Carnifest - February 27, 2014

On Thursday February 27, AFIS, in partnership with The Couch, held Carnifest - The Unique Melbournian Carnival Party.

The Couch and AFIS volunteers arrived early to help set up and decorate The Couch - with some volunteers using the chance to get their faces painted.

Gary, Peter and the AFIS team

Tania has her carnival mask painted on

The guests soon started to arrive in large numbers.

Guests arriving and signing in

There was a happy atmosphere as Antoinette Vicentello, the Master Of Ceremonies, began to announce the performers.

Brazil: Capoeira and Samba - Capoeira Angola Ecamar

Europe: Carnival Roots - Diana Paulin

Bolivia: Carnival In the Andes - Bolivia Andina

Colombia: Caribbean Carnival - Tunjos and Cantaros Colombian Dance Group

Each performance ended with guest participation.

With fabulous prizes

At the end of the performances Joseph, the vice president of AFIS, thanked everyone for attending. This was followed by lots of dancing, and even some impromptu limbo, before The Couch and AFIS volunteers started the final task of cleaning everything up.

A big thanks to The Couch and the AFIS team (Joseph Akhil, Nam Ho Kim, Saya Ye, Kai Jie Lim, Mirza Usman Baig, Tran Quynh Phoung and Antoinette Vicentello) for organising such an awesome event.

More photos in the The Couch photo album. (Don't forget to check the AFIS album too!)