Calle Ocho 2012: Fifteen Photo Highlights From Carnaval Miami’s Million-Person Street Fest

If you've ever gotten so high off guarapo that you stripped down to your g-string, draped your nakedness in a giant Puerto Rican flag, and streaked up the middle of SW Eighth Street while screaming "Tu tienes la boca grande! Dale ponte a jugar!" ... Then you might be the...

By S. PajotMarch 12, 2012

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If you’ve ever gotten so high off guarapo that you stripped down to your g-string, draped your nakedness in a giant Puerto Rican flag, and streaked up the middle of SW Eighth Street while screaming “Tu tienes la boca grande! Dale ponte a jugar!” … Then you might be the King of Calle Ocho.

Yesterday, Pitbull, Flo Rida, Jencarlos Canela, and a million chicos, chicas, y abuelitas ran wild in the streets of Little Havana.

Just see the cut for fifteen photo highlights from Calle Ocho 2012.

Read Crossfade’s Calle Ocho 2012 recap with video and check out the full 46-photo Calle Ocho 2012 slideshow.

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