USA: Brooklyn, NY. Costumed children buy ices during Caribbean Kiddies Day Parade, Crown Heights, 2012.

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Each Labor Day, millions of Brooklynites and New Yorkers line Eastern parkway, in Brooklyn, to watch The West Indian Day Parade which marked its 45th anniversary in 2012. The parade is the culmination of a week-end of special events which include a Caribbean Kiddies Day parade on Saturday, a Dimanche Gras (Fat Tuesday) celebration, an early Monday morning J'Ouvert parade, and a celebration of steel drums Young marchers in The Caribbean Kiddies Day parade stop to buy a cool snack on a hot day.

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY,
Photo credit: © Ethel Wolvovitz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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