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Evviva Maria!
Final preparations are made before Monday's celebration
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Children release balloons to honor the Madonna
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Members of the Our Lady of Snow Ladies Auxiliary carry the Blessed Mother
to San Sabino. The ritual is a reenactment, albeit on a much smaller scale,
of the centuries-old tradition that takes place in Sanza
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San Sabino escorts the Madonna through the streets of Williamsburg
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Members of the San Sabino Society join in the festivities
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The standard bearer is all smiles
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The procession makes its way down Graham Avenue
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Who else but Danny Vecchiano and the Giglio Band?
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Inside the San Sabino Society social club is a wonderful mural
of San Sabino watching over Sanza by Frank Prisco (2008)
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After Mass members of the Our Lady of Snow and San Sabino societies
pose with local dignitaries outside Saint Francis of Paola Church
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A float carries the "figli di Madonna della Neve"
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Above and below: Residents offer refreshments to members of the procession
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Above and below: Personal shrines are set up along the parade route
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During the closing ceremony banners and flags are returned to the hall
Photos by New York Scugnizzo |
