The Liberdade Street Fair (Portuguese: ''Feira de Arte e Artesanato da Liberdade'' or ''Feirinha da Liberdade'') is an art and handicraft fair in the

Liberdade Liberdade ibeɾˈdadʒi (Portuguese for "Liberty", "Freedom") may refer to: Geography *Liberdade (district of São Paulo) *Liberdade (São Paulo Metro) *Liberdade street market *Liberdade (neighbourhood), in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil *Liberdade, ...

district of

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. This popular open air market began in 1975 and operates every Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 6 pm near the Liberdade Metro station. There is a number of attractions, festivals and other artistic events that occur all year along at the market.

History

The Japanese contributed with flowers production, rice, vegetables, mushrooms and macrobiotic food beyond martial arts. They keep their cultural tracts transforming Brazilian culture as their own was modified as well. The

neighborhood is home to the largest Japanese population outside Japan. Although today most

Japanese-Brazilians are Brazilian citizens who are nationals or naturals of Japanese ancestry or Japanese immigrants living in Brazil or Japanese people of Brazilian ancestry. Japanese immigration to Brazil peaked between 1908 and 1960, with the highest concentrat ...

speak only

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, some of them are still fluent in Japanese. Some people of Chinese and Korean descent who live in the area are still able to speak their ancestral languages.

Crafts and gastronomy

The street market was created to emphasize all kind of handicraft works and artisanal wares from the Asian immigrants. In recent years artisans of other nationalities have begun selling their crafts at the market. These newcomers to the Street Fair are from

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, and

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. They sell candles, toiletries, leather products, sculptures and so on. Booths selling traditional Asian foods like

yakisoba (, , ) is a Japanese noodle Stir frying, stir-fried dish. Usually, soba noodles are made from buckwheat flour, but soba in are Chinese-style noodles () made from wheat flour, typically flavored with a condiment similar to Worcestershire sauce ...

and

gyoza ''Jiaozi'' or Gyoza (; ) are a type of Chinese dumpling. ''Jiaozi'' typically consist of a ground meat or vegetable filling wrapped into a thinly rolled piece of dough, which is then sealed by pressing the edges together. ''Jiaozi'' can be ...

are common.Typical oriental food (Portuguese)
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