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Thanks for your enlightment, I didnīt know the significance of you use for "Greeks".
Ree-Xi, I don't think the Holy Ghost Fraternity has nothing to do with Columbus. But I don't know the Knights of Columbus, so I may be mistaken.
The Holy Ghost Fraternity, I'm almost sure it was founded here by the franciscan monks, who had built here, in my little town, just a few years earlier, their bigger convent in the iberian peninsula. They tought my town was very alike Jerusalem, so they choose it to do it.
The purpose of the Fraternity was to envolve he civilian people in their values of assisting the poorest, and they had festivities every year with lots of food and games free for the poor peolpe. I think some of this remains in the celebrations that still exist, mainly in the portuguese communities, and mainly within this communities that are originary from Azores.
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