>>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EVENT EVERY YEAR, THIS YEAR WE ARE HONORING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND CULTURE AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. >> YOU ARE HEARING ALL THE MUSIC, AND MULTICULTURAL DANCE COMPANY FOCUSED ON BRAZILIAN SCIBA, WE HAD [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] JUST BEFORE THEM, THEY CAN DANCE, AND MOVE IN THE COLORS, AND DECORATIONS AND HOW BEAUTIFUL THE COSTUMES ARE, IT IS ABSENTLY STUNNING TO SEE THAT, AND ALL DOWN THE STREET, DANCED THEIR HEARTS OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN FRONT OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HANGING OUT, IT'S REALLY SO FUN TO SEE INSPIRES ME, TO GET OUT THERE A >> THERE FOLLOWED BY 43 PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR THE GROUP, TRADITIONAL BODIES -- DANCERS, DANCED WITH THEIR BODIES, PAYING HOMAGE TO THE ANCESTORS, CARNAVAL, AS THE DECADES GO BY, IT IS BEING PASSED ON TO DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, I SEE THE SEEDS THAT ARE BEING PLANTED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO OUR CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND PASSING THEM DOWN TO THE NEXT SET OF GENERATIONS, WHICH MAKES YOU FEEL FULL, YOU REALLY LEARN WHO YOU ARE WHEN YOU LEARN YOUR TRADITIONS. >> THE AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER, 125 PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR. >> THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE WILL SEE A LOT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PARADE, A LOT OF THESE GROUPS ARE HUGE, WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED. THE THEME IS TO HONOR OUR NATIVE ELDERS AND YOUTH, AND THE MUSIC IS A COMBINATION OF DRUMMING, SINGERS FROM BOTH NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN TRIBES. TELLING THE TRADITIONS AND STORIES OF THE TRIBAL NATIONS, A LOT OF THIS IS HANDMADE. AND ON THE BROADCAST YOU CAN SEE HOW INTRICATE IT IS BUT EVEN UP CLOSE IT'S EVEN MORE DETAILED AND MORE BEAUTIFUL. >> IT REALLY IS SUNNY, AND THE SONGS AND DANCES REPRESENT HEALING FOR LAND AND WATER IN SEASONS AND PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS, REALLY JUST DIGGING INTO THE ROOTS OF WHO YOU ARE AND NATURE AND BRING IT TO LIFE AS WE WATCH THEM GO DOWN THE STREET THERE. >> EV INDIGENOUS CULTURES, GRAND MARSHALL -- WE SEE THESE INDIGENOUS CULTURES, AND THE GRAND MARSHALL WHO IS HERE. >> THE ORIGINAL PEOPLES OF THESE LANDS, AS A LATINO COMMUNITY, WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL DISTRICT, ADJACENT TO THE LATINO CULTURE AND HISTORY. >> HERE THEY ARE, THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT OF 1992, SPONSORED BY ALASKA AIRLINES, SUCH A HUGE DEAL TO HAVE HER IN THE BAY AREA. >> THE GRAND MARSHALS IN HISTORY. >> IN 1992, AND GOT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE , RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM , WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE HER WITH US, WORKED VERY HARD TO ESPECIALLY IDENTIFY, ONE OF THE FIRST THING SHE DID, AND ORGANIZE THE INDIGENOUS MAYANS, SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SPANISH, SHE WAS FROM GUATEMALA, BUT THE MAYANS HAVE 31 DIFFERENT DIALECTS , AND SHE WAS ABLE TO ORGANIZE AND UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE KILLED AT THE TIME FOR HER WORK, SO IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE HER PRESENT WITH US TODAY. >> ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, OUTSPOKEN DURING THE COUNTRY'S LONG-LASTING BRUTAL CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE 60s AND THE 90s, WHAT AN HONOR TO BE HERE. >> PEACE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT JUSTICE, JUSTICE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT FAIRNESS, FAIRNESS EXIST WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT CAN'T EXIST WITHOUT DEMOCRACY, AND DEMOCRACY CAN'T EXIST WITHOUT THE EXISTENCE OF WORTH OF PEOPLES. >> YEARS AGO, TODAY AS WELL, TO SEE HER HERE IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. >> THE MARIMBA MUSIC IS SO BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS NOT HER TO SEE THE GRAND MARSHALL, THEY'VE GOT 50 PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR, AND ANCIENT DANCE, >> 50 PARTICIPANTS, I LOVE THIS GOT INVOLVED WITH CARNAVAL, 20 YEARS, PART OF THE CULTURE AND VIBE IN THE MISSION, THE APS TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA, PLAYING TRADITIONAL MAYAN MUSIC. LOOK AT THAT CUT IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW FAR PEOPLE COME FROM TO BE PART OF THIS EVENT EVERY SINGLE YEAR ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE BAY AREA WE HAVE A HUGE MAYAN COMMUNITY, WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT MAYAN ABSOLUTELY BEAUF THE MOST COLORFUL GROUPS IN THE PARADE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU LOOK INCREDIBLE, THE MUSIC IS WONDERFUL, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF CARNAVAL EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU. >> [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] >> SO BEAUTIFUL. >> I'VE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT, AND IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE, 31 DIFFERENT DIALECTS. >> NOT EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE IN SPANISH WHAT WE SPEAK, TOTALLY DIFFERENT, I'VE TRAVELED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF MEXICO WHERE THEY SPEAK THE DIFFERENT DIALECTS AND IT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CULTURE AND STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE, SO INCREDIBLE AND SO MUCH HISTORY, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO RESPECT IN THE BAY AREA. >> IT IS A GROWING POPULATION IN THE BAY, I LOVE THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE PE OF ALL OF THE COLORS AND SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF CARNAVAL 2024, WE WILL THROW BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, FINALLY GETTING INTO THE CARIBBEAN VIBES, 50 PARTICIPANTS, THIS IS A CUBAN DANCE, THIS YEAR THEY ARE WITH [ SPEAKING SPANISH ], AND THEY ARE CELEBRATING DIVERSITY AND HONORING THE TRADITIONS OF CUBA, COMPOSED OF TRADITIONALLY LOWER-CLASS INDIGENOUS CITIZENS. >> YOU CAN FEEL THE CONGO BE. >> I DO AND YOU SEE THE LITTLE ONES COMING THROUGH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT GROW FROM THERE AND IMPRESSIVE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS. WITH BUILDERS, AND LIVE MUSICIANS I LOVE THE SOUND OF PERCUSSION. >> THE PAY HOMAGE TO THE EASTERN CUBAN KONGA TRADITIONS. