Boston was decked out in festive colours for the 52nd annual Boston Caribbean Carnival Parade Saturday.
Festivities kicked off at daybreak with the J’Ouvert Parade after which the bigger Caribbean Carnival down MLK Boulevard to Warren Road to Blue Hill Avenue and into Franklin Park.
Native politicians, together with incumbent Mayor Michelle Wu and challenger Josh Kraft, additionally attended the occasion.
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Kennedy Nance, 7, has her costume adjusted by her mom, Kaleisha Nance, earlier than the beginning of the annual Caribbean Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu records a selfie video with “Miss Shirley” Shillingford at the beginning of the annual Caribben Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. Shillingford was the unique organizer of the parade a long time in the past. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
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Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft greets a Boston police officer in the course of the annual Caribben Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury.(Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
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Pageant goers have been typically bedecked in colourful feathers in the course of the annual Caribbean Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Boston police had a big presence in the course of the annual Caribbean Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
A Caribben Pageant parade participant waits for the beginning of the annual occasion, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Colourful featured costumes have been a theme within the annual Caribben Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu cuts the ceremonial ribbon to formally begin the annual Caribben Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu cuts the ceremonial ribbon to formally begin the annual Caribben Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Flags of a number of Caribbean nations wave within the breeze on the annual Caribbean Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Colourful featured costumes have been a theme within the annual Caribben Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Colourful featured costumes have been a theme within the annual Caribben Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu dances as she makes her means down Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in the course of the annual Caribben Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury.(Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Boston police had a big presence in the course of the annual Caribbean Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Boston police had a big presence in the course of the annual Caribbean Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
Wayne Daley participates within the annual Caribben Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury.(Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
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Kennedy Nance, 7, has her costume adjusted by her mom, Kaleisha Nance, earlier than the beginning of the annual Caribbean Pageant parade, Saturday, in Roxbury. (Mark Stockwell/Boston Herald)
