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Memorial weekend Haitian parade
May 24, 2009
Nostrand ave, Brooklyn, NY
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Memorial weekend Haitian parade down on Nostrand ave.
Starts later than expected. some Rara bands play spontaneously on the sidewalk.
After 1 pm the floats start coming down Nostrand avenue.Many groups from Latin America like Colombia and Nicaragua.Women from Bangladesh selling Haitian flagsCops from the 67th precinct were overseeing without ruining the party, just empting some alcohol containers and anyway the smell of weed smoke was all over. I got a plastic sports bottle from the Census truck and filled it with a 16 oz Coors.
At these parades people really lower their defences and differences. Many want to be photographed and ask me if they can get copies. Some even offer money. But if someone does not have email it is a lot of work to get the images printed / dropped off or mailed.
At the end of the parade n Avenue D/Newwkirk ave there was spontaneous dancing and music playing. Kids could pet donkeys and goats and adults could buy fried goat or pork from the food vendor a few feet down the street.
