AP PHOTOS: Parishioners, pilgrims flock to Brooklyn festival


              People walk past the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, the first day of the Giglio feast in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              The Giglio is decorated with cutouts of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. The feast recreates the return of St. Paulinus, the Bishop of Nola, Italy. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Food vendors sell sausage, pepper and onions during the Giglio feast, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              A woman prays to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saturday, July 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              A parishioner lights a votive candle outside the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saturday, July 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Parishioners pray to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Sunday, July 17, 2022, after her return to the church in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Giglio feast recreates the return of St. Paulinus, the Bishop of Nola, Italy. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Priests greet parishioners following the coronation mass of the Giglio feast at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              A woman holds up a rosary as she joins parishioners in a procession behind a float carrying Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saturday, July 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              A woman prays to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saturday, July 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Parishioners walk behind a float carrying Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saturday, July 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              People watch from a porch as parishioners walk behind a float carrying Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saturday, July 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Lifters carry Our Lady of Mount Carmel back to the shrine outside of the church following a procession through Williamsburg, Saturday, July 16, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Lifters carry the 80-foot tall, 4-ton Giglio tower down Williamsburg's Havemeyer Street during the Giglio feast to recreate the return of St. Paulinus, the Bishop of Nola, Italy, Wednesday, July 13, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Lifters carry the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel through the streets of Williamsburg following the coronation mass of the Giglio feast, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Lifters carry the 80-foot tall, 4-ton Giglio tower down Williamsburg's Havemeyer Street during the Giglio feast to recreate the return of St. Paulinus, the Bishop of Nola, Italy, Wednesday, July 13, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Lifters carry the 80-foot tall, 4-ton Giglio tower down Williamsburg's Havemeyer Street during the Giglio feast to recreate the return of St. Paulinus, the Bishop of Nola, Italy, Wednesday, July 13, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
            
              Parishioners attend the coronation mass of the Giglio feast at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The feast recreates the return of St. Paulinus, the Bishop of Nola, Italy. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
AP PHOTOS: Parishioners, pilgrims flock to Brooklyn festival