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Labor day 2009 Part 8 of 13, GRENADIANS

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NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of revelers gathered in Brooklyn to celebrate Caribbean culture yesterday at the West Indian American Day Parade, as bright beaded costumes and feather headdresses also provided a lively backdrop for New York City politicking.

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With elections around the corner, politicians took advantage of the festivities to push their candidacies. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, running for a third term after laws were changed to allow it, led the parade with former secretary of state Colin Powell, who was grand marshal and donned a blue sash. The retired four-star Army general endorsed the mayor's reelection bid at a news conference before the parade. Powell is a New York native of Jamaican descent.

The mayor, wearing a bright pink sweater, cut the ribbon to officially kick off the celebration. The annual parade takes place on Labor Day but is modeled on traditional pre-Lenten Carnival festivities, with revelers decked out in sequins, glitter, and feathers.

City Comptroller William Thompson Jr., a Democratic mayoral candidate, marched behind with Governor David Paterson, with supporters chanting "No third term.''

Other candidates for city council and public advocate handed out fliers and shook hands with spectators who waved the flags of a dozen nations as they waited for the parade to move slowly down Eastern Parkway from Crown Heights to Grand Army Plaza.

"There are more and more dignitaries,'' said Lenny Smith, who comes to the party every year to celebrate his Jamaican heritage. "I think many of us would like to see the costumes.'' More than 600,000 people of West Indian origin live in the city, according to census estimates. While there was no official crowd estimate, the parade is one of the largest in the city.
From http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/09/08/west_indian_american_parade_draws_thousands_in_ny/

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