Giglio lift
The Giglio Feast runs through July 18th, and there are two more lifts still to come.
The event has played out in front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel every summer for 117 years.
The annual Giglio lift, an Italian-American tradition since 1903, is desperate for volunteers.
The four ton, five story Giglio was exuberantly lifted by a team of brawny guys in Williamsburg once again this weekend, as part of the annual Italian-American festival outside Our Lady of Mount Carmel church on Havemeyer Street.
Watch as over a hundred brawny men lift the giant five story Giglio tower and parade it through the streets of Williamsburg.
Old school Brooklyn at its best: watch 125 men lift a four ton tower bearing the statue of Saint Paolino, as well as a brass band, and carry it down the block.
Every year the Giglio is hoisted up by hundreds of brawny guys and paraded around Havemeyer Street outside the church.
The 123rd Annual Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint
Every year July we love seeing photos from the 12-day Feast of