This festival Social_event is a celebration Social_event of Australia 's maritime heritage Preserving , though restricts Preventing_or_letting participation by organizations with interests in modern maritime issues Creating , such as preservation Preserving of maritime law and combating Hostile_encounter poachers in the Australian Whale Sanctuary .

Normally , this statue and piece of art is on display in the Sanctuary of the Lord Holy Christ , in the Convent of Our Lady of Hope ( in Ponta Delgada , on the island of São Miguel in the Azores ) , but annually leads Causation a procession through the streets of the city .

These events are the most and oldest religious devotions still carried out Military_operation in Portugal , with the popular feasts at the Sanctuary of the Sovereign Mother , in Loulé , and the 20th century celebrations in honour of Our Lady of Fátima having comparable interest .