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF CARIBBEAN GROUPS AND PARTICIPANTS, PUERTO RICO OBVIOUSLY, I'M A LITTLE BIASED, THAT'S WHERE MY MOM'S MEMORY -- FAMILY IS FROM. THERE ARE GROUPS LITERALLY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND SO MANY PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED, ALWAYS SO IMPRESSIVE AS YOU SEE THESE GROUPS COME DOWN AND MANY PEOPLE ARE JOINING WITH THE INVOLVEMENT YOU SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF LATINO >>> IN 1998, THE THEME THREE SISTERS, REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE COLORS OF THE COSTUMES THIS YEAR, HONORING THE INDIGENOUS WISDOM OF THOSE WHO CULTIVATE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF THE THREE SISTERS. THE FLOAT FEATURING THEY GO BUT CARNAVAL ONE, THEY DON'T GO LOW AND SLOW, THEY GO HIGH AND FAST. >> THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT. PARTICIPANTS JOINING IN THE GROUP, THE THEME IS APPRECIATION AND HUMILITY, JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS ANGELITA AND CHRISTINE. HOW ARE YOU. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. >> HAPPY CARNAVAL HAPPY CARNAVAL. >> YOU GUYS LOOK AMAZING, TELL US ABOUT YOUR GROUP, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH YOU. >> WE HAVE ANYONE DANCERS, THE COLORS ARE INSPIRED BY THE MARACAS, CAN YOU HEAR ME, IT'S SO LOUD. >> YES. >> INSPIRED BY MARACAS, WEST CHILE , AFRICA, BRAZIL, RICO, WE WANT TO REPRESENT ALL THE BEAUTY AND HONOR OF INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND KEEP IT HUMBLE, AND ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, SUPPORT HIS CAMPAIGN PLEASE. >> I'VE GOT MY DAUGHTER ANGELITA , AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER , FLOAT, AND MY GRANDSONS, LORENZO AND LITTLE THAT MY DAUGHTER ASIA, AND MY NIECE ERIKA, I'VE GOT THE WHOLE TRIBE OUT HERE, PART OF THE GROUP DANCING, IT'S AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE MY FAMILY, MY DAUGHTER'S STARTED CARNIVAL WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE. -- CARNAVAL. >> SHE NOW HAS THIS ONE. >> OH. NICE. >> WE WANT YOU TO SAY HI. >> SAY HI. >> HI DAD, I LOVE YOU! ALL RIGHT. >> ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME? >> YES, I'M READY TO GO BACK TO MY GROUP AND DANCE GOING >> WE ARE GOING TO LET YOU GO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THE REUNION, WE LOVE IT. ALL IN THE FAMILY. ANYTHING BAD YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR DAD, SAY IT NOW. [ LAUGHTER ] ACRE NO NO, NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT ME. [ LAUGHTER ] >> NOTHING BUT LOVE, THAT IS SO COOL, OBVIOUSLY YOUR CEO, SO MANY FAMILIES THAT HAVE A MULTIGENERATIONAL CONNECTION TO THIS EVENT, THE COME OUT WITH THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS, TRULY ALL AGES, AND ALL BACKGROUNDS, THAT IS WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT CARNAVAL, EVEN CULTURAL >> ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TWO CARNAVAL, WE ARE HANGING OUT IN THE HEART OF THE MISSION DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, ENJOYING THE PARTY. >> IT IS GETTING LOUDER. >> IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH LOUDER, GLAD YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME BUT NEXT YEAR COME AND HANG OUT, THIS IS REALLY A FUN, LIVELY, BEAUTIFUL EVENT OF CULTURE, 70 FAMILIES, AND OF THE DANCING, BEAUTIFUL BEGINNINGS OUR COLLECTIVE, 130 KIDS AND ADULTS, I FEEL I WILL LEARN HOW TO PLAY PERCUSSION NOW. >> I LOVE WHEN THE FLOATS COME BY THAT HAVE REALLY GOOD SOUND SYSTEMS. IT REALLY FEELS LIKE YOU ARE AT A NIGHT OUT AND IN THE CLUB, THE PARADE IS MISSING, I AM SARAH HERE, ALONGSIDE GIANNA, WITH ROBERTO FERNANDEZ THE CEO, AN AMAZING DISPLAY OF ALL OF THESE FAMILIES AND KIDS, VERY IMPRESSIVE, YOU THINK IT'S HARD TO WALK THE PARADE ROUTE AND HEELS, HOW ABOUT AND STILTS? LOOK AT THIS, THAT'S COMING UP. >> THAT IS TOTAL STILL. >> THE YOUNG PEOPLE , WOULD SCARE THE HECK OUT OF ME, I'M SCARED OF HEIGHTS. >> ARE YOU? >> YES, THAT'S WHY WANT TO BE IN A LOW RIDER HAVE YOU DONE IT? >> YOU FLY LIKE A BIRD, ABBY WALTON