La "Fiesta Internacional" iniciada por la Reina Isabel de Aragón

Abstract

Franciscan chroniclers and tradition state that Isabel of Aragon established the Holy Ghost feast in Alenquer, Portugal, in the Middle Ages. The feast became widespread in Portugal to the seventeenth century, but toda y only Tomar celebrates a modified version of it. Fifteenth-century Portuguese maritime expansion brought the feast to the Azores. Azoreans later extended the feast during the last three centuries to Brazil, the United States of America, Canada, and Bermuda, where it was modified beca use of geographic, social, economic, and cultural factors. lndigenous elements (flag of the adopted nation, military and social organizatíons non-existent in Portugal) take part in this most popular Portuguese festival in North America.