Korean-Americans dressed as Teletubbies at the 2010 Greenwich Village Halloween parade in New York City
New York's Village Halloween Parade is an annual holiday parade and street pageant presented the night of every Halloween (October 31) in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Stretching more than a mile, this cultural event draws two million spectators, fifty thousand costumed participants, dancers, artists and circus performers, dozens of floats bearing live bands and other musical and performing acts, and a world-wide television audience of one hundred million. effect still an alternative festival. The parade has been featured in many national magazines and travel guides, and has been a subject of study by leading cultural anthropologists. According to The New York Times, "the Halloween Parade is the best entertainment the people of this City ever give the people of this City." "Absolutely anything goes," says USA Today. "Be prepared to drop your jaw."
Size: 5186px × 3457px
Location: Greenwich Village, New York, New York, USA
Photo credit: © Cal Vornberger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: artists, circus, costume, dancers, gory, grand, gruesome, guginol, halloween, korean, pageant, parade, performers, spectacle, teletubby
