article_snippet.sent: its inaugural CubaDupa festival bringing in performers from across the world the first of its kind in several years - saw lively street performances, circus acts taking over parks, performers dancing in shop windows and music stretching across the corners of New Zealand's capital.
article_snippet.sent: CubaDupa transformed everyday parking blocks into stages across the Cuba Street precinct, with more than 100 different performances scheduled over the weekend.
article_snippet.sent: CubaDupa transformed everyday parking blocks into stages across the Cuba Street precinct, with more than 100 different performances scheduled over the weekend .
article_snippet.sent: The party continued with Wellington’s Cuban salsa specialists, Cuban Fusion and Cuban Quartet Calle Cuba, hosting a dance class that drew in the young and old for a large scale conga line.
article_snippet.sent: Various performers took to Wellington's Cuba Street in an array of culture and colour over Saturday and Sunday .
article_snippet.sent: Culture was at the heart of CubaDupa with traditional dances and costumes a highlight of the event .
article_snippet.sent: Wellington is said to have more bars, restaurants and cafes per capita than New York – and more bars, restaurants and cafes per capita than New York – were certainly out in force during CubaDupa.
article_snippet.sent: CubaDupa, which is a retake on the former Cuba Street Carnival, is said to have cost about $500,000 to put on and will be funded for the next five years.
article_snippet.sent: Daily Mail Australia was at CubaDupa as a guest of Positively Wellington Tourism.
article_snippet.sent: Musical and dance performances had everyone on Musical and dance performances feet for Cuba Street's inaugural CubaDupa festival .
highlights_snippet.sent: Wellington held Wellington inaugural CubaDupa festival bringing in performers from across the world .
  