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Evviva Santa Fortunata!
Photos by New York Scugnizzo
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Returning to Brooklyn after celebrating the Traditional Votive Mass of San Gennaro at Most Precious Blood Church in Little Italy Saturday morning, I made my way to Villabate Alba Pasticceria in Bensonhurst to pick up a few Sicilian dessert specialties for a dinner engagement. Disappointed I would not be able to attend the Annual Procession of Santa Fortunata, patroness of Baucina, Sicily, I was very fortunate to catch part of the solemn cortège decked out in their colorful raiment as they made their way down 18th Avenue.
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| (Above & below) The procession saunters down 18th Avenue |
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| (Above & below) Ladies carry banner and flowers spelling out Santa Fortunata |
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| (Above & below) Costumed participants reenact the life and martyrdom of Santa Fortunata |
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| The Tony Neglia Band |
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| Devotees pull the vara with Santa Fortunata through the neighborhood |
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| (Above & below) A good time was had by all |
