has a heavy security plan in place for Monday\u2019s festivities, and the NYPD said this year\u2019s attendees <\/a>will be subject to screenings.<\/p>\nAlong 13 controlled entry points starting at 2 a.m. Monday, attendees will enter through designated checkpoints, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n
Soca music and colorful costumes set the tone Saturday as children and families took part in the junior carnival celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a fun activity we do every year,\u201d said McKenzie, a young performer with Kaos International.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s really awesome, amazing, all the costumes, everybody,\u201d said Denesha, a young attendee.<\/p>\n
Food vendors offered Caribbean flavors along the route.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re Panamanian and Trinidadean, we have ojhalda wich is a fried dough, we have fish, we have bacalao,\u201d said Lytia of Chic Treatz.<\/p>\n
Children celebrating with relatives said the event was as much about family as it was about festivities.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel happy, excited, having fun with my cousins, getting with my family,\u201d said Laila, a young attendee. \u201cMy parents are from Jamaica so I am representing Jamaica.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis carnival is so perfect, is so perfect, the kids are enjoying themselves, the costumes are perfect, and they\u2019re having a good time,\u201d said attendee Barbara Maldonado.<\/p>\n
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Some families said the tradition is a way to pass culture down to the next generation.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur family, our ancestors, practiced this to celebrate life, to celebrate freedom, to celebrate their culture, and a way we would keep it is to have our children do this,\u201d said Yaaaso, who also took park.<\/p>\n
Performers said they return each year to keep the celebration going.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a family band, we come every year, and it\u2019s enjoyable, the kids love it, we teach them about culture and they look great,\u201d said Nefertiti Clarke, a performer with Kaos International.<\/p>\n
Ahead of Monday\u2019s parade, officials said they are focused on public safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the measures that we have put into place this year, we are confident that every New Yorker will be able to celebrate this parade freely and safely,\u201d said Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D-New York City).<\/p>\n
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