{"id":4163,"date":"2016-05-30T02:06:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T02:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2026-05-25T05:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:43:09","slug":"carnaval-san-francisco-2016-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/carnaval-san-francisco-2016-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnaval San Francisco 2016 parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This year’s Carnaval<\/a> parade had all the elements we’ve come to expect: dance groups wearing peacock-style outfits, DJs on trucks spinning music, salsa dancers, stilt walkers, marching bands, and floats from various local organizations and city services. I thought Recology’s dancing garbage collectors were surprisingly on point, running around with recycling and compost bins in the sweltering sunlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s some of the more unusual highlights. First, a visit from the masked man himself… Zorro!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A photographer really wanted a photo of this dog, but the dog just wasn’t interested in fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elvis showed up with his pink Cadillac. When the parade stopped for a couple of minutes, he ran backwards through the parade to bust some moves with a burlesque troupe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To complete this post here’s Batala’s drum troupe at the tail end of the parade:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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