Festivals]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Processions, Religious--Catholic Church]]> Music]]> Marching bands]]> Music--Portuguese influences]]> Livestock]]> Cows]]> Folk dancing, Portuguese]]> Catholic Church--Societies, etc.]]> Portuguese American women]]>
The video starts with footage of some of the children in the parade being seated in horse-drawn carriages and on llamas. A band plays traditional Portuguese music as all the participants get ready for the parade. The parade begins, led by the children pulled by various animals, then the Rainha de São João for 1999, the Rainha and Dama from the Festas do Loreto in 1998, the Irmadade da Santissima Trindade with the prince and princess of the parade, the past years' Rainhas de São João, and traditional dancers and musicians along with several others. The parade ends with a speech by the organizers of the parade and the Rainha de São João. Members of the parade are then seen dancing to modern and traditional Portuguese music. The festival ends with a musical performance.]]> Leal, Januario]]> Please press play below to view the video: ]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Portuguese American women]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Boston (Mass.)]]> Cambridge (Mass.)]]> New Bedford (Mass.)]]> Peabody (Mass.)]]> Community development--Religious aspects--Catholic Church]]>
This booklet celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Holy Ghost Society in Lowell, MA, which is connected with St. Anthony's Church. The Society also owns a physical space where events are held.]]> English]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Catholic Church--Societies, etc.]]> Azorean Americans]]> Madeirans]]> Portuguese American women]]> Community development--Religious aspects--Catholic Church]]> English]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Portuguese American women]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Cambridge (Mass.)]]> Somerville (Mass.)]]> Boston (Mass.)]]> Peabody (Mass.)]]>