A national parade celebrating Puerto Rican Day took place Sunday down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, in what organizers called the “largest display of cultural pride” in the United States.
Now in its 67th year, the raucous event began near 44th Street and wound its way uptown along Manhattan’s boulevards, winding its way to East 79th Street on the Upper East Side.
Marchers and revelers came together for one reason only: to celebrate the 3.5 million people who live in Puerto Rico and the 5 million people of Puerto Rican descent who live in the United States. According to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Corporation.
The rally was the largest and longest running Latino parade in New York City, with 170 groups and 70 floats participating. According to Gothamist.
“It’s loud, it’s lively, it’s colorful. You’ll see a lot of flags, a lot of music, a lot of people,” Miguel Guadalupe, vice chairman of the board of directors of the nonprofit that runs the parade, told The Post before the start of the parade.
This year’s motto was “Boricua de Corazon,” or “Puerto Rican in your heart,” Gosmamisto said.
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“The theme is trying to reflect the fact that Puerto Ricans consider themselves Puerto Rican no matter where they are, where they live, where they were born,” Guadalupe said.
