Celebrating Puerto Rican culture

A little rain Sunday couldn t come close to dampening spirits at the parade capping off the city s Puerto Rican festival The annual spectacle wound from Columbus to Blue Hill Ave and into Franklin Park This year s celebration which began on Saturday marked the th anniversary of the festival and featured food arts and crafts and live entertainment A boy and a small girl charge down the street with the Puerto Rican Flag during Sunday s parade Nancy Lane Boston Herald Snoopy is dressed in the Puerto Rican flag during Sunday s parade Nancy Lane Boston Herald A woman wears the Puerto Rican flag on her cheek and a rain poncho during Sunday s parade Nancy Lane Boston Herald Legend Caraballo uses a bubble maker during the Puerto Rican Festival Parade Nancy Lane Boston Herald