2024 Annual Village Halloween Parade celebrated with a big crowd

By; h. nazan ışık—

1 November 2024 —

New York’s 51st Annual Village Halloween Parade celebrated on Thursday, 31 October  and brought lots of people to enjoy. The Parade started at Canal St. and 6th Avenue (for participants in Costume Only)

and went up 6th Avenue to 15th Street on 6th Avenue.

I like to start from my neighborhood. A small street with decorated townhouses. Homeowners, adult or children, like to dress up and, be ready to serve.

Trick or treat??? © h. nazan ışık

Well, for them it is always a treat. Not only one candy but a handful of chocolate they serve with a big smile and in costume.

Some costumed people can be seen on a bus or subway.

A passenger was watching a mother and daughter in costume on a downtown bus. © h. nazan ışık 

The parade always brings hundreds of Giant Puppets, dancers, bands representing music from around the world, great imaginations of marchers with images/art works and costumes.

The 2024 Parade Theme was MEOW!!!

Meow!  © h. nazan ışık

Some marchers prefere to have a scary look, © h. nazan ışık

And they enjoyably manage to scare some of the crowd. © h. nazan ışık

Some prefer offering candies © h. nazan ışık

It was very crowded, some spectators used a scaffold as a viewing  point. © h. nazan ışık

Police officers weren’t very happy about it.

Police ask them to come down from the  scaffold. © h. nazan ışık

A mask will do the creative make up job.  © h. nazan ışık

 So many dancers, and some marchers in huge but beautiful costumes, made the parade very enjoyable to watch.  © h. nazan ışık

Police officers started getting together. It was getting late.

And here they are, on their bikes letting people know that the parade is over.  © h. nazan ışık

All photos © h. nazan ışık 
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