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PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL

A Bright Blessing of the Fleet

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PROVINCETOWN — The Sun came out for Provincetown’s 78th annual Blessing of the Fleet on June 29. Boats of all sizes mustered in the harbor, decked in festival flags, as the Sunday procession made its way from St. Peter the Apostle Church down the hill to MacMillan Pier. Dancers twirled and festival flags flapped in the breeze as fishing families and then a procession of boats received blessings offered by Bishop Edgar da Cunha, here from Fall River.

Dancers from Rancho Folclórico de Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Cumberland, R.I. add color to the scene as the procession makes its way to MacMillan Pier during Provincetown’s 78th annual Blessing of the Fleet on June 29. (Photos by Nancy Bloom)

 

Revelers crowd the boats tied up on MacMillan Pier for the festivities.

 

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard accompany the procession.

 

The statue of St. Peter, with the Provincetown II in the background, surrounded by, from left, Joshua Santos, Christian Costa, Jason Ribeiro, Alex Brown, Dan Rowell, and Town Crier Daniel Gómez Llata.

 

Bishop Edgar da Cunha blesses fishing families gathered on the pier.

 

The procession of fishing boats, this year led by Todd Silva’s lobster boat, F/V Pam and Todd, includes boats large and small. Here, the Donna Marie.
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