AUTHOR: A Kinloch
TITLE: J'Ouvert: Labor Day Early Edition
DATE: 5:07 AM
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<div style="clear:both;"></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_aUlFK5Hylos/RtvU96aJnvI/AAAAAAAABKA/ZIwzFEqlfKs/s1600-h/700_IMGP2468.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_aUlFK5Hylos/RtvU96aJnvI/AAAAAAAABKA/ZIwzFEqlfKs/s800/700_IMGP2468.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105908762670636786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_aUlFK5Hylos/RtvTPaaJntI/AAAAAAAABJw/j-ztDMnPAP4/s1600-h/700_IMGP2526.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_aUlFK5Hylos/RtvTPaaJntI/AAAAAAAABJw/j-ztDMnPAP4/s800/700_IMGP2526.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105906864295091922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_aUlFK5Hylos/RtvTfqaJnuI/AAAAAAAABJ4/uBRq465rBBg/s1600-h/700_IMGP2496.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_aUlFK5Hylos/RtvTfqaJnuI/AAAAAAAABJ4/uBRq465rBBg/s800/700_IMGP2496.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105907143467966178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From around 4am this morning outside the Brooklyn Library, Carnival celebrants took party in J'Ouvert. From the <a href="http://www.wiadca.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&amp;id=10&Itemid=35">WIADCA guide</a> to Carnival: "J'Ouvert, or <span style="font-style: italic;">jour ouvert</span> in French, meaning daybreak, began in Trinidad in 1937. Today J'Ouvert is also celebrated in New York as a predawn festival on Carnival day."<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div><p class="blogger-labels">Labels: <a rel='tag' href="http://www.adriankinloch.net/britinbrooklyn/labels/Brooklyn.html">Brooklyn</a>, <a rel='tag' href="http://www.adriankinloch.net/britinbrooklyn/labels/Brooklyn Library.html">Brooklyn Library</a>, <a rel='tag' href="http://www.adriankinloch.net/britinbrooklyn/labels/Grand Army Plaza.html">Grand Army Plaza</a>, <a rel='tag' href="http://www.adriankinloch.net/britinbrooklyn/labels/J'Ouvert.html">J'Ouvert</a>, <a rel='tag' href="http://www.adriankinloch.net/britinbrooklyn/labels/Labor day.html">Labor day</a>, <a rel='tag' href="http://www.adriankinloch.net/britinbrooklyn/labels/Park Slope.html">Park Slope</a>, <a rel='tag' href="http://www.adriankinloch.net/britinbrooklyn/labels/West Indian Carnival.html">West Indian Carnival</a></p>
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