Posted September 4, 200816 yr This is how I unofficially ended summer on labor day…..enjoy! the colorful 41st annual west indian carnival parade got started in harlem in the 1920’s. trinidadian immigrant jessie waldell started it by hosting caribbean masquerade balls. It moved outside in 1947 & later migrated over to crown heights, brooklyn in 1964. crowd estimates have ranged from tens of thousands to 3 million, it was 2 million this year. people fly up just for the parade weekend -- it’s nuts and lots of great food, block rockin/booty-shakin music, hot sun & partying. more history: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ourbrooklyn/carnival/ Official site: http://www.wiadca.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 the players: • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Cayman Islands • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Guadeloupe • Haiti • Jamaica • Martinique • Puerto Rico • St. Kitts and Nevis • St. Lucia • St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks & Caicos Islands • Virgin Islands http://lanic.utexas.edu/region/caribbean/ this thread demands a good jam :mrgreen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJy7nbiRmZ0&fmt=18 politics first, then comes the colorful sights of the 41st annual west indian labor day carnival parade: Plenty to eat & see before the parade just getting started or keeping it going from j’ouvert? Whoa Nellie! :-o :police: Cuomo marty dr. leonora fulani aka the first woman & the first African American to achieve ballot access for president in all fifty states: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenora_Fulani schumer charlie hynes (I missed mayor bloomie & gov paterson, ah well) waiting patiently for the real action! mighty, mighty vim Aww right now, it’s time to wiiiiiiine up! :clap: Ya mon, dem mighty sound systems :-o *Wine ya waist!!! :wink2: * moco jumble aka trinidadian stilt-walker dancing, an african tradition Q: how many speakers can you get on a flatbed truck? A: a lot :laugh: :mrgreen: :laugh: Oy the noise, vat on oyth is goings on here? :laugh: we have a winna in the inter-island battle of the sound systems….dj spice!!!! ya dig? clik it: http://www.millsbro.com/ gehry’s already in bk Grand army plaza never say I don’t *heart* my girls & gays on uo! :wink: yeah they were selling calendars. Wining up dis thread….. ^ well? Didja?!! :laugh:
September 4, 200816 yr Ronald McDonald looks terrifying. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 5, 200816 yr This parade is a hot mess. I surprised you didn't see the "tiger lady's" The steel band competition is amazing.
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