The Expertise
Philadelphia’s Puerto Rican Day Parade places the sweetness, exuberance and resilience of Philly’s Puerto Rican and Latino communities on full show for your entire metropolis to have fun.
The huge, family-friendly occasion fills the Benjamin Franklin Parkway with 1,500 marchers and over 5,000 parade-goers, whereas nearly 100,000 extra watch at residence.
Dancers, drumlines, marching bands and motorcades (together with colourful floats, vintage automobiles and different embellished autos) make their approach from 18th Road to probably the most well-known staircase in all of Philadelphia — rain or shine.
— Picture by R. Kennedy for Go to Philadelphia
Longtime Philadelphia media character Mina Say What hosts the parade once more this yr, as colleges, group organizations and company sponsors march and dance alongside the path to the sounds of Latin music and poetry. Vibrant, conventional dance performances by artists of all ages punctuate the procession.
This yr’s theme, “Increase Your Flag” or “Alza la Bandera,” calls on spectators and marchers alike to wave their flags unapologetically excessive and showcase their Puerto Rican delight.
— Picture by B. Ballard for Concilio
One of many metropolis’s largest and longest-running cultural traditions, the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade is organized by the Council of Spanish Talking Organizations (Concilio), Philadelphia’s oldest group serving Latino households.
