Soon new York will become a city of shamrocks! St. Patrick’s day is celebrated with a special scale. There are a couple of weeks to prepare a festive green attire and learn a few moves of Irish dancing.
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St. Patrick’s day is celebrated annually on March 17 to commemorate the death of the famous patron Saint of Ireland. Today this day is celebrated not only in Ireland but in other countries, but not many people know that initially it was an exclusively religious festival, symbolizing acceptance by Ireland of Christianity.
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New York St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated not less brightly and magnificently than in Dublin. And this is not surprising because in the Big Apple is home to one of the largest Irish communities in the United States, and St. Patrick has long been a new Yorkers favorite character along with Santa Claus and St. Valentine.
In 2018, the parade was attended by about 150 thousand people. The sounds of bagpipes, dressed in green, and they carried flags of 2 countries: Ireland and the United States.
The singing group joined mayor bill De Blasio, the local police chief, the state’s Governor Andrew Cuomo and the guest of honour — Prime Minister of Ireland, Leo Varadkar.
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In 2019, the celebration will be marked ahead of time on Saturday, March 16. The main event of the day will be a parade that will begin at 11 a.m. at 44th Street and passing along 5th Avenue, past St. Patrick’s Cathedral on 50th Street, near the end of the American Irish historical society at East 80th Street at 17.00.
The parade is usually carried out on March 17 — but if the holiday falls on a Sunday, the procession transferred to the day before on the 16th.
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If at the end of the parade your soul will still require a holiday, take a look at Irish pubs and restaurants for St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated with a special scale. Most of them will be crowded until closing time. Get ready to walk all night long!
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