The Império do Espírito Santo das Bicas de Cape Verde, built in 1958 in the parish of São Pedro, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, celebrates the worship of the Divine Holy Spirit on the Sunday following the feast of the Holy Trinity. The festivities include religious and popular events such as the transfer of the crown to the empire, recitation of the rosary, creators’ supper, musical performances, philharmonic concerts, bazaar, auctions, pig slaughter, distribution of pensions, procession of the Holy Spirit with a festive coronation mass, offering of ‘brindeiras,’ and offering of milk. The celebrations may end with bullfighting.
