Story: Culture and recreation in the city

Cuba Street Carnival (2nd of 3)

Cuba Street Carnival

Performers appear in the Cuba Street Carnival parade in 2009. Street theatre and parades emerged in New Zealand cities from the late 1990s. In Wellington the Cuba Street Carnival involved street stalls, street performers and an exuberant Saturday-night parade.

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Jock Phillips, 'Culture and recreation in the city - City culture and recreation since 1965', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/25696/cuba-street-carnival (accessed 30 March 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 11 Mar 2010