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The Feast of San Gennaro (in Italian: Festa di San Gennaro), also known as San Gennaro Festival, is a Neapolitan and Italian-American patronal festival dedicated to Saint Januarius, patron saint of Naples and Little Italy, New York. [1] His feast is celebrated on 19 September in the calendar of the Catholic Church. [a] [3] [4]
Many families from the town of Brusciano, Italy migrated to East Harlem bringing with their tradition of the yearly Dance of the Giglio festival in honor of Anthony of Padua. [1] The Giglio ("lily" in Italian) is an 80-foot-tall, three-ton statue which is carried and danced through the streets of East Harlem by over 100 members of the society.
During the Italian-American festival of the Feast of San Gennaro each September, the entire street is blocked off to vehicular traffic for the street fair. The San Gennaro Feast began in 1926 and continues as of 2024. It is the largest Italian-American Festival in New York and possibly the United States. [citation needed]
Borea credits the concept to the hugely successful Italian festival held every Labor Day weekend in Scranton, Penn., where crowds measure 100,000 to 150,000. “They close down the middle of Scranton.
The Feast of San Gennaro (in Italian: Festa di San Gennaro), also known as "San Gennaro Festival", is a Neapolitan and Italian-American patronal festival dedicated to Saint Januarius, patron saint of Naples and Little Italy, New York. [92] His feast is celebrated on 19 September in the calendar of the Catholic Church.
The Felittese Italian Festival returns to Old Forge on Friday from 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday from 4 to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. at the Felittese Chapel Grounds, 145 Third St.
This year's two-day festival is set for Friday and Saturday, May 13-14, at the Southeast Expo Center and the Pittsburg County ... Food, fun and music -- Italian Festival preps for 50th Anniversary ...
Little Italy (also Italian: Piccola Italia) is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City, known for its former Italian population. [2] It is bounded on the west by Tribeca and Soho, on the south by Chinatown, on the east by the Bowery and Lower East Side, and on the north by Nolita.