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Caribana Parade 2009 in Photos
Caribana 2009 kicked into high gear Saturday morning with music, floats and the annual parade that piled tens of hundreds of observers along the Lakeshore. The weather cooperated this year and provided the requisite tropical heat to go along with the saucy dancing and the spicy food. All in all it was a great celebration.
Despite worries that high fences would dampen the spirits of both the crowd and the performers, the best was made of a less than ideal situation. And in some places, the fences were an appropriate height for spectating.
The crowd along Lakeshore Rd. was pretty amazing.
Caribana 2009 offered an interesting cross section of world cultures coming together in the spirit of merrymaking and fun.
Costumed performers of all ages were in full regalia and proudly representing their culture.
A common sight during Caribana were enormous outfits that had to be carted around on wheels.
Participants proudly wore their vibrant colours.
All in all, it was a day of smiles and good vibes at Caribana 2009.
Check out this YouTube clip for video selections of the parade.
Writing and primary photography by Gadjo Sevilla.
Photograph 3 by cannuck bassist, 4 by chunchocampeon, 5 and 6 by rb3m, all of Flickr.
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Fail.
Assoc. Ed.
"interesting cross section of world cultures" to caption a photo of, gasp! Asians!
Actually, there are lots of people of Asian descent in the Caribbean. People whose families have been born and raised for several generations in the Caribbean- so those people actually have Caribbean culture-- as evidenced by the fact that they're playing mas in Caribana-- not a "cross section of world culture".
"A common sight during Caribana were enormous outfits that had to be carted around on wheels"...? Really? This sounds like it was written by a Martian.
As the commenter above notes, this whole post reads like it was written by someone who has no interest at all in Caribana, other than to blandly remark at how "vibrant" it is. Isn't there anyone on BlogTO's staff who might bother to research Caribana or Carnival, or talk to any actual West Indians to learn anything beyond this superficial "Dick and Jane wore red" reporting? A wordless photoessay would actually have been better. This is super-lame.
Bet the mayor will call it a success and therefore all future parades will have the stupid detention fences everywhere.
http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=caribana%202009&;w=26909951@N00&m=pool
"The crowd along Lakeshore Rd. was pretty amazing" -the only amazing thing about this shot is how thin the crowd is and the caption about costumes being carted on wheels really does sound like an excerpt from "Dick & Jane Go To Caribana".
http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=caribana&;w=26909951@N00&m=pool
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The caption of "interesting cross section of world cultures" does not relate to the photo of the older couple below. The caption for that picture is BELOW the picture not above it.
Again, I think the comments should be about the photos as this is a photo report not an in depth report. I enjoyed the photos personally
Crystal.. I agree with you about the fences, it didn't work and really slow down the entire parade, there are those people who just don't care if they spoiled the celebration, etc. I think they need to do a better job and deal with this big issue -- hire more security, etc
FYI - I came a website that have some very good and interesting photos of the parade http://www.caribanafever.com
-S