Brooklyn neighborhood feast

These archival shots date back to the summer of 2001 and were shot with the Fuji S1 Pro. The feasts are traditional events that have their root in the Italian town from which the immigrants came. naturally they are still big events back home even though they have become anachronistic and are more a source of nostalgia rather than entertainment. Together with the many fairs, the feasts were the people's only source of diversion. In the States, they have assumed a rather forced ethnicity were many who have never been to the land of their ancestors, carry on traditions that have been fossilized are a  must along with the many games for the children. They are fun events but strong intestines are needed especially for the zeppole. This is the feast of The Madonna of Mount Carmel in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, an area totally gentrified and whose inhabitants known as hipsters get a lot of pleasure in the belief that they are participating in a ethnic event.