Teresa Almaguer, who joined within the parade, mentioned that she comes out yearly as a result of “we wish to set intentions for peace, for love, for safety for our households and for our tradition to remain on this neighborhood.”
Dancers with Samba de Terra, proper, interact with the group in the course of the 2026 Carnaval parade on Might 24, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)Daniel Flores, 2, second to proper, bangs a drum in the course of the 2026 Carnaval parade on Might 24, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)
“It’s actually essential to like and honor all of the locations that the immigrant communities on this group come from as a result of we constructed this neighborhood,” she mentioned. “We have to honor and have fun all that range, all that tradition, all that richness, all that pleasure.”
Spectators cheer in the course of the 2026 Carnaval parade on Might 24, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)Dancers with Cumbiamba Colombiana dance in the course of the 2026 Carnaval parade on Might 24, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)
Almaguer added that it was essential to additionally “proceed to be robust on this neighborhood.”
A person in a lowrider holds a “Mission” signal in the course of the 2026 Carnaval parade on Might 24, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)Dancers with Cumbiamba Colombiana dance in the course of the 2026 Carnaval parade on Might 24, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)
“Everyone knows there’s been loads of displacement, loads of gentrification,” Almaguer mentioned. “We now have to proceed working to verify the individuals who constructed this neighborhood can keep right here.”
A dancer with Tambores & Samba smiles in the course of the 2026 Carnaval parade on Might 24, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)The Grand Marshall Ladies Obtained Targets & Soccer 4 All float goes down twenty fourth St. in the course of the 2026 Carnaval parade on Might 24, 2026. (Gina Castro/KQED)
The pageant, now in its forty eighth yr, is the third-largest annual occasion in San Francisco, after Pleasure and Lunar New Yr.
