Events or festivals

Sao Paulo hosts many events every year. For example “Anime Friends”, is an annual anime convention held in Sao Paulo, Brazil during the month of July. Japanese anime culture is enjoyed by many people at the opposite end of the earth from Japan. it is also the biggest anime center in latin america. In this event we can find a lot of otakus, (geeks) and weird people like those in Akihabara. There is also a cosplay championship, anime song bands, and a lot of entertainment. It happens every year in July.
The Sao Silvestre Race, is the most important road race in Sao Paulo. It’s only 15km, (It’s not as long as a marathon), but it’s very popular with the people! It happens every year on December, 31st, on Paulista avenue.
Sao Paulo Fashion Week, the most important fashion event in Latin America, has models such as Gisele Bundchen, Isabeli Fontana, Ana Claudia Michels, stilists, fashion companies like Chanel and Versace participates in this event.
Gay Parade, There is a fun event like others around the world.
Carnival, Sao Paulo’s carnaval is pretty famous too. It’s in February or March, it’s a pariod of a lot of parties, nobody works, and everybody is free to party. And an amazing parade happens in a place named Anhembi “Sambodromo”.

～By Minoru