Summary More than 100 people participated in parade that included brass bands, camel carts and open jeeps.
ADIPUR (AP) - Scores of Charlie Chaplin impersonators in bowler hats tramped through the streets of a small port town in western India at an annual parade to mark the birthday of the legendary comic actor.
Chaplin has an odd resonance in this industrial town. Adipur s only claim to fame is its 40-year-old celebration of the silent era actor.
More than 100 people participated in Tuesday s parade that included brass bands, camel carts and open jeeps.
"Charlie Chaplin is our hero. Every year we celebrate his birthday with a parade," said Ashok Aswani, founder of Charlie Circle, a club that has been celebrating Chaplin s birthday since 1973.
The two-hour long parade winds down with club members performing skits mimicking Chaplin, and with the screening of one of his classic films.
