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From Saudade, with Fado! – Saudade’s 5th Anniversary

In the year we celebrate 500 years of the birth of Luís de Camões and 50 years of the April Revolution, we are also delighted to celebrate 5 years of Saudade. Here’s to five more, fifty more, and five hundred more!

On May 31st, we had our big celebration, featuring live Fado music by none other than Carla Silva, accompanied by two Portuguese guitars!

Check out the Highlights Reel in our Instagram page!

You can also learn about this amazing fadista in her page here!

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Saudade Language School

A Saudade - School of Portuguese as a Foreign Language was born from the need to construct a new diverse model adapted to a new concept of teaching that is capable of responding to the necessity of reaffirming the identity and the relevance of Portuguese language teaching and learning, not only in countries where Portuguese is spoken, but in the world.

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