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FRAMINGHAM – Harmony Grove Elementary School hosted a Festa Junina on Saturday, June 18.
Festa Junina, or June Festival, is a Catholic tradition that was introduced to Brazil during the country’s colonization by Portugal, as early as 1500.
The majority of the students at Harmony Grove Elementary are Brazilian.
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The festival is based on an European Midsummer festival, which celebrates the saints — Saint Anthony, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Peter – and the harvest, thus why some attendees dress in farm clothes.
Checkered shirts, plaid dresses, and straw hats are popular. Some girls even braid their hair in pigtails.
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