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Look | Brooklyn's West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade
Monday, September 05, 2011
One of the revelers in the 2011 West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade.
(Mansoor Khan/WNYC)
The 2011 West Indian American Day Carnival parade made its way up Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn on Monday. The festival, which is the city's annual celebration of Caribbean culture, brought about 2 million people to the borough.
Check out photos of the parade below.
Comments [3]
I love the Brooklyn Carnival! I drove up from Maryland & supported my band Panstars from Philly! We chipped it out in the heavy rain & I was exhilirated! The only down side I see is that there was 1 porta potty every mile or so.... for thousands of people!... who are drinking water & alot of other stuff! I actually went inside a park where the fence was broken, with countless others but I was wondering how the city must smell when it's over!! Why wouldn't the city want that s**t contained? I just don't get it!! I guess peeing in public is part of the carnival!!
having lived in London for 20 years and now living in crown heights.
the notting hill carnival has more live music, bigger crowds, more violence and hostility than the Brooklyn carnival there is a lots less pushing and shoving at Bklyn-for me Brooklyn wins hands down-can't wait for next years.
Also Island identity is more prominent in Bklyn
I recently went to The Nottinghill Carnival, a yearly event here in the UK, where I live.
It would be so interesting to compare that with the the West Indian Day Carnival in Brooklyn, a silmilar event.
Has anyone been to both and can offer a comparison?
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