held every year, on pentecost sunday, the festival includes masses, novenas, a great dawn procession, and folkloric and musical shows - organized by the local church of nazaré, the celebration is an extraordinary show of religious devotion.

news about saquarema can be found on the prefecture's webpage here, while dates for upcoming events are also posted on on the agenda cultural on this page - provided by rio de janeiro's secretaria de cultura, this link is a searchable database with all cultural events in the region, including saquarema, by date, and type, the city must be selected in the drop-down menu on the left.