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Dancers dazzled on the streets of west London as Notting Hill Carnival floats paraded through the city on Monday, 28 August. Footage shows Sega music in the air as Voice of Mauritius took part in ...
The roots of the Notting Hill Carnival that took shape in the mid-1960s had two separate but connected strands. A "Caribbean Carnival" was held on 30 January 1959 [7] in St Pancras Town Hall as a response to the problematic state of race relations at the time; the UK's first widespread racial attacks, the Notting Hill race riots in which 108 people were charged, [8] had occurred the previous year.
On 26 August 2011, a blue plaque commemorating Laslett's conception of the Notting Hill street festival that "later evolved into Notting Hill Carnival" was unveiled on the corner of Tavistock Square and Portobello Road (organised by the Nubian Jak Community Trust), facing another blue plaque that commemorates Claudia Jones, who in 1959 ...
Notting Hill Carnival 2023 spans the August bank holiday weekend from Saturday 26 to Monday 28 August and most of the celebrations are free for anyone to attend. Saturday 26 August
Notting Hill Carnival 2007 (London, UK) Date: 26 August 2007, 12:37:30: Source: originally posted to Flickr as Float in Parade at Notting Hill Carnival 2007: Author: Dominic Alves: Permission (Reusing this file)
Up to 2 million people are expected to take in the music, parades, dancing and food over the days of The post Revelers pack London streets as Notting Hill Carnival celebrates Caribbean culture ...
Performers in the 2002 Notting Hill Carnival...that the Notting Hill Carnival attracts up to 1.5 million people every year, making it the largest street festival in the world? ...that it began indoors in January 1959 in response to the depressing state of race relations at the time? The UK's first widespread racial attacks had occurred the ...
Many attendees dressed in colourful, sparkling costumes to match the dancers.