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![Johnras, the owner of Mystical Enterprise out of Brooklyn, hangs...]()
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Johnras, the owner of Mystical Enterprise out of Brooklyn, hangs up merchandise at his arts and crafts booth before the festival began.
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![Amber McKenzie, 8, of Bloomfield, has her face painted by...]()
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Amber McKenzie, 8, of Bloomfield, has her face painted by Juliet Wood, of Impressions of Style out of Hartford, in the children's section of the festival.
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![Dilleon Mohorne, of New Jersey, prepares Jerk Chicken behind the...]()
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Dilleon Mohorne, of New Jersey, prepares Jerk Chicken behind the Jam Rock Jerk Center food stand, which was from Waterbury.
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![Cutis Greenidge, left, of Hartford, and Kyle Griffith, 14, of...]()
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Cutis Greenidge, left, of Hartford, and Kyle Griffith, 14, of East Hartford, perform on their steel drums on the plaza stage with the Hartford Steel Symphony.
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![Brian Bunting, of Bricins Festival Foods, out of Torrington, cleans...]()
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Brian Bunting, of Bricins Festival Foods, out of Torrington, cleans off the Slush Factory signs from atop the truck.
![Michael Mohammed, of Hartford but originally from Trinidad and Tobago,...]()
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Michael Mohammed, of Hartford but originally from Trinidad and Tobago, exits an elevator on stilts, which he and his step-son were wearing to perform to the crowds. Mohammed said as a child he had always wanted to learn this cultural skill and last year they learned to build and walk in the stilts, and are back this year performing again for the crowd.
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![Chicken Jerk is prepared behind one of the many food...]()
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Chicken Jerk is prepared behind one of the many food courts lining the walkway along the Connecticut River.
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![Zoe Martin, of Hartford, a performer with the Caribbean American...]()
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Zoe Martin, of Hartford, a performer with the Caribbean American dance company, out of Hartford, performs for a crowd in front of the plaza stage.
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![Shernett Barrett, prepares food at the R&S Jamaican Jerk Palace...]()
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Shernett Barrett, prepares food at the R&S Jamaican Jerk Palace food stand. She and the company annually come from their home town of Boston, Mass. to participate at the festival.
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![Josefa Perez, of Miami, Florida, prepares chicken shish kabob for...]()
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Josefa Perez, of Miami, Florida, prepares chicken shish kabob for her Puerto Rican food stand, Lla Isla Bonita.
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![Nicka Bewry, of Hartford, waves flags in front of her...]()
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Nicka Bewry, of Hartford, waves flags in front of her mother's clothing and accessory booth named "Touch Of Class," at the festival.
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![Kyle Griffith, 14, of East Hartford, left and Cutis Greenidge,...]()
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Kyle Griffith, 14, of East Hartford, left and Cutis Greenidge, of Hartford, perform on the plaza stage with the Hartford Steel Symphony.
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Riverfront Recapture held their eighth annual Taste of the Caribbean and Jerk Festival at the Mortensen Riverfront Plaza in Hartford Saturday.
![NORTH CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — It was the barking that saved Rippy, a mutt that fell deep into a working rock quarry. After passersby and even a drone failed to locate the lost dog, rescue workers drawn to his barks rappelled down the pit’s walls and lifted him out three days after he went missing, […]](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Quarry_Dog_45004.jpg?w=526 "NORTH CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — It was the barking that saved Rippy, a mutt that fell deep into a working rock quarry. After passersby and even a drone failed to locate the lost dog, rescue workers drawn to his barks rappelled down the pit’s walls and lifted him out three days after he went missing, […]")
