By definition, the word Hispanic refers to people from the Spanish-speaking areas of the Americas and the Caribbean.
For 41 years, New York’s United Hispanic-American Parade has brought together people whose origins are in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Dressed in their national and regional costumes, thousands of men, women and children mambo, salsa, merengue, cha-cha and tango up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The dancers’ energy and joy is contagious, the drummers hands are frenetic, and the massed spectators smile, sway and wave flags in time to the relentless beat.
Girl with yellow pom-poms 
Girls in orange
Girl with blue eyeshadow
Puerto Rican woman
Dancers waiting for their cue
A dancer and her beau
Men with bells on their boots
Girl in ostrich feathers
Girl in pink and green
Boys and girls in pink and green
Men with skulls on their chests
People in Peruvian costumes
Drummers marching up the avenue
wow! GREAT pictures! So vibrant and colorful. Thanks for sharing
Wow seems to be an understatement…
Those were spectacular…
Your photos (and your subjects) are positively gorgeous!
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This series of photographs is quite outstanding. You captured the culture quite well. Thanks for visiting my blog, too!