Festival · São Paulo, Brazil

Mercado Persa Brasil

Active / long-running

Major Brazilian Arab-dance festival and competition with a broad set of Oriental, folklore, fusion and group/solo categories; established in São Paulo in the 1990s.

1–3 May 2026 · organized by Mercado Persa Brasil

Edition 2026 · Verified edition

Teachers & performers

Line-up

Large multi-category judging/teacher community; individual instructor roster not fully reconstructed

Programme

Highlights

  • Competition categories include classical/traditional, fusion, folklore, props/elements, inspiration and gypsy; solo, duo and group formats.

Verification: Official 2026 competition PDF.

Archive

Previous editions

  • 1995 · Dates not publicly recovered

    First version / founding year

    Not publicly recovered

    Early São Paulo edition of the long-running Arab-dance festival.

    Verification and sources

    Founding year supported by historical/academic source.

Research record

Verification: High

Academic/public sources place the first version in 1995; 2026 competition documentation is publicly available.

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