas línguas, uma só Europa!

 Fair, 26 Sep 2024, Serpa, Portugal

"Muitas línguas, uma só Europa!" This is the motto for this year's European Day of Languages celebrations in the towns of Serpa and Vila Nova de São Bento, in Portugal. This year's programme is dedicated to languages as a vehicle for culture and understanding between peoples, supporting inclusion and diversity in a context of increasingly intense migration. What will happen in Serpa on the 26th of September (8 AM till 7 PM)? Language and dance workshops, tasting of food from different countries, games, performances, theater plays, sessions with writers, lectures and exhibitions. As in preceding years, the language fair will feature information stands of the Directorate-General for Translation, European Parliament, Erasmus+ Agency, Europe Direct Baixo Alentejo, Language Institutes and the local schools and municipality. The schools of Serpa will coorganise all activities and everyone is welcome to take part in the public events.

Venue: Municipal de Serpa (Show On Map)
Target groups:  Language learners Pupils Children Students General public Parents

Organizer: European Commission
Estimated number of participants/people involved: 350
Address: Serpa, 7830-437, Serpa, Portugal
Contact Name: European Commission - Representação em Portugal
Website: https://portugal.representation.ec.europa.eu/events/dia-europeu-das-linguas-em-portugal-feira-das-linguas-em-serpa-2024-09-26_pt

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