Carnaval San Francisco 2016 parade

Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016

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This year’s Carnaval parade had all the elements we’ve come to expect: dance groups wearing peacock-style outfits, DJs on trucks spinning music, salsa dancers, stilt walkers, marching bands, and floats from various local organizations and city services. I thought Recology’s dancing garbage collectors were surprisingly on point, running around with recycling and compost bins in the sweltering sunlight.

Here’s some of the more unusual highlights. First, a visit from the masked man himself… Zorro!

Carnaval SF 2016

A photographer really wanted a photo of this dog, but the dog just wasn’t interested in fame.

Carnaval SF 2016

Elvis showed up with his pink Cadillac. When the parade stopped for a couple of minutes, he ran backwards through the parade to bust some moves with a burlesque troupe.

Carnaval SF 2016
Carnaval SF 2016

To complete this post here’s Batala’s drum troupe at the tail end of the parade: