The melting pot photo gallery preview explores New York City and Philadelphia events. Here you'll find popular annual Caribbean and
 other events in these cities.

Browse the East Indian, West Indian, and Puerto Rican parades in New York city. See adults rediscover their hidden talents in "New York
 Easter Parade." It's about hats, with some interesting twists. And yes, the freaks, super-heroes and super-villains come out for New York's
 Halloween Parade -- a dark affair.

Nowhere is the New year rung in, as it is in Philadelphia. Over 10,000 marchers with string bands and Broadway-type performances  in the
 mix, this is the one-of-a-kind "Philadelphia Mummers Parade."

Ushering in spring in the Northeast wouldn't be the same without  Philadelphia's and Boston's "New England flower shows. And of course
 the quintessential spring festival. Brooklyn Botanic Garden's, "Cherry Blossom Festival." In the very popular Japanese Hill and pond
 garden. Featuring Japanese classical and folk dance performances. Enjoy!

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 Philadelphia
The things to do and discover here in history-rich Philadelphia; the birth place of the United States of America seem to never end. More...
 

Philadelphia Flower Show  Philadelphia Flower Shows
Two of the most popular events in the American Northeast: 'The Philadelphia lower Show 2007 the oldest and most popular of flower shows anywhere."


 Philadelphia Mummers
This annual tradition has it's origins in a Swedish New Y
Philadelphia Mummers ear celebration, going back to the 1700s that would soon find other ethnic groups adding their own traditions. More.....


Ben Franklin Parkway image
 Ben Franklin Parkway vista
 
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First U.S Government
Slide Show


Philadelphia Historic African-American
A community was forged in Philadelphia -- not only a
geographic clustering of former slaves but also a community of feeling and consciousness. More...

Ma Bethel AME Church
Saint Thomas African Episcopal Church
Quaker house


Philadelphia mural arts

Philadelphia Mural Arts

See larger than life Murals painted on the sides of build
ings. Go to New York city for graffiti, come to Philadelphia for an artistic experience. More...



Philadelphia Caribbean
Home to a sizeable and growing Caribbean population in the surrounding areas. More...

 Cherry Blossoms Festival
New York City's Brooklyn Botanic Garden
rite of spring. View photos of the ever
popular Japanese Hill and Pond Garden and Japanese cultural performances. More...

Puerto Rican parade
The largest parades in Manhattan. The National Puerto Rican Day Parade. Home
of 60 percent of U.S Puerto Ricans. More...


 Halloween parade
This dark affair in the Manhattan's village. along 6th avenue, starting at Spring Street. Brings out New Yorkers to view this make-believe procession of super-heroes,
super-villains and, classic story characters
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New York Halloween Parade 2006 More...

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 A melting pot
By definition a "melting pot" is a blending of many racial and social groups. Today some social scientist are declaring the melting pot concept a myth, opting instead for
the concept of a "salad bowl." More...

 Caribbean-American Focus
Can't hop an airplane to the islands
any time soon? The Caribbean people have your Caribbean right here. Carnival parades and events. Song, dance, and living color.  More...

New York City
During the Summer in New York city you
can with certainty, find at least one street fair a week. Almost as often

with a little less regularity
this great melting pot
prepares
to celebrate a member of the community.
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 New York's Easter Parade
Parade?...well how about, street fair and
show-and- tell;  Show it then tell us what
you were thinking when you made your
ah,...hat.
Some good clean fun on Manhattan's fifth Avenue.
I love itso.
New York Easter Parade 2006


New york, China Town
New York Chinatown New York's Chinatown population before the 1970 consisted only of immigrants from Kwangtung and Hong Kong, but since then it has drawn Cantonese-speaking people from around the world.

Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza Neighborhood.

  Labor Day in Brooklyn
West Indian Day Parade: It's Labor Day in Brooklyn, time again for New Yorkers and  folks who come from all points: England, Canada and across America.

Converging on Brooklyn, New York for this grass-roots of Caribbean parades.

An interesting foot note.
Grand Army Plaza traffic circle who's name sake the Grand Army of the Republic, is a tribute to the American civil war union forces.
Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza Neighborhood.

I find  celebration in  this 80 wide by 80 feet high monument sitting in the middle of this circle.

It is dedicated to men and women of all races and creed who took up arms against their southern brothers.

And died for the ideal of a perfect union. A fitting end to a parade of pride by a people of African heritage, from a different shore.


 Brooklyn West Indian Day Parades

The Thirty-Ninth Annual West Indian Day parade

 

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Toronto International Carnival

Toronto International Carnival (Caribana)
Caribana 2006
Toronto and Caribana: Some background on the birth of Carnival in Toronto.
Toronto CN Tower: Dine at 346 meters (1142
feet) in a 360 degree revolving restaurant built in a free standing tower.

On a clear day it is said, you can see Niagara
Falls, approx. 30 Kilometers (18 miles) away --
as the crow flies. CN tower in total is 553.33 meters high (1825 feet) at it's highest point.

And while you're in Toronto you can hardly
avoid Yonge Street. Stretching 1,896km, make this bustling street the longest in the world.-- Ontario Fact Book.

 New Jersey Caribbean events
Jersey City Carnival/ festival 2006
Wiggins park, Camden NJ Caribbean festival
 Island of Barbados
Barbados, island nation in the Caribbean.
This parliamentary democracy is high on
the United Nations list of developing
nations and a popular destination spot for tourist. More.