The Delta Delegation to Brazil recently traveled to Caxias do Sul, Brazil to promote Mississippi Delta cultural heritage at the 14th annual Mississippi Delta Blues Festival (MDBF) Brazil, dubbed the B.B. King Museum Edition.
“Through our relationships with the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival Brazil, we have really encouraged a place-based exploration of Blues culture that centers our artists and communities,” said Dr. Rolando Herts, director of the Delta Center and executive director of the MS Delta National Heritage Area. “Last year with the Clarksdale edition and this year with the B.B. King Museum Edition, we have seen real international engagement with the Mississippi Delta’s Blues traditions and the people and organizations that are carrying those traditions into the future.”
