The Cultural diversity in New York City

For many people, New York is considered as an international city, more than a American city, because of the many immigrants that live there. New York is a very famous city, because it is like an archetype of a nation of immigrants. The seven largest countries of origin of the millions of immigrants living in NYC are China (see the article about Chinatown), Jamaica, Russia, Italy, India, and the Dominican Republic.
In NYC, immigrants reunite in ethnic enclaves, where they can speak their mother tang, find products

Select Holy Days Officially Observed in New York City
Holy Day	Culture	Month (2006)
Eid al-Adha	Muslim	January
Asian Lunar New Year	East Asia	January
Ash Wednesday	Christian	March
Purim	Jewish	March
Nowruz	Iranian	March
Passover	Jewish	April
Good Friday	Christian	April
Shavuot	Jewish	June
Feast of Assumption	Catholic	August
Rosh Hashanah	Jewish	September
Yom Kippur	Jewish	October
Succoth	Jewish	October
Diwali	Hindu	October
Eid ul-Fitr	Muslim	October
All Saints Day	Catholic	November
Eid al-Adha	Muslim	December

 or food from their home country, or work and live with people with whom they share the same origins, culture ...

A crowd celebrating the Puerto Rican day Parade

NYC is considered as the second home and country for Indians, Russians, Latin Americans ...

The West Indian Labor Day Parade

Most of the events and parades that happens in New York was inherited from the immigrants, like the Puerto Rican Day Parade, or the West Indian Labor Day Parade.

New York is the city with the highest number of Jewish people in the world. There are even more Jewish people in New York than in Jerusalem ! This is why NYC's culture has kept some elements of the Jewish Culture, like the bagels.

Some famous New Yorkers are jewish, like the famous movie director Woody Allen.