{"id":3394,"date":"2024-05-05T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2024-05-02T14:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:26:30","slug":"world-portuguese-language-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/05\/05\/world-portuguese-language-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Portuguese Language Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/World-Portuguese-Language-Day-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3395\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/World-Portuguese-Language-Day-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/World-Portuguese-Language-Day-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/World-Portuguese-Language-Day-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/World-Portuguese-Language-Day.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 85vw, 267px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Post submitted by Caitlin, Student Experience Ambassador<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Portuguese Language Day on 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May celebrates the cultural richness of the Portuguese language. Honouring the writer Lu\u00eds de Cam\u00f5es, this day highlights the global influence of Portuguese, spanning four continents and uniting over 260 million speakers. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/word-cloud-1024x637.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3400\" width=\"351\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/word-cloud-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/word-cloud-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/word-cloud-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/word-cloud-1536x955.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/word-cloud.png 1590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 85vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Beyond its historical significance, the Portuguese language serves as a vehicle for artistic and literary expression, reflecting the diversity and identity of its peoples. Today, we commemorate not just a language but a shared heritage, enriched by the creativity and passion of its speakers around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/port2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/port2.jpg 316w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/port2-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 85vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post submitted by Caitlin, Student Experience Ambassador World Portuguese Language Day on 5th\u00a0May celebrates the cultural richness of the Portuguese language. Honouring the writer Lu\u00eds de Cam\u00f5es, this day highlights the global influence of Portuguese, spanning four continents and uniting over 260 million speakers. Beyond its historical significance, the Portuguese language serves as a vehicle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/05\/05\/world-portuguese-language-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;World Portuguese Language Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":3397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-celebration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3401,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions\/3401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}