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".