One of the men with the Pirates of Emerson had an especially mean looking face. Note the contact lenses that hightened the effect.

This old looking worman had taken on the appearance of a pirate hag. Notice the dots under her left eye and the use of a single peacock feather.

A young girl mached with the adults that morning. A carefully cut rag in a camouflage design had been wrapped around her forehead.

This teen with The Nueva School had a painted design that extened over her left eye and down her left cheek. A yellow flag furling behind her compeleted the image.

This fellow with the African Outlet was dressed in an authentic looking African outfit and carried a stick from which hung a small empty bottle.

This woman with the African Outlet wore a truncated and inverted conic hat and sported a design over her eyes.

A clarinet player rode in the back of a truck and played rhymic music for Adriana Sanchez Colombian Soul under a straw hat with a black and white swirling design.

This woman with Adriana Sanchez Colombian Soul danced with long handkerchiefs tied to the fingers of both her hands.

A man with Karibbean Vibration swirled a flag with great gusto that morning.

One dancer helped the other with a minor costume repair just after the parade had begun.

This woman with Aquarela Group Samba Rio, Ginga Brasil was dressed as a huge grasshopper, and then decorated with flowers.

This drummer with Fogo Na Roupa was dressed in an elaborate African themed costume.

Dressed as an aqua-man with Samba Funk this man gazed out through two loops of fabric.

A young girl mached among the pipe players of Jatun Marka Bolivia and appeared cool and comfortable wearing a pink hat.

This gentleman with Latin American Workout wore an elaborate and huge feathered outfit that dominated the road.

Two girls with the Grupo Todo Mundo shared a really funny moment while walking in the parade.