THE DAY BEFORE THE GREAT PARADE

 

WHEN PHOTOGRAPHING THE CHINESE BANNER AT CITY HALL I HEARD DRUMMING...

J'ai couru pour rattraper le cortège arrêté à quelques pas :

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In walking on toward avenue de Choisy I heard more drumming...

...and came upon another show: 

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That evening, in front of a Chinese optician in the Gaul neighborhood... 

  Corner of rue de Tolbiac / Château des Rentiers

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On the way to it

ON THE WAY TO IT

JOYFUL PERFORMERS AND PUBLIC 

    Corner, rue de Tolbiac and rue Baudricourt

Ten minutes on, kids are having a great time practicing : 

 

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Corner rue de Tolbiac and avenue de Choisy

At the crossroad where the cortege will pass... 

                                                                         Rue de Tolbiac and avenues de Choisy and d'Ivry

The multitude made seeing the parade impossible, but its happiness made a great show too:  

On the way home:

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A parade unique in Europe 

A PARADE UNIQUE IN EUROPE

THE MULTITUDE MADE TAKING MY OWN PHOTOS IMPOSSIBLE...

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Here are those of a friend made in 2012. A comparison with those of the web, of 2025 and 2026, show an event that has become even more dazzling.

Photos by Jeanne Wikler

The costumes of 2025 were still more striking and the make-up is new. 

Other ethnicities participate, as the preceding pages show. 

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 I was able to take these pictures in spite of the crowd:

   Crossroad of rue de Tolbiac / avenue de Choisy

People waiting under umbrellas

shows their support. 

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Ads, the ultimate acceptance

III.1.8. ADS, THE ULTIMATE ACCEPTANCE

WHEN IN EARLY 2020 IMAGES SUDDENLY EMPHASIZED BLACKS AND NORTH AFRICANS, THERE WAS ONLY ASIAN

And that was of a baby. 

Pharmacy, corner of rues de Tolbiac and Château des Rentiers, 13th

Then Asian models were timidly introduced...

     Boulevard Vincent Auriol

      Bus stop rue de Tolbiac

    Châtelet métro  

Marcadet Poissonnierss métro

Naionale métro

 

Rue Stephenson, in African La Goutte d'Or

In 2023 they were more numerous...

.Rue de Tolbiac and rue Nationale, 13th 

And in 2024 they might dominate:

Mall and avenue de Choisy, December 2024

Now Asian models often appear.

Boulevard Saint-Germain, 2023

In front of the Opéra, on a bus that crosses part of the city.

Half hour from the Asian neighborhood, from 2021 to the present (2026):

Street corner in the Gobelins, on the edge of the 13th

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III.2.

Eastern Paris, where new worlds emerge