Photos: Neighbors Celebrate The McDonald Avenue Mela

Jole Carliner -
In the shade, the women take it all in.

Many of our neighbors gathered to celebrate the Bengali New Year with a mela (street fair) this past Sunday, May 31, filling McDonald Avenue, from Church Avenue to Aveue C, with amazing food, colorful clothes, music, and much cheer. Our neighbor and reporter, Jole Carliner, snapped these photos of the fantastic festivities, and if you took any photo yourself, let us know! You can email them to us at editor@kensingtonbk.com, and we’ll post them to the blog.

US Congressman Jerry Nadler; Barry Spitzer, CB 12 District Manager; and Mamnunal Haq, a Kensington CB 12 representative, and others perform the Pledge of Allegiance.
Dancers wowed the crowd on Sunday.
The audience watches one of the fair’s performances.