纽约最大的魅力就在于它的文化多元，纽约人足不出城，可以看到各种光怪陆离的人间万象。

    一年一度的纽约康尼岛美人鱼节大游行The Mermaid Parade 2017年版，6月17日星期六下午1点开场。

康尼岛美人鱼节大游行的历史介绍在后面，先上图吧。

您将会看到这样的美景美人——

时间是周六下午1点开始，游行线路在这里——

注意，地铁口人山人海，走远一点可以不必那么拥挤，千万注意安全。

估计还有些朋友不知道康尼岛在纽约的什么地方，乘坐纽约地铁到达D、F、N、Q的布鲁克林康尼岛总站 Coney Island，地铁站门口的冲浪大道 Surf Ave 就是大游行的主干线。

我曾经在康尼岛附近住过几年，有时候早上跑步到海滩，不过周末的海滩也像煮饺子一样人潮密集，下面是10年前拍的康尼岛海滩老图片。

纽约最有特色的热狗就在这里。

上图这个跳伞塔，也像个鲸鱼的尾巴啦。

关于康尼岛美人鱼节大游行的历史，官网介绍在此：

http://www.coneyisland.com/programs/mermaid-parade

大意：

活动创办于1983年，超过3000名民众参加游行。目的有三：1, 将神话带入现实，尤其是为居住在美人鱼路和海神路一带的居民；2，在以游乐场闻名的地方创造更独特的文化景观； 3，彰显纽约人在公众面前的艺术表达。

About The Mermaid Parade:

A completely original creation of Coney Island USA (the not for profit arts organization at 1208 Surf Avenue), the Mermaid Parade is the nation's largest art parade and one of New York City's greatest summer events. 

A celebration of ancient mythology and honky-tonk rituals of the seaside, it showcases over 3,000 creative individuals from all over the five boroughs and beyond, opening the summer with incredible art, entrepreneurial spirit and community pride. The parade highlights Coney Island Pageantry based on a century of many Coney parades, celebrates the artistic vision of the masses, and ensures that the summer season is a success by bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the amusement area in a single day.

The MERMAID PARADE specifically was founded in 1983 with 3 goals: it brings mythology to life for local residents who live on streets named Mermaid and Neptune ; it creates self-esteem in a district that is often disregarded as “entertainment”; and it lets artistic New Yorkers find self-expression in public.

Unlike most parades, this one has no ethnic, religious, or commercial aims. It’s a major New York holiday invented by artists! An American version of the summer-solstice celebration, it takes pride of place with West African Water Festivals and Ancient Greek and Roman street theater. It's features participants dressed in hand-made costumes based on themes and categories set by us. This creates an artistic framework on which artists can improvise, resulting in the flourishing of frivolity, dedication, pride, and personal vision that has become how New York celebrates summer.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

忠告：妈妈说过，人多的地方不要去！大家就等着刷屏吧。

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