Residents celebrate holiday with parranda

Bronx residents celebrated the holidays Puerto Rican-style Monday. A parranda procession started in Melrose at 4 p.m.at the Bronx Documentary Center on Cortlandt Avenue. A parranda is a group that

News 12 Staff

Dec 22, 2015, 4:18 AM

Updated 3,229 days ago

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Bronx residents celebrated the holidays Puerto Rican-style Monday.
A parranda procession started in Melrose at 4 p.m.at the Bronx Documentary Center on Cortlandt Avenue.
A parranda is a group that goes around singing Christmas carols and using live instruments.
The group used traditional Puerto Rican instruments while parading from place to place, picking up people along the way.