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The Feast of Our Lady of Grace Church is celebrated on the third Sunday of May every year. During
Portuguese times the affluence of the people of Chorão Island attracted merchants even from foreign lands who came with their merchandise luxury goods, and the Feast of Nossa Senhora da Graça was an
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was established in April 1761. It belonged of the Parish of Our Lady of Grace Church.
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