Wanderlust of a Flâneur: Italia

One more year I was able to visit this festival which I'm very fond of. The Festival da Colônia Italiana de Quiririm (Festival of Quiririm's Italian Settlement) is a traditional series of events including music, food, arts that are held by Italian descendants of the region of Quiririm (Taubaté, São Paulo). Today was the last day of events (May 1) and I could see the Immigration parade, some music artists and the tents on the streets selling from food to clothes.

Rolando Sterzi playing Fratelli D'Italia (Inno di Mameli) the National Anthem of Italy

Streets of Quiririm

Streets of Quiririm (a family's coat of arms)

FAMUTRE - Fanfarra Municipal de Taubaté (Municipal Marching Band of Taubaté)

Miss Quiririm 2017

Piccola Tarantella (Folk Dance Group)

Savio Family

Indiani Family

Soldi Family

FAMUTA - Fanfarra Municipal de Taubaté (Taubaté's Municipal Marching Band)

MSPI São Paulo Livre Separatista Separatist Paulista Medieval

São Paulo's flag

FAMUTA - Fanfarra Municipal de Taubaté (Taubaté's Municipal Marching Band)

Cantina Indiani - The best restaurant around Quiririm

Rolando Sterzi 28ª Festa da Colônia Italiana de Quiririm Traditional Europe Italy Italia São Paulo Brazil Settlement

Rolando Sterzi playing with friends

Artist fake statue

Streets of Quiririm

28ª Festa da Colônia Italiana de Quiririm Traditional Europe Italy Italia São Paulo Brazil Settlement

That's me in front of the banner with the program for this year's events

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My Commentary: One more year in Quiririm. The Italian festival is not so different from the previous years, in good and bad ways. Because we know how things work there, we went in a Sunday morning to watch to the music presentations and see the fair and the decorations but we ate at Indiani restaurant, which we consider the best in the area. The difference this year is that we could visit the Museum of the Italian Immigration that was inaugurated following the renewing of the Indiani Mansion (managed by Circolo Italiano Sao Paolo)

This year they had an original idea which was placing posters with pictures and info of the traditional Italian families on the houses' walls.

A monument for the Italian immigrants of Quiririm

Antônio Naldi Park

View from Antônio Naldi Park

Part of the church at View from Antônio Naldi Park

Nossa Senhora da Conceição Parish (The first built in Quiririm)

9 de Julho st. (July 9th) a street in Quiririm in tribute to the Paulista Revolution in 1932

The logo of the 25th Festa Italiana de Quiririm

Live music on the streets

Indiani Family

Cantina Indiani (restaurant)

Cantina Indiani (restaurant) - The flag of Italy and the flag of Quiririm

Cantina Indiani (restaurant) - The flag of Quiririm

Cantina Indiani (restaurant)

Museu da Imigração Italiana (museum)

Museu da Imigração Italiana (museum) - A replica of an Italian house in old times Quiririm

Museu da Imigração Italiana (museum)

Museu da Imigração Italiana (museum) - A typical Italian meal room

Museu da Imigração Italiana (museum) - Machines to work the soil

Museu da Imigração Italiana (museum)

Museu da Imigração Italiana (museum) - A mysterious Celtic cross

Me and my brother with the coat of arms of Quiririm

Museu da Imigração Italiana (museum) - Esporte Clube Quiririm

Museu da Imigração Italiana (museum) - Mansão Indiani ("Mansion" of the Indiani family, which with hard work managed to reach stableness and progress in Quiririm)

Wanderlust of a Flâneur

28ª Festa Italiana de Quiririm

25ª Festa Italiana de Quiririm