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8/21/2016 – Boston, MA – North End – “Jojo” Bonavita, cq, 8, of Georgetown, MA carried the Italian flag during the Grand Procession at the annual Fisherman’s Feast of the Madonna Del Soccorso di Sciacca in Boston’s North End on Sunday, August 21, 2016. Bonavita was acting in his capacity as a junior member of the Madonna Del Soccorso society. Crowds mobbed the ceremonial float during the 106th annual Grand Procession at the annual Fisherman’s Feast of the Madonna Del Soccorso di Sciacca in Boston’s North End on Sunday, August 21, 2016. (From the Fisherman’s Feast official website: “The Fisherman’s Feast is an annual event that began in Boston in 1910 and is based on a tradition that goes back to the 16th century in Sciacca Sicily. The Feast is based on the devotion of the fishermen from Sciacca to the Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady of Help). When the fishermen immigrated to America in the early 1900’s, they brought their traditions with them. The current Feast is organized by the descendants of those original immigrants and still includes a procession of the Madonna through the streets of the North End.”) Topic: 22feast. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff.