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Puerto Rican Day Parade 2017: See photos from the Fifth Avenue festivities

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  • A participant marches on Fifth Avenue during the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • Participants walk along Fifth Avenue during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • Participants march in the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • A participant walks on Fifth Avenue during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • Spectators wave flags during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • Spectators cheer alongside Fifth Avenue during the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio participates in the Puerto Rican Day Parade marching up Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • Participants hold up flags during the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • A young spectator holds up a flag during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • Participants march on Fifth Avenue during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
  • A woman marches and dances down Fifth Avenue during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants wave an oversized Puerto Rican flag during the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Supporters of Oscar López Rivera, the leader of the FALN separatist group that pushed for Puerto Rico's independence and was behind a series of bombings in New York and other U.S. cities in the 1970s and 1980s, march in the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio marches in the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Oscar López Rivera rides on a float during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer marches in the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • A spectator holds a sign chastising Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the food company Goya for not attending the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Supporters of Oscar López Rivera march down Fifth Avenue during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Activists march in the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Supporters of Oscar López Rivera march in the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Spectators get ready to wave their flags as the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade kicks off on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Ivan Pereira
  • Spectators gather along Fifth Avenue during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • A participant dances during the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn) marches in the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants march down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue during the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Spectators cheer and wave flags during the Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, center, marches with fellow council members in the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Participants wave an oversized Puerto Rican flag during the 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Ivan Pereira
  • Attendees of the Puerto Rican Day Parade gather along Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
    Photo Credit: Ivan Pereira

The 60th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade hit Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday, bringing the celebration of the Caribbean island to the streets of New York City.

Politicians including Mayor Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez participated in the parade, that honored big names like olympian Laurie Hernandez and actress Jeimy Osorio.

Scroll down for photos from the festivities:

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