Portuguese-American community of New Bedford

E520183

Portuguese-American community ethnic community

The Portuguese-American community of New Bedford is a vibrant immigrant-descended population in Massachusetts known for preserving Azorean and broader Portuguese cultural, religious, and maritime traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Madeiran community of New Bedford	1
Portuguese-American community of New Bedford canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese-American community ⓘ ethnic community ⓘ
associatedWith	Portuguese heritage schools in New Bedford ⓘ Portuguese-American political representation in New Bedford ⓘ Portuguese-language education programs in New Bedford ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInstitution	Portuguese social clubs in New Bedford ⓘ Portuguese-American civic organizations in New Bedford ⓘ Portuguese-language churches in New Bedford ⓘ
culturalPractice	Holy Ghost festivals NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese folk dancing ⓘ Portuguese religious brotherhoods ⓘ processions honoring Catholic saints ⓘ traditional Portuguese folk music ⓘ
demographicSignificance	major ethnic group in New Bedford ⓘ one of the largest Portuguese-American concentrations in New England ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Azorean Americans in New Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Verdean-descended Portuguese speakers in New Bedford ⓘ Madeiran Americans in New Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEconomicActivity	fishing industry ⓘ seafood processing ⓘ textile mills ⓘ whaling industry ⓘ
influences	local cuisine of New Bedford ⓘ local religious life of New Bedford ⓘ maritime culture of New Bedford ⓘ neighborhood identity in New Bedford ⓘ
knownFor	Catholic religious processions ⓘ Portuguese bakeries ⓘ Portuguese cuisine ⓘ Portuguese feasts ⓘ Portuguese-language media ⓘ maritime traditions ⓘ preservation of Azorean cultural traditions ⓘ preservation of Portuguese cultural traditions ⓘ religious festivals ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn	Bristol County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New Bedford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
migrationPattern	chain migration from the Azores ⓘ
migrationWave	19th-century Portuguese immigration ⓘ early 20th-century Portuguese immigration ⓘ post-World War II Portuguese immigration ⓘ
primaryRegionalOrigin	Azores NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Feast of the Blessed Sacrament → organizedBy → Portuguese-American community of New Bedford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madeiran community of New Bedford