Community Corner
In Photos: A Parade for the Holy Ghost
The community celebrates Newark's 89th annual Holy Ghost festa
Elaborate dresses paired with glistening crowns paraded down Thornton Avenue, worn by girls crowned as queens as part of Newark's 89th annual Holy Ghost Festa Parade.
The Festa is the celebration of Queen Isabel of Portugal, a saint devoted to giving to the poor.
The story of Queen Isabel is that she would hide food in her robe and sneak it out of the castle to give to the poor, making her husband, the king, upset.
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When she was stopped by her husband and asked what she was carrying under her robe, she responded “roses,” which were out of season at the time. But when she opened her rope, the bread in her robe had changed into roses.
The incident is known as “The Miracle of Roses” and Queen Isabel was deemed the “Queen Saint Isabel of Portugal.”
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Portugese organizations from all over the Bay Area gathered to participate in the parade and festivities. The parade started at and continued down Thornton toward .
Patch photographer Paciano Triunfo was on the scene and captured photos from the parade. See them in the gallery above.
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