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Giglio - GOR-67727-09

The Italian community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn reenacts a fourth century pageant which commemorates the return of the Bishop of Nola, Paolino from captivity, His release from Moorish slavery was cause for a great festival which became famous throughout Southern Italy. The same celebration has been celebrated for the past 121 years at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Paolino was returned to his people by boat, a Moorish Galleon with saracian crew. On the shores of Nola, the joyous townspeople held raised lilies in their hands as a sign of homage to San Paolino. The Lily, or Giglio as it is called in Italian, has been transformed into a girant tower colorfully adorned with flowers and angels and topped with a statue of San Paolino. Both structures are staffed with full orchestra and singers providing entertainment, while three hundred and fifty Italian-American men lift these structures through the streets of the parish under the direction of a single man called in Itatian the "Capo Paranza" or "Capo"... The Dancing of the Giglio and Boat at the 122nd Annual Olmcl Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel & San Paolino de Nola.

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The Italian community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn reenacts a fourth century pageant which commemorates the return of the Bishop of Nola, Paolino from captivity, His release from Moorish slavery was cause for a great festival which became famous throughout Southern Italy. The same celebration has been celebrated for the past 121 years at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Paolino was returned to his people by boat, a Moorish Galleon with saracian crew. On the shores of Nola, the joyous townspeople held raised lilies in their hands as a sign of homage to San Paolino. The Lily, or Giglio as it is called in Italian, has been transformed into a girant tower colorfully adorned with flowers and angels and topped with a statue of San Paolino. Both structures are staffed with full orchestra and singers providing entertainment, while three hundred and fifty Italian-American men lift these structures through the streets of the parish under the direction of a single man called in Itatian the "Capo Paranza" or "Capo"... The Dancing of the Giglio and Boat at the 122nd Annual Olmcl Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel & San Paolino de Nola.
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