Celebrate Your Brazilian Pride This Weekend

This weekend, "Little Brazil" will draw a big crowd! Over a million people are expected to celebrate New York City's 26th Annual Brazilian Festival. Revelers will flock to West 46th Street (Little Brazil Street) between Sixth and Madison Avenues and New York's Sixth Avenue/Avenue of the Americas from West 43rd to West 57th Streets. And today Mixologist Elthon Figueiredo stopped by to give us a taste of Brazil!

Saturday:
Lavagem da Rua 46, which in English means The Cleansing of 46th Street, will start on Saturday, September 4 at 11 AM and will feature Brazilian singing star Margareth Menezes as featured performer. Lavagem da Rua 46" Parade will start on West 44th Street @ Sixth Avenue and travel across West 46th Street (Little Brazil Street”).

Sunday:
Brazilian Day on Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 57th Streets will feature Brazilian arts, crafts and cuisine, including acarajes (a black-eyed pea fritter), abaras and vatapa, and music. The ongoing concert runs from approximately 1 PM to 7 PM.

Mixologist Elthon Figueiredo stopped by to make some traditional Brazilian cocktails.

Caipirinha:
1- Cut a half lime into small cubes
2- Place in old-fashioned glass
3- Add spoonful of sugar to taste
4- Mush it all with a spoon or pestle
5- Fill glass with regular ice
6- Add 2oz of Cachaca (Brazilian Sugar Cane Rum)
7- Stir and shake, shake and shake

Passion Fruit Batida
1- 1 1/2 oz of Passion Fruit juice
2- 1/4 cup of sweetened condensed milk
3- 2 oz of Cachaca (Brazilian Sugar Cane Rum)
4- Fill glass with regular ice
5- Shake