Festa dei Gigli di Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 7/14/2010

In Italian Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the residents of the community look forward to the annual Giglio Feast held every July. Since 1903, when the Nolani immigrants first held their transplanted feast in this Brooklyn neighborhood, this festa has attempted to maintain many of the traditions from the Mezzogiorno, while adjusting to the new culture in America and accommodating the pressure to change. This feast, which has been taking place in Brooklyn for over 100 years, commemorates an extraordinary bit of southern Italian history. The Italian Williamsburg community holds three holidays dear.Christmas, Easter and the Giglio Feast. The celebration, fanfare, homage and devotion is all part and parcel of the love they have for San Paolino . Every year, the Giglio Feast is anticipated by the young and old of this neighborhood.

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