there i was relaxing and enjoying my sunday afternoon
when i was vaguely disturbed
and had my curiousity aroused
by the faint strains of a brass band
floating across the neighbourhood

dutiful blogger that i am
i went out to investigate
camera in hand
(entirely for your sake i assure you)

and was surprised
even despite the beautiful randomness
that brunswick seems to generate
to find a religious procession in my street

a processional shrine
(i think technically called a palanquin)
a uniformed marching band playing mournfully
families and men in suits
children with balloons
even a couple of guys in old school uniforms
with military insignia
and feathers in their pirate hats

an atmosphere of an enjoyable formal ceremony
a bit like a wedding
i assume a product of italian catholicism

i suspect brunswick
is one of the most genuinely
multicultural places in the world
and it is random loveliness like this
that makes me delighted to call it my home..

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