If you visited Williamsburg, Brooklyn, last week, you will have seen a colorful reminder that certain sections of that borough were not always colonized by tattooed, pierced and bearded hipsters, with their bicycles and skateboards and skinny jeans.

The parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel hosted its annual feast. It runs over a week and is highlighted by a parade and procession featuring men carrying a towering, 80-foot tall giglio, weighing three tons. During the festival the streets of the parish come alive with music and color, all in the name of honoring the Blessed Virgin as well as St. Paulinis, the patron saint of southern Italians.

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Source: http://www.irishcentral.com/