West Indian American Day Carnival Today!

Today is the West Indian American Day Carnival's 43rd annual parade. The colorful parade, estimated to be the city's largest with 3 million revelers, heads down Eastern Parkway, from Utica Avenue to Flatbush Avenue, and features costume bands, masqueraders, moko jumbies (stilt walkers!), floats and many more sights—and delicious foods. The parade began at 11 a.m. and festivities continue on till 6 p.m.

If you're heading there, you can share your photos with us by emailing them to photos@gothamist.com or tagging them "gothamist" on Flickr. And above are some photographs from the Junior Carnival.

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By Jen Chung in Arts and Events on September 6, 2010 11:09 AM

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kangkawn

Do any of you actually participate in this (or anything else), or do you just sit around being negative?

sjack

4-5 shootings last night, a few stabbings, and someone shot at a cop from a rooftop.

Only one shooting actually at the parade today, and I think only 2-3 people got run over by the sound trucks as opposed to the usual dozen.

A pretty quiet year, overall.