“ja NAR oh”
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Looking north at Mulberry Street during the 2014 festival.
To the right the Little Italy Bakery can be seen constructing what became the world’s largest cannolo.
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*the “feast of ‘san gennaro” is an ‘italian-american’ festival’*
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*SEPTEMBER 19TH*
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(originally a “1-day religious commemoration”, the ‘festival’ was first celebrated in the ‘united states’ in ‘september 1926’, when immigrants from ‘naples’ congregated along ‘mulberry street’ in the ‘little italy’ section of ‘manhattan’ in ‘new york city’ to continue the tradition they had followed in ‘italy’ to celebrate ‘saint januarius’ (the ‘patron saint’ of ‘naples’)
(his ‘feast day’ is ‘september 19th’ in the ‘liturgical calendar’ of the ‘roman catholic church’)
(the ‘immigrant families’ on ‘mulberry street’ who started the ‘feast’ (a group of ‘cafe owners’) erected a small ‘chapel’ in the street to house the image of their ‘patron saint’)
(they invited all to ‘partake’ of their ‘wares’, asking ‘the devoted’ to pin an ‘offering’ to the ‘ribbon streamers’ that are hung from the statue’s ‘apron’)
(this money was then distributed to the ‘needy poor’ of the ‘neighborhood’)
(over time, the ‘festival’ expanded into an ’11-day street fair’ organized and run by people outside the ‘neighborhood’)
(it is now an ‘annual celebration’ of ‘food’ and ‘drink’, and a ‘major tourist attraction’)
(centered on ‘mulberry street’, which is closed to traffic for the occasion, the festival generally features ‘sausages’, zeppole, ‘street vendors’, ‘games’, ‘parades’, and other such ‘attractions’)
(the ‘grand procession’ is held starting at ‘2PM’ on the last saturday of the ‘feast’, immediately after a ‘celebratory mass’ at the “church of the ‘most precious blood'”)
“count me in!”
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(this is a ‘roman catholic candlelit procession’ in which the statue of ‘san gennaro’ is carried from its ‘permanent home’ in the “‘most precious blood’ church” (what a name!) through the streets of ‘little italy’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