West Indian American Day Carnival

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Caribbean cultural festival annual event cultural festival in the United States street parade

The West Indian American Day Carnival is a major annual Caribbean cultural festival and parade in Brooklyn, New York, celebrated for its vibrant costumes, music, and celebration of West Indian heritage.

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Label Occurrences
West Indian American Day Carnival canonical 2
New York West Indian Day Parade 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caribbean cultural festival ⓘ
annual event ⓘ
cultural festival in the United States ⓘ
street parade ⓘ
abbreviation WIADCA Carnival NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs New York Caribbean Carnival NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Indian Day Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Barbadian diaspora ⓘ
Guyanese diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Haitian diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jamaican diaspora ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Caribbean diasporas ⓘ
attracts international visitors ⓘ
local spectators ⓘ
borough Brooklyn ⓘ
celebrates Caribbean culture ⓘ
West Indian heritage ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
features Caribbean food vendors ⓘ
calypso music ⓘ
costume parade ⓘ
dancehall music ⓘ
live performances ⓘ
masquerade bands ⓘ
reggae music ⓘ
soca music ⓘ
sound systems ⓘ
steelpan music ⓘ
genre Carnival ⓘ
hasComponentEvent Calypso competition ⓘ
Jouvert celebration NERFINISHED ⓘ
Junior Carnival NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panorama steelband competition NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy Trinidad Carnival NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
mainParadeRoute Eastern Parkway NERFINISHED ⓘ
month September ⓘ
organizedBy West Indian American Day Carnival Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
recurrence annual ⓘ
significance important event for Caribbean-American community in New York City ⓘ
major Caribbean cultural event in North America ⓘ
takesPlaceOn Labor Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme Caribbean unity ⓘ
cultural pride ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crown Heights → hostsEvent → West Indian American Day Carnival ⓘ
Jamaican Americans → associatedWithFestival → West Indian American Day Carnival ⓘ
mas bands (masquerade bands) → hasCulturalContext → West Indian American Day Carnival ⓘ
subject surface form: mas bands
this entity surface form: New York West Indian Day Parade