STILTS? >> NO I HAVEN'T. >> THAT I WOULD TRY, BUT JUST WALKING THE DANCING, SEEING THE BUTTERFLIES, THEY GOT SNAKES AND BIRDS, AND CELEBRATING THE COMMUNITY AND HIGHLIGHTING TO THE INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, CULTURES CRAWL ACROSS LAND, AND DARKNESS IS LIGHT. >> GORGEOUS AND STUNNING, A BEAUTIFUL THE PEOPLE WALKING SOO AGAIN, WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED, SO McGREE THINGS TO SEE WITH THE DANCING MUSIC, COMING DOWN NOW WE HAVE [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] , TRADITIONAL FOLKLORIC DANCING, AZTEC DANCE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MEXICO CITY. THEY HAVE TRAVELED THROUGH THE U.S., CANADA AND EUROPE AMONGST OTHER COUNTRIES, NOT JUST HERE BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE THEM HERE SHARING THE BEAUTIFUL DANCING AND COSTUMES. >> YOU CAN'T MISS THAT, THEY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST AND MOST ELABORATE HEADDRESSES OF ANY GROUP AT CARNAVAL THEY'RE NOT COSTUMES, THERE ACTUALLY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER FROM COLORS, VERY TRADITIONAL. THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING THE DRÔME, THERE SHAPED BY PRE-COLUMBIAN INSTRUMENTS USED BY THE MAYANS, THE TRUNK OF ALL OF THE TREES. SO THEY GET A SPECIAL SOUND. >> THIS IS REALLY COOL TO SEE, THEY HAVE SOME OF THE MOST INTRICATE DESIGNS OF ANY GROUP WE HAVE, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND REALLY AMAZING. I ALWAYS NOTICE BEFORE THE PARADE STARTS WITH A LINEUP AND YOU CAN SEE THEM BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL HEADPIECES AND DIFFERENT COSTUMES ARE SO INCREDIBLE, JUST THE CULTURE AND TRADITION, I SAW THEM EARLIER BEFORE THE PARADE STARTED, THEY WERE PERFORMING EARLY AND PEOPLE WERE CROWDING AROUND BEFORE THE PARADE STARTED, WATCHING. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE CULTURAL ROOTS, WHEN WE HAVE LIKE THE BIRTH OF A CHILD IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE WILL HAVE A's CEREMONY, THEY CAN SEND ERAS THEY'RE HAVING THE DRESSES. YES AND FOR THE BOYS, IT'S WHEN YOU'RE SIX TEAM. [ LAUGHTER ] -- 16, A YEAR LATER. FOR YOUNG BOYS. ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO CARNAVAL SEMPER CISCO 2024, I AM SARAH WITH GIANNA, THE CEO , ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, WE ARE LOOKING AT NICARAGUA [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] , TRADITIONAL FOLKLORIC DANCE HONORING NICARAGUA, DANCING TO THE SOUND OF MARIMBA, AND A PHILHARMONIC BAND, MUSIC INCLUDED IN FESTIVITIES OF PATRON SAINTS FROM NICARAGUA. >> ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, A BEAUTIFUL FLORAL DISPLAY, ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, SANTO DOMINGO, DATING BACK TO THE 1850S, CELEBRATED AS A MIRACULOUS SAINT, AND JUAN, HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> JOSE MARTINEZ IS WITH THE KING AND QUEEN OF CARNAVAL. YOU ARE ON A FLOAT? >> I THINK HE IS. >> I'M WITH THE KING AND THE QUEEN, CARNAVAL. ARE YOU DOING ? >> WE HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY. >> YOU LOOK AMAZING, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT THIS YEAR? >> YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW EXCITED I FEEL. >> YOU HAVE EVERYBODY HERE. WITH CARNAVAL IT IS A LOT . >> JUST TO SEE THIS FESTIVAL, CARNAVAL IN THE COUNTRY, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO FEEL THIS. >> I'M GOING TO DANCE AND GIVE A BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU JOSE. >> HE BLENDS IN WITH THEM. HE MATCHES THEM PERFECTLY LEFT BACK HE LOOKS LIKE HE IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE FLOAT. