Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Annual Procession | Friday, July 15th @ 9:00pm Saturday, July 16th @ 11:00am | Begins at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel RC Church | 449 East 115th Street
The annual procession continues a tradition brought by immigrants from Polla, Salerno over 100 years ago. In the 1930s, the event drew tens of thousands of people from across the city. Pilgrims often walked barefoot from miles away, camped out in nearby Thomas Jefferson Park, and then carried elaborate candles in the procession. Today Italians are joined by hundreds of new immigrants from Haiti and the Dominican Republic as the icon of the saint (brought from Italy in 19th century) is paraded on a float through the streets of East Harlem. (Source: Place Matters)
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