The Jewish Feast of Pentecost. Share full article. May 31, 1865. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 31, 1865, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

The Loretto Community — named after the Marian shrine of Loreto — now draws over 12,000 participants to its annual Pentecost Festival, held simultaneously at 28 locations across four countries.

Cypriot lyricists Savvas Demetriou, 46, right, and Elias Hadjimihael, 38, battle it out live on stage in the centuries-old duels known as "tsiattista" at the Pentecost Festival in Cyprus' southern ...

Cypriot lyricists Adamos Peratikos, 41, left, and Antonis Papaioannou, 43, battle it out live on stage in the centuries-old duel known as "tsiattista" at the Pentecost Festival in Cyprus' southern ...

Cypriot lyricists Savvas Demetriou, 46, right, and Elias Hadjimihael, 38, battle it out live on stage in the centuries-old duels known as "tsiattista" at the Pentecost Festival in Cyprus' southern ...

Cypriot lyricists Antonis Papaioannou, 43, left, competes against Constantinos Christou Girlias, 44, battle it out live on stage in the centuries-old duel known as "tsiattista" at the Pentecost ...