Playing Morra at the Feast of Our Lady of Carmel, Brooklyn (1982)
Title: Playing Morra at the Feast of Our Lady of Carmel, Brooklyn (1982) Date recorded: July , 1982 Contributor(s): Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Description: Rounds of the ancient hand game Morra, played at the Feast of Our Lady of Carmel (also called the Giglio Festival) and shot by Alan Lomax and crew in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1982.
About the session: Performances, hand-games, and the carrying of the tower at the annual Giglio festival, celebrated by Italian-American descendents of the Italian city of Nola, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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