Throughout the year, cultural pride is on display in Massachusetts. Annual Italian feast-day processionals wind their way through urban streets in veneration of saints. Generations of Irish-Americans gather for St. Patrick's Day parades. Members of Boston’s Caribbean community strut in oversized sequined costumes each summer. Carnival parades, pow wows, competitions, and processionals are all gatherings of people taking part in public ritual, performing ethnicity. People devote enormous energy, resources, and artistry to share these traditions with insiders and outsiders alike.