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Nassau Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade in Bay Street Nassau
The Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade fills Nassau's Bay Street from before dawn on December 26th, as competing costume groups debut designs they spent months building in secret. Goatskin drums, cowbells and horns drive each group down the route, judged on costume, music and performance. As the larger of the city's two annual flagship parades, Boxing Day draws the biggest crowds and the most anticipated debut costumes.
The Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade is the larger and more anticipated of Nassau's two flagship parades, filling Bay Street with costumed groups from before dawn on December 26th as competing junkanoo shacks debut the designs they have spent months building in secret.