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Programs: Festa di San Donato

DistributorDistributed by Pontelandolfo Community Center (American)

Date2009-2018

MediumPaper

ClassificationsInformation Artifacts

Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections

CopyrightIn Copyright

Object number2015.196.53.2-.11

Description2015.196.53.2: program, 23rd Annual Festa di San Donato, 2009

2015.196.53.3: program, 24th Annual Festa di San Donato, 2010

2015.196.53.4: program, 25th Annual Festa di San Donato, 2011

2015.196.53.5: program, 26th Annual Festa di San Donato, 2012

2015.196.53.6: program, 27th Annual Festa di San Donato, 2013

2015.196.53.7: program, 28th Annual Festa di San Donato, 2014

2015.196.53.8: program, 29th Annual Festa di San Donato, 2015

2015.196.53.9: program, 30th Annual Festa di San Donato, 2016

2015.196.53.10: program, 32nd Annual Festa di San Donato, 2018

2015.196.53.11: flyer, Festa di San Donato

NotesSubject Note: The Festa di San Donato is organized annually the first weekend in August by the Pontelandolfo Community Club in Waterbury, Connecticut. Founded in 1965 by Italian immigrants from Pontelandolfo near Naples, the Club began as a combination of two community social societies that had formed in the 1930s. The Club owns a 35-acre site in North Waterbury that is home to sports fields, a restaurant and banquet hall, a small chapel, and the festival buildings and grounds. One of the Club’s signature activities, the Festa celebrates San Donato, the patron saint of Pontelandolfo. Members of the Ponte men’s and women’s societies attend a special mass at St. Lucy’s Church, 24 Branch St, Waterbury (merged into All Saints Parish in 2017 and no longer active) then process to the Club – a distance of two miles – carrying the statue of San Donato. The statue is placed in the chapel on the festival grounds, and there visitors can enter to pray and venerate the saint and place money on his clothes. The Festa is also a social gathering that includes Italian music performers, activities such as a parmesan cheese contest, and popular foods for sale. Like many ethnic community festivals, the Festa is a major fundraiser for the Club’s scholarships and activities.
Sources:
https://www.ponteclub.com/home/5102751
http://www.waterburyobserver.org/wod7/node/2487

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Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.

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