National Puerto Rican Day Parade Sunday June 12, 2005 Written by Wendy R. Williams Photographed by Angelo Rivera

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No city can do a parade like New York City: The St. Patrick’s Day Parade (the very un-gay version), the Annual Gay Rights Parade (the gay version, naturally) and the wildest and “gayest” of them all, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade.

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The annual Puerto Rican Day Parade took place on Sunday, June 12th this year and off they were, dancing, singing, marching and bogeying down Fifth Avenue in a swirl of color and ethnic pride. And Raggaeton (a mix of the hip-hop and reggae music genres) was the beat of the day. New York Cool photographer Angelo Rivera was there to catch all the riotous fun. And all I can say is , “Wow! Enjoy!”