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African Tango Picnic returns

Sunday 10 July, 1-6pm

Last year’s ‘African Tango picnics’ at the Garden were a big hit, so Iris de Brito and Sika Tro and their team from Studio Afro Latino Dance School are back leading more ‘Kizomba’ sessions, on four Sundays this summer.

Kizomba is a partner dance native of the African country of Angola – the word means party in the Kimbundu dialect of that country. It was first know as ‘Passada’, meaning ‘stepping’, a reference to the movement flow and for having a sensuous rhythm.

The guided practice dance sessions each last for about 20 minutes and will run throughout the afternoon from 3pm onwards.

African Tango picnics are organised by the Kindest Group and funded by the Learning Trust. You can register a place in advance at www.thekindest.org/africantangopicnics or just turn up on Sunday.

African Tango picnics will also take place on the following dates:

Sunday 14 August, 1-6pm

Sunday 4 September, 1-6pm

Free Family Fun Day supporting Hackney Carers

Saturday 9 July 11am-4pm

City & Hackney Carers Centre, who are located in Dalston, are holding a fundraising day at the Garden this Saturday with lots of activities for adults and children.

Music will be from Jamboulay Carnival Arts who are also organising two workshops where children can create masks and head-dresses, inspired by the plants and flowers in the Eastern Curve. All the creations will be shown off in carnival processions around the Garden. There will also be face-painting, and stalls selling second-hand clothes, toys and books and you can tuck into pizzas freshly baked in our clay oven.

Entrance is free and everyone is welcome!