The Giglio Italian Feast is a twelve-day celebration of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and San Paolino di Nola. It is one of the oldest Italian-American feasts in the USA, celebrated since 1903 when immigrants from Italy settled in Brooklyn. There are different events every day of the celebration, from music to parades to artwork to food to religious ceremonies (in various languages). The highlight involves a float with a 5-story tower and a 12-piece brass band carried on the shoulders of a 125-man platoon through Williamsburg. A "Capo" - an honorary gentleman of the parish - uses a megaphone to call out drill orders to the lifters, so that the tower looks like it's dancing. Giglio Italian Feast in Williamsburg Details
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