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT IS THE KING AND QUEEN OF CARNAVAL AND JOSÉ IS THE PRINCE. >> MAYBE THE EMPEROR. [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND HAVE JOSÉ TRY TO CLIMB ANOTHER FLOAT AND BLEND IN THERE, WE WILL BE BACK AFTER WITH ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE WISDOM WITH THE ELDERS AND LISTEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE, CREATING THE CONNECTION THROUGH GENERATIONS, THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE MOMENT LIKE THIS WHERE YOU ARE SEEING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ENJOYING THE MUSIC AND DANCE. I LOVE LATIN DANCE CREWS, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC FOR A SECOND. >> LET'S LISTEN. >> [ SINGING ] >> THIS IS A PUERTO RICAN TUNE, I WILL SHUT UP THE HEAD OF THIS , SHE ACTUALLY WAS OUR QUEEN OF CARNAVAL MANY YEARS AGO AND SHE DECIDED TO START HER OWN , AN AMAZING JOB NOT ONLY WITH THAT, AND WITH MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. MISSION HIGH SCHOOL, I WANT TO SHUT OUT MISSION HIGH SCHOOL. >> AND THE CARNAVAL AND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM. AND THE PARADE, ALSO THE 30th STREET M >> HOW IN SYNC THEY WILL. >> PURPOSEFUL, TO SHOW THAT. THE CURVES IN THE MOVEMENT. >> THE KIDS INVOLVED, AND SO LITTLE, FIVE AND 10. >> WE GOT THE CH >>> THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN 2006, IN SAN LEANDRO, JOINING US, IS LILY, HOW ARE YOU, YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL. >> [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND WHERE IT ORIGINATED FROM. >> NORTH OF THERE, FROM BOLIVIA, AND -- I KNOW, IT GETS LOUD. [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND THEY WOULD COME TOGETHER, A GOOD HARVEST. AND GRAY COLORS BRINGING TO THE MISSION. >> I LOVE IT. >> IT IS SO COLORFUL. >> IS SO BEAUTIFUL, I LOVE IT. AMAZING COLORS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'S OUR GUESS NAILS, THEY MATCH THE DRESS PERFECTLY, AND YOU THINK HELMET , I LOVE PADS. >> DO YOU LOVE HATS? >> THEN DECORATED WITH THAT, AND THE THICK BELTS THAT THEY WEAR AROUND THEIR WAIST. I GOT MINE. >> YOU CAN THEY REACH IS, I DON'T KNOW. OH, MY GOSH. WE MIGHT CATCH IT. [ LAUGHTER ] >> A LITTLE WHILE, AND SOME >> COMPARISONS, DOZENS AND HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS, SOME OF THE OTHER DEATHS HERE. >> THEY ARE COMING THROUGH. >> THERE IS SOME OF THE FAVORITES. THEY BRING THE TIME. THIS IS ANOTHER REALLY GREAT ONE EVERY SINGLE YEAR, HUNDRED AND 60 PARTICIPANTS, THE COSTUMES REPRESENTING BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS AND PLANTS THE JUNGLE, A REALLY SORT OF ORNATE BIG DISPLAY HERE, NOT JUST WITH THE DANCERS BUT SOME OF THE INSTALLATIONS THIS BEAUTIFUL TREE ON THE WHEEL, DOWN 24th STREET, INTO THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS, REALLY PRETTY DISPLAY THAT THEY HAVE THIS YEAR. >> THE BEAUTIFUL TREE THAT THEY BUILD, LEADING THE GROUP, AND SO MANY BEAUTIFUL COLORS AND LOOK AT THE DRESSES AS THEY COME DOWN, ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A TULIP IN THE WAY. >> 30 YEARS WITH MUSIC AND DANCE, IN THE MISSION DISTRICT. AND I JUST WITH A SHUT OUT JOSÉ CARRASCO. AND HEATHER, AND FOUNDERS OF THE GROUP AND SPEAKING ABOUT THE AND THE DAUGHTER WAS VERY LITTLE IN THE SUN, AND THEIR SON. >> AND SHE IS GONE TO BRAZIL TO LEARN THE TRADITION, I LIVED THROUGH HER LIFE ON FACEBOOK WATCHING THE VIDEOS IN THE POSTS OF HER DANCING IN THE PARADE. AND AMAZING. >> THAT'S HERE THAT. >>
