The Feast of San Gennaro is celebrating its 79th year - started in 1926 as a one day event and now spans 11 days (Sept 14-24). San Gennaro was the patron saint of Naples. Newly settled Neapolitan immigrants started the annual festival, continuing the tradition from Italy, commemorating the day in 305 AD when Saint Gennaro was martyred for his faith. The feast takes place in Little Italy along Mulberry Street, which is closed to traffic for the duration. Homemade food is the main attraction: sausages, calzone, braciole, zeppole, funnel cakes, pastries, torrone, seafood, pizza and more. Restaurants on the street set up outdoor seating. There is an annual Grand Procession. Today, the official feast day, there will be a Celebratory Mass and a religious procession. On Saturday the 23rd, there will be a parade. On the more mundane side, there will also be a cannoli eating contest. Live entertainment is provided every day. Click here for schedule of all events at the official site. Carnival style games of chance are popular and there are even a few rides. The event brings over 1 million visitors - many neighborhood residents feel it as a serious invasion and many New Yorkers avoid it, seeing it as much too commercial. I think everyone should experience it at least once ...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
San Gennaro
The Feast of San Gennaro is celebrating its 79th year - started in 1926 as a one day event and now spans 11 days (Sept 14-24). San Gennaro was the patron saint of Naples. Newly settled Neapolitan immigrants started the annual festival, continuing the tradition from Italy, commemorating the day in 305 AD when Saint Gennaro was martyred for his faith. The feast takes place in Little Italy along Mulberry Street, which is closed to traffic for the duration. Homemade food is the main attraction: sausages, calzone, braciole, zeppole, funnel cakes, pastries, torrone, seafood, pizza and more. Restaurants on the street set up outdoor seating. There is an annual Grand Procession. Today, the official feast day, there will be a Celebratory Mass and a religious procession. On Saturday the 23rd, there will be a parade. On the more mundane side, there will also be a cannoli eating contest. Live entertainment is provided every day. Click here for schedule of all events at the official site. Carnival style games of chance are popular and there are even a few rides. The event brings over 1 million visitors - many neighborhood residents feel it as a serious invasion and many New Yorkers avoid it, seeing it as much too commercial. I think everyone should experience it at least once ...
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A voir comme cela je pensais que c'etait arthur av dans le Bronx.
Il y a l'air d'avoir une bonne ambiance, mais n'est ce pas trop touristique ?
La petite italie de manhattan ayant perdu tout son charme pour n'etre plus qu'une rue a touriste.
Nice flavours of New York in these images, makes you feel hungry just looking at them!
Curly's Photoshop
This makes me hungry!
Interesting...
:D
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