The City University of Macau (CityU) held its annual Portuguese Language Day on May 5, in conjunction with the World Portuguese Language Day, to promote interest in learning Portuguese and cultural exchanges. Organized by faculty and students from the Bachelor of Portuguese program at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the event featured a variety of activities, including booth games, food and delicacy tasting, film screenings, and reading activities. The event also showcased a drama performance, O sal e a água, by fourth-year students and a short film adaptation, Rua das Mariazinhas, of the novel Mong-Há by third-year students, written by renowned Macanese author Henrique de Senna Fernandes. In her speech, Dean Lixian Jin spoke highly of the event and expressed her hopes to strengthen cultural exchanges with Portuguese-speaking countries and provide more international opportunities for language and cultural learning.
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Source: Faculty Humanities and Social Sciences
