The annual Feast of San Gennaro turns 90 this year — and to celebrate, it will be broadcast live for the first time in its Italian motherland. Organizers of the beloved neighborhood tradition are setting up cameras throughout the streets of Little Italy to document all 10 days of festivities honoring the patron saint of Naples for online viewers in Italy — a gesture unifying them with those observing the saint's feast day overseas, according to an organizer.

"We want the people from Italy to see how we do our feast," said feast spokesman John Fratta. "It'll be something different, having them be able to go on their computers and see the feast live, especially during our procession and our parade."

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