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Gretna, Louisiana - The St. Joseph Day altar at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Catholics in the New Orleans area celebrate St. Joseph Day, March 19, by building elaborate altars of food, figurines, candles, and other items. Sicilian immigrants settled in New Orleans in the late 1800s, bringing the tradition which honors the relief St. Joseph provided during a Sicilian famine

Date

18 mars 2025

Crédit

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Notre référence

BRK25E21_307

Model release

NA

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

86,1Mo (6,2Mo) / 56,9cm x 37,9cm / 6720 x 4480 (300dpi)

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