The importance of\u00a0Lusophony, both in the past and today, was the central theme of the\u00a0luncheon debate\u00a0organized by the\u00a0Cultural Council of C\u00edrculo E\u00e7a de Queiroz, featuring\u00a0Dom Duarte Pio de Bragan\u00e7a. The discussion focused on the\u00a0role of the Portuguese language in the world, its\u00a0historical influence, and its\u00a0timeless legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his speech,\u00a0Dom Duarte Pio\u00a0emphasized the significance of\u00a0Lusophony as a bond of cultural and political unity, highlighting the\u00a0Portuguese language as a fundamental instrument of exchange between civilizations. He also stressed the\u00a0need for closer dialogue among Lusophone countries\u00a0in today\u2019s global context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Portuguese language,\u00a0official in nine countries and spoken by over 260 million people, was the guiding thread of the debate. The discussion highlighted its\u00a0global presence, not only within the\u00a0Lusophone universe\u2014which includes\u00a0Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe, and Timor-Leste\u2014but also in\u00a0Asia, where dialects derived from Portuguese persist, and in languages such as\u00a0Japanese and Bahasa Indonesian, which have incorporated\u00a0hundreds of Portuguese words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio Aires Gon\u00e7alves,\u00a0President of the Cultural Council,\u00a0\u201cDiscussing the centrality of Lusophony in this space, which pays tribute to the greatest Portuguese writer of the modern era, is a tribute to our cultural identity and the legacy we project for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event reinforced\u00a0C\u00edrculo E\u00e7a de Queiroz\u00a0as a\u00a0forum for dialogue and exchange of ideas, where\u00a0culture and history converge to illuminate the present and shape the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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