Gulbenkian is mine, it's yours... Gulbenkian is ours!
The feeling of belonging is not common to all people. But if there was ever a place where all bodies felt at home, at least for 9 days, that place was the 2022 Gulbenkian Summer Garden.
The music that comes from the outskirts of Lisbon was the great ambassador of this movement, pulsating beyond the invisible walls that still separate us. Thousands of smiles were shared, along with the contagious dancing and the hugs choreographed by the power of emotion. It was the glimpse of a once utopian Mundu Nôbu [New World], Lisboa Criola [Creole Lisbon] walking barefoot on the grass, drenched in sweat to the sound of the endless mantra carried by our beat.
This year, we are back to that garden of heavy accents, where no one will feel like a foreigner. I truly believe that the Summer Garden is the meeting point where our prejudices are kept at the door, making room for a new Lisbon. Nu Bai!