The Procession Continued and Dinner
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Evviva San Gennaro!
Photos by New York Scugnizzo
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A look at Wednesday’s 92nd Annual Feast of San Gennaro at the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood in Little Italy, New York. (See part 1, Mass and the Procession)
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| The procession slowly makes its way through bustling Mulberry Street |
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| (Above & below) Devotees take turns carrying our beloved patron |
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| Tony, Andrew, Giuseppe and Achille |
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| Danny Vecchiano and the Giglio Band |
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| (L) Danny with Stephen LaRocca, president of the St. Rocco Society of Potenza. (R) We stopped by the WWII monument outside DiPalo's Fine Foods store to honor America's Armed Forces |
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| The Red Mike Band play patriotic songs |
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| After a couple of hours the procession makes its way back to Most Precious Blood Church |
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| Members of the Figli di San Gennaro |
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| The statue returns to the church and is placed in the sanctuary |
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| Afterward, lifters take a commemorative photo |
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| Borbonici with the flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
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| Brigand pride and bye-altar with statue of San Gennaro |
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| Naturally we had dinner with our pal Ciro at Song' e Napule Pizzeria, arguably the best pizza in New York |
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| The maestro's masterpiece |
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| Neapolitan tomatos and red chili ristra |
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| (Above & below) Beautiful hand-painted images of San Gennaro adorn Ciro's mobile pizza oven |
