Mermaid Parade
Held To Protest
Against Oil
Spill
People hold
placards to
protest against
the oil spill
pollution caused
by the British
Petroleum in the
Gulf of Mexico
during the
annual Mermaid
Parade in Coney
Island, New
York, June 19,
2010.
The Mermaid
Parade,
characterized by
participants
dressed in
hand-made
costumes as
Mermaids and
various sea
creatures,
celebrates the
sand, the sea,
the salt air and
the beginning of
summer.
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