Hundreds of people participate in a demonstration of specialized artistic education, this Thursday, andm in front of the Ministry of Education, in Lisbon, to defend the reinforcement of public financing, which has not been updated since 2009.
A police cut off traffic, due to the number of people. of the demonstration, which features hundreds of artistic students and teachers from across the country.
The organization of protest for the “future of specialized artistic education”which expects the participation of around 500 people, he was received by the Deputy Secretary of State and Education, Alexandre Homem Cristo, who will speak to journalists at the end of the meeting.
At 4:00 p.m., the median on Avenida Infante Santo was occupied by more than two hundred protesters.
Armed with drums and posters reading messages such as “15 years is a long time”, “Artistic education is as important as conventional education” and “In the chest of those out of tune, a heart also beats”.
At this time, buses kept arriving for the meeting that was scheduled for 3:00 pm.
With drums, tambourines and the support of the horns of some passing cars, the protesters shout slogans such as “United art will never be defeated” and “It’s time to act, it’s not enough to listen.”
