Проект Борисовой И. "Карнавал В Нотингхилл"

Notting Hill Carnival

Prepared:

Borisova Ira

Notting Hill Carnival…..

• … is the biggest Europe’s street festival (Notting Hill - district of London);
• … is one of the high points of the London cultural calender;
• … take place every August Bank Holiday weekend;
• ...has been in existense since 1964;
• … is a celebration of Afro-Caribbean expierence.

History of Notting Hill Carnival...

• At the roots of Notting Hill are the Caribbean carnivals of the early 19th century. The very first carnival was an attempt to showcase the steel band musicians who played at the Coleherne pub in Earls Court every Sunday

• When the bands paraded through Notting Hill, they drew black residents out on to the streets, and the event was enlivened by their reminiscences of the Caribbean homes they had left behind.

• In the days of abolition, there was a strong element of parody in the songs and dances Trinidadians performed. Having been forbidden to hold festivals of their own during the period of slavery, they now took full advantage.

• Dressing up in costumes that mimicked the European fashions, even whitening their faces with flour or donning white masks. The proper name for this acpect of the Carnival is Mas (as in Masquerade).

• Mas is just one of the five basic elements of Carnival, the other four being the musical phenomena of Steelpan, Calypso, Soca and Static Sound Systems.

• Carnival begins on the Saturday with the steel band competition. Sunday is Kids’ Day, when the costume prizes are awarded.

• On Bank Holiday Monday, the main parade takes place. It begins on Great Western Road, then wends it way along Chepstow Road, on to Westbourne Grove, and then Ladbroke Grove. In the evening, the floats leave the streets in procession, and people carry on celebrating in the clubs.

Interesting fact...

• Up to half a million people visit Notting Hill every year for the event, the planning of which takes place over 12 months by a brigade of volunteers known as Carnivalists.

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