Flatbush residents cautiously optimistic about West Indian Day parade’s return after two-year hiatus
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J'Ouvert attendees, wearing Grenadian paraphernalia, take in the scene at the celebration in 2019.
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Despers, one of the best-known steel bands in Brooklyn's West Indian community, practices in its cramped industrial space in Crown Heights in 2018.
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A poster showing the 2017 mas looks available to Pagwah players in 2017.
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Stacks of Jab Jab gear including before the celebration in 2017.
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A group of Jab Jab players at J'Ouvert in 2019.
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A young Jab Jab player at J'Ouvert in 2019.
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A drummer at the 2018 J’Ouvert celebration.
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A reveler waves a Grenadian flag at the 2018 J’Ouvert celebration.
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Revelers at J'Ouvert in 2018.
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A reveler extends above the crowd at J'Ouvert 2018.
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