Religious Holidays
Religious holidays in New York’s Latin communities rarely belong to just one tradition. A Catholic feast day for the Virgen del Carmen is also Mamacha Carmen to Peruvian devotees and, for some in the Haitian diaspora, a day tied to Erzulie Dantò. This subcategory covers the feast days, processions, and observances where Catholic, Indigenous, and African diasporic spiritual traditions meet, layer, and coexist across NYC’s Latin, African, and Indigenous communities.
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Feast of San Gennaro 2018, patron saint of Naples
September 13 – 23, 2018 LITTLE ITALY, NYC ~ This Italian street fair has lots of Italian food, entertainment, Cannoli-Eating Competition, Meatball-Eating Contest, Grand Procession, and a Solemn High Mass. Tourists and new New Yorkers love it.