St. Mary’s Day - A Question of Perspective

by Josh Wood Sunday August 3, 2008

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Here’s an excellent story about the recent St. Mary’s Day Feast by Elisa DelBonis. I e-friended (OK, that’s her euphemism for ‘stalked’) Elisa after I happened upon her post in a blog search. Her blog, A Question of Perspective, is full of inspiring stuff, such as the “Google Chat Status” series, “Semi-Daily Walks” and tech musings and tips.

St. Mary’s Day
My family, on my father’s mother’s side, has a compound of sorts in Cranston. Smack in the middle of Knightsville. Italian-ville.My dad grew up there. There is a house on the property that he built. It’s about the size of my bathroom.

There’s also a barn/stable/garage type building, a multi (maybe 2 or 3) family house and a street-facing bar/my-cousin’s-sort-of-office/2-family-on-top type building

St. Mary’s Day is a feast. Apparently there aren’t feasts in other parts like there are around here.

So basically, it works like all the others. There is a lot of eating and drinking and general frivolity. There is a parade. The saint is carried through the streets (that’s the saint there on the right, the actual one they carry in the parade). They pause for folks to throw flowers at it. My cousins carry the saint. (This should give you some idea of how immersed in the feast my family is.)

Read the rest of the article.

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