Thousands gather each year for the most-extravagant street party in Jerusalem, on the day the city observes the holiday of Purim.
Spread over two long streets in the Nachlaot neighborhood and near the Shuk (Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda Market), huge numbers of people of all ages, kids and adults, spend an afternoon, many of them showing off their exotic costumes. Originality may not win a prize, but always gets eyes, while multiple DJ stations along the route pipe music and pulsing beat into the open air.
Photographer and filmmaker Judah S. Harris pushed through the crowds during the March 2019 event, gliding a somewhat shaking smartphone camera to where the action is, to record some of the electric vibe. As seen in the video, he gets close - almost too close at times - as he surfs his way through the big party!
Watch "Nachlaot Purim Street Party" (10 min)...
