Bill B, You've got a typo. Try searching for "Espirito Santo." Vowels must agree on the ends in Portuguese.
Espirito Santo is the Holy Spirit festa which is on Pentecost Sunday. Yes, it's 7 weeks after Easter. So in 2014, it is on Sunday, June 8. I don't know how it works there, but I can tell you how Espirito Santo works around my area of southern CA. We all want to go to each other's Espirito Santos. The San Diego hall follows the liturgical calendar, so their E.S. will be on Sunday, June 8th. In Paramount, they have it the last weekend of June. Unless there's a big World Cup game. Then they move it (it'll be June 15th this year). In Artesia, it is the last weekend of July. Chino has it in August. I've been told that there's a festa every weekend during the summer months in the Azores. That's not helpful to you though. Try googling "festa azores" or "festa espirito santo azores" (without quotes) and see what comes up. The 2nd one brought up a Facebook page for me. As to which island, well, that's kind of a loaded question! Since I have lots of research to do, I would prefer Sao Miguel. It's also the largest of the islands and has a lot to do as well. Beaches, golf course, the ilheu, the big staircase in Vila Franca with the stations of the Cross (?? I can't remember what it's call off the top of my head - Ermida da Paz??), Furnas with the steamed dinner. However, Terceira has the dispensations in their archive. They also have a bull arena and more of the Tourada a Corda events (although I was told that Tourada a Corda is spreading to other islands). There's a big, beautiful garden (in Angra, I think) and the Diocese seat is there. And there's a cave in the middle of the island that is open to the public. Those are the only 2 islands I've been to, so I can't speak to the others. Ed Melo is a travel agent in Massachusetts or Rhode Island. He was on the list. If he doesn't see this post and answer you, I will hunt down his email addy for you. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
