The steel bands and brightly colored costumes of Caribbean carnival have once again made their presence felt on the streets of New York City
Participants in costume walk during the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. NEW YORK — — The steel bands and brightly colored costumes of Caribbean Carnival came back to the streets of New York City, with the West Indian American Day Parade taking place in person Monday after a pandemic-induced hiatus.
Brooklyn is where hundreds of thousands of Caribbean immigrants and their descendants have put down roots and turned the Labor Day celebration into a must-do event, with onlookers and participants carrying flags from a slew of countries.
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