REMIXED VERSION HERE: www.youtube.com 108th Annual Festival Honoring Maria SS Lauretana Society of Altaville Micilia This festival and it’s tradition started in Altaville Micilia, Sicily. It was first brought here to America in 1900 when the procession and the “Flying of Angels” made it way to the near north Chicago neighborhood of Cabrini Green. In recent years this tradition is nonstop every Labor Day Weekend in the western suburb of Berwyn, Illinois. The Maria Santisima (SS) Lauretana Society is collected of three groups: The “Deputazoine”, who administer the festival wear yellow; The “Sorelanza”, the Womans Guild, wear maroon dresses; and “The Fratalanza” or Brotherhood, or “The Maroons”, who’s job it is to involve the shrine. The music was supplied on scene by the Sicilian Band of Chicago, who accompanied the shrine through the fest. This was shot hand-held with the Canon Elura 100 Wild audio in 16 bit. Edited and mixed to MPEG4 on Final Cut Thanks to Ed Pitts of Absolute Video, Oak Park, IL. Thanks to emtfire62 for information.
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I went to this feast just yesterday (06 Sept. 2009), its 109th year. This video obviously was a year ago but this year it was exactly the same as last year, except without the fire! I went mainly as a mini-”pilgrimage” to Maria SS. Lauretana, prayed to her at a shrine at the tent by the Boat, bought myself a rosary dedicated to Her, and stayed for the mini-Mass. My family is not Sicilian (we are Molisano and Abruzzese) but these still are important cultural values to cherish.
Just to remind everybody the fest is comming up again Sept 4th 5th 6th and 7th. The procession and flight of the angels which you see above will be held on Sun Sept 6th .. Any questions feel free to contact me .
Thank you
That will be enough.
Im from spain otto 3391 n I think you have rasist problems, people like you most to be in asylum sorry but true
i have been goin to this feast for the last 25 years sundays and mondays are da best it is all italians and no gangbangers
I will be there @ 8:00 p.m.. tonight see you there!! Thank you for the video and to everyone for the comments!!With Love, Francesca!!
AmoreFrancesca: The girls are “flown” in the evenings between 8:30 and 10pm. I’m sorry, I don’t speak the Italian/Sicilian dialect either. I’m hoping to get some interviews about the history of the fest this year. Thanks for subscribing.
what are they saying? i love this video i was just there yesterday when do they have this? the last day is monday! would love to take pics…can you translate what they are saying both in italian and english!! your the best GRAZIE UN BACI!!
What a wonderful tribute to the “feast”. Very well done.
Thank you for the invitation.
You’ll be hearing from me soon.
dogstar
as co-chair of this fest im sure we can work something out for you go ahead and email me and i will bring it up at the next meeting im almost positive there should be no proplems
My mom told me the wax body parts signified the part of the body that they, a relative, or friend was asking the madonaa to be healed. I remember going in a room with tables piled high with wax body parts.
girldann,
Yes! You are correct. The wax body parts that have been carried in processions though the years were on display in a tent. I have footage of them but nobody would discuss them on camera (too shy). It was too difficult to represent what they signified so I left it out.
Next year (Labor Day weekend) I’m looking foreward to more cooperation from the festival organizers for a more enclusive documentary. Thanks for viewing.
This was pretty amazing. Quite good. I didn’t think the children still flew as angels. I remember there was, also, a parade of people carrying fake body parts asking to be healed.
Nice video. I heard about this festival but have never been, thanks for sharing it here!
Interesting subject. Nicely shot and edited.
Wow! Thanks for the comment, rqolminas. No, I’m sorry. This is the only thing I’ve shot so far that features the band. I just happened to stay in town this Labor Day an remembered this fest from my youth. Glad you enjoyed it. Please pass the link along to your friends and family. Viva Maria Lauretana!
Brought beack a lot of memories. I played in the Sicillian Band of CHicago for about 15years. I’ve played that feast a lot. The best time we played the feast was the ACTUAL one in Altaville Micilia.
Do you have any more film of the band?
Thanks for watching. Don’t forget to rate this video and add to your favorites. Please feel free to link this video to your favorite web sites…often!
Wow! That’s spectacular!
Viva Maria Lauretana
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