They came all the way from Canberra, and they dropped it like its hot 🔥 With a cumbia / hip hop / bagpipe / samba mashup these legends brought a real show and we all loved it. Huge thanks to Raio de Sol for coming to share what they love at the Melbourne Samba Encontro 🫶 #samba #melbournesambaencontro #melbournesamba #sambaaustralia
An epic ending to an epic weekend. 115 drummers and 84 dancers performed on the iconic Red Stair Amphitheatre... ...and the energy was absolutely electric! 🥁 Seeing the passion from everyone, come together in the heart of Melbourne is something we won’t soon forget. Grateful is an understatement. Until next year 💜💛🫡🔥 #sambaaustralia #sambaencontro #melbournesamba #whatsonmelbourne #unidosdacacatua
We are so grateful to have experienced such a beautiful melting pot of dancers over Encontro weekend: from Malandro dancers, to our whānau from NZ, to our youngest passista, 9-year-old Alex 🥹✨ Different styles, different backgrounds, one shared love for samba and Brazilian culture. This is what encontro is all about! 💜💛 Stay tuned for part 3! #sambaencontro #sambaaustralia #whatsonmelbourne #melbournesamba #melbourneencontro
OUR GRAND FINALE! The Unidos da Cacatua Parade 🥁💃🏾🕺🏻🦋💜💛 Our drummers and dancers brought an electrifying energy to the Southbank promenade. An epic and exhilarating end to the jam-packed encontro weekend. Stay tuned for part 2! #sambaaustralia #melbourneencontro #whatsonmelbourne #melbournesamba #sambabateria
MELBOURNE ENCONTRO DAY 3 RECAP 🥁💃🏾 the final morning was jam-packed with workshops by Australia and New Zealand’s leading bateria mestres and dance instructors. What a line up we had! Thank you to all our instructors for the workshops, and to everyone who attended (especially those who partied hard the night before 😉) Stay tuned for our final recap and the epic ending to Melbourne’s biggest samba weekend! #sambaaustralia #bloco3k #whatsonmelbourne #sambaencontro #melbournesamba