Editing J'ouvert (section)

=== J'ouvert in Brooklyn ===
[[Brooklyn]] is home to the largest West Indian population outside the Caribbean,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=For a taste of the Caribbean just go to Brooklyn |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/for-a-taste-of-the-caribbean-just-go-to-brooklyn |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Travel |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The West Indian Day Parade Celebrates Culture and Community |url=https://www.nyctourism.com/articles/the-west-indian-day-parade-celebrates-culture-and-community/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=New York City Tourism + Conventions |language=en-US}}</ref> and began its own Carnival celebration in the late 1960s. Organized by the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA),<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Indian American Day Carnival Association |url=https://wiadcacarnival.org/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=wiadcacarnival.org}}</ref> the [[West Indian Day Parade]] is held annually on Labor Day Monday.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nierenberg |first1=Amelia |last2=Schweber |first2=Nate |date=2023-09-04 |title=Brooklyn Waves Goodbye to Summer in a Whirl of Feathers and Flags |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/nyregion/west-indian-day-parade-carnival-jouvert-brooklyn.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The event attracts millions of participants who parade down central [[Eastern Parkway|Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway]].<ref name="Allen 2019 84–111">{{Cite book |last=Allen |first=Ray |title=Jump Up! Caribbean Carnival Music in New York City |date=2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780190656850 |location=New York |pages=84–111}}</ref> An early morning J'ouvert component was added to the celebration in the 1990s when [[Steelpan|steel pan]] player Earl King and community organizer Yvette Rennie formed J'ouvert City International. Featuring traditional steelbands (DJs and sound systems prohibited) and ole mas costumes, the Brooklyn J'ouvert attracts tens of thousands Carnival enthusiasts.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Allen |first=Ray |date=Summer–Autumn 1999 |title="J'ouvert in Brooklyn Carnival: Revitalizing Steel Pan and Ole Mas Traditions" |url=https://files.eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5826/2017/04/16143646/Jouvert.pdf |journal=Western Folklore |volume=58 |issue=3–4 |pages=255–277 |doi=10.2307/1500461 |jstor=1500461 }}</ref><ref name="Allen 2019 207–234">{{Cite book |last=Allen |first=Ray |title=Jump Up! Caribbean Carnival Music in New York City |date=2019 |pages=207–234}}</ref>