It’s a new sign of change, but the festival is staying the same.
Earlier this week the city’s police commissioner and the mayor announced that J’ouvert — the annual pre-dawn festive Labor Day parade — will see stricter security regulations similar to that enforced in Times Square during New Year’s eve, and will also start two hours later. With the new hours, J’ouvert will commence at 6 am compared to 4 am when it typically began. Despite the new change, many loyal participants are thrilled about it because they get to show off their designs, said the president of the parade’s organizing body.
“They all love it — because now they can showcase their costumes in the daylight,” said Yvette Rennie of J’ouvert City International. “The bands usually have beautiful costumes that are now more creative and they want them to be seen in the daylight — they prefer it.”
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