Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Police officers patrol the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Festival-goers attend the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".

Police break up a fight that broke between festival goers during the J'ouvert festival in Brooklyn, New York. J'ouvert is pre-dawn march through the Flatbush area of Brooklyn leading up to the West Indian Day Parade. The celebration involves calypso/soca bands and their followers dancing through the streets. The festival starts well before dawn and peaks a few hours after sunrise. The traditions of J'ouvert involve smearing paint, mud or oil on the bodies of participants known as "Jab Jabs".