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Opening Caribana '70, the fourth annual West Indian festival at the Toronto islands, participants in costume parade from Varsity Stadium on Saturday. (...)
Opening Caribana '70, the fourth annual West Indian festival at the Toronto islands, participants in costume parade from Varsity Stadium on Saturday. (...)

Opening Caribana '70, the fourth annual West Indian festival at the Toronto islands, participants in costume parade from Varsity Stadium on Saturday. (...)

Date8/1/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Opening Caribana '70; the fourth annual West Indian festival at the Toronto islands; participants in costume parade from Varsity Stadium on Saturday. The nine-day festival; organized by Toronto's Caribbean immigrants; features steel bands; calypso music; limbo dancing and a variety of West Indian art displays.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0102986F
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