NEW YORK – The Parade of Hispanic Heritage returned to the streets of New York on Sunday to celebrate Spanish and Latin American culture with a day full of music and color.
Dozens of groups from different countries visited Manhattan’s iconic Fifth Avenue in the 58th edition of this parade, which brought together both Hispanics residing in the Big Apple and others who had come specifically to attend the event.
Among others, it was possible to see, for example, a large representation of the Carnival of Barranquilla in Colombia with its queen in front or a showy parade of chinelos from the Mexican state of Morelos.
Traditional music and dance from all over Latin America has been reflected in New York’s immense immigrant community, where the Hispanic population is estimated to be around 2.5 million and represents around 28% of residents of the city.
Venezuela was particularly featured on this day, with a multitude of national flags flying on Fifth Avenue in a year when thousands of Venezuelans arrived as asylum seekers in the Big Apple.
Spain is also very present, traditionally leading the parade, with various cultural events, from flamenco to Galician bagpipes.
In total, thousands of people attended the colorful procession and thousands more watched at street level, although the audience seemed a little smaller than on previous occasions, despite the good weather accompanying the celebration.
The parade crowns Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated in the United States from mid-September to mid-October to pay tribute to the contribution that people of Hispanic descent have made to the country.
The celebrations on Fifth Avenue will continue this Monday, when Italian Americans will bring Manhattan to celebrate Columbus Day, which commemorates both the arrival in America in 1492 and the landing of millions of Italian immigrants in the United States about a century.
In recent years, demands have increased for this date to be celebrated as a day in memory of the native peoples of America and since last year this holiday has been officially commemorated in the country as Columbus Day and Columbus Day. Indigenous Villages.
