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    Palm weaving gallery 2025 - Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald | of | Share this photo

    Barbara Fadden of Portland weaves a basket of palm fronds at the Guild Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on Saturday.

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    The Rev. Seamus Griesback separates palm fronds while weaving palms at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday for Palm Sunday masses.

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    Palm frond woven into crosses made by Vincent Ciccomancini, 13, on a table in the Guild Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on Saturday.

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    Strands of palm fiber curl off palm leaves while April Bushy weaves palm fronds in the background on Saturday at the Guild Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

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    The Rev. Seamus Griesbach weaves palm fronds onto his parmureli, a shaft of palm leaves with elaborate palm frond weavings attached to it, at the Guild Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on Saturday.

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    Dorothy Rodney, left, and her daughter Robin Ferrar share a laugh while weaving palm fronds in the Guild Hall at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on Saturday.

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    Adrian Jenkins, 14, of Portland trims the ends of palm frond weavings on Saturday at the Guild Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

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    Sue Gorham, center, helps Gisele Nadeau with her weaving while the two and Barbara Fadden, left, weave palm fronds on Saturday in the Guild Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. The palm fronds are woven into religious symbols like crosses and are used in Palm Sunday masses.

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    Adrian Jenkins, 14, of Portland weaves a basket onto his parmureli, a collection of different palm frond weavings attached to a shaft of palm leaves. Jenkins and others weaved palms in the Guild Hall at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on Saturday.

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    Genevieve Ciccomancini, 10, poses with a palm frond cross she wove on Saturday while her mother Kerri takes her photo at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

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    Barbara Fadden, left, and Sue Gorham weave palm fronds above a table on Saturday in the Guild Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. The palm fronds are woven into religious symbols like crosses and are used in Palm Sunday masses.

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