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A man dressed as the “Bat King” walks down the street as he takes part in the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. The Labor Day Carnival (or West Indian Carnival) is an annual celebration held on American Labor Day (the first Monday in September) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in New York City. The main event is the West Indian Day Parade, which attracts between one and three million participants. Jessie Waddell and some of her West Indian friends started the Carnival in Harlem in the 1920s by staging costume parties in large enclosed places like the Savoy, Renaissance and Audubon Ballrooms due to the cold wintry weather of February. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

A man dressed as the “Bat King” walks down the street as he takes part in the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. The Labor Day Carnival (or West Indian Carnival) is an annual celebration held on American Labor Day (the first Monday in September) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in New York City. The main event is the West Indian Day Parade, which attracts between one and three million participants. Jessie Waddell and some of her West Indian friends started the Carnival in Harlem in the 1920s by staging costume parties in large enclosed places like the Savoy, Renaissance and Audubon Ballrooms due to the cold wintry weather of February. This is the usual time for the pre-Lenten celebrations of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival and other related celebrations around the world. However, because of the very nature of Carnival, and the need to parade in costume to music, indoor confinement did not work well. The earliest known Carnival street parade was held on September 1, 1947. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



People dance during the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

People dance during the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



A man sits down to rest in the early morning hours of J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

A man sits down to rest in the early morning hours of J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



A woman gestures at friends while marching in J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

A woman gestures at friends while marching in J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



A woman walks through the street towards the starting location of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

A woman walks through the street towards the starting location of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



A man holds a cooked chicken with his teeth as he participates in J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

A man holds a cooked chicken with his teeth as he participates in J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



Revellers covered in oil dance during the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

Revellers covered in oil dance during the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



A woman wears devil's horns while marching in the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

A woman wears devil's horns while marching in the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



A man wears a sign making fun of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's slogan during J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

A man wears a sign making fun of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's slogan during J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



People watch as revellers take part in the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

People watch as revellers take part in the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



People on a parade float play music during J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

People on a parade float play music during J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



A New York City police officer guards a float participating in the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)

A New York City police officer guards a float participating in the overnight-into-dawn celebration called J'Ouvert, ahead of the annual West Indian-American Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn, NY, U.S. September 5, 2016. (Photo by Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters)



A participant wears a costume during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

A participant wears a costume during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



A participant wears a costume during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

A participant wears a costume during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Participants are seen during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Participants are seen during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Spectators are seen during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Spectators are seen during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Participants dance during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Police carry a barricade during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Police carry a barricade during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



A participant wears a costume during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

A participant wears a costume during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)



Part of a costume is seen on the ground during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Part of a costume is seen on the ground during the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York September 5, 2016. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)
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