13 Photos That Will Make You Beam With Puerto Rican Pride

13 Photos That Will Make You Beam With Puerto Rican Pride

Legendary star Rita Moreno, best known as Anita from "West Side Story," led Sunday's Puerto Rican Day Parade down Fifth Avenue.

As the event's grand marshal, the 83-year-old actress and singer waved at the thousands of attendees and even did a little dancing with Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan, according to The Associated Press.

If you missed the event or just want to relive it, here's your chance to view some of the highlights of the 2015 Puerto Rican Day Parade in photos:

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Rule No. 1 of a Puerto Rican Day Parade: Dance!
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Dancers perform in the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade as it makes its way up New York's Fifth Ave., Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Or Ride!
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Members of the Puerto Rican Schwinn club ride in the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade as it makes its way up New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Keeping safety in mind, of course.
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A police officers patrols during the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade as it makes its way up New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Thousands of people turned out for the parade led by the island's governor. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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#ProudBoricuas
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Spectators wave flags during the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade as it makes its way up New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Thousands of people turned out for the parade led by the island's governor. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Puerto Rican pride never looked so adorable.
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Perched atop his father's shoulders, Enrique Placeres, 2, of Boston, waves a Puerto Rican flag as the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way up New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Placeres' family has been coming to the parade from Boston for the past dozen years, always standing in the same spot on Fifth Ave. in the 50's where they say they have close access to both parking and restroom facilities. (AP Photo/Verena Dobnik)
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Rule No. 2: Be LOUD (but mostly proud).
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Spectators wave flags and cheer during the the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade as it makes its way up New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the parade which celebrates the heritage and identity of Puerto Ricans living in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Hello ladies!
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Jayda Vazquez, 12, left, and Kaylee Vazquez, 8, wave from atop a convertible in the procession as the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way up New York's Fifth Ave., Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Goodbye, ladies.
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Kaylee Vazquez, 8, left, and Jayda Vazquez, 12, ride atop a convertible as the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way up New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Flags galore!
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Dancers wave Puerto Rican flags as the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way up New York's Fifth Ave., Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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No parade is complete without some impressive face paint.
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Nyasia Rodriguez, 14, watches as the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way up New York's Fifth Ave., Sunday, June 14, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the parade which celebrates the heritage and identity of Puerto Ricans living in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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The excitement in his face is #priceless.
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Jaydden Garcia, 8, center, cheers as the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way up New York's Fifth Ave., Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Cheers!
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Arsenia Fuentes, center left, and Sarah Dones, center right, cheer for a passing float as the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way up New York's Fifth Ave., Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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We feel you kid, all that celebration can really take it out of you.
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A boy rests on a barricade as the annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade makes its way up New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the parade which celebrates the heritage and identity of Puerto Ricans living in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

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