Just think, if the name of the neighborhood west of London Notting Hill, only thoughts of magic movie 1999 com-ROM to the floppy-haired Hugh Grant's bookseller courted Hollywood star Julia Roberts. Focus on the wealthy, media types, terraces Posh restored Victorian town houses and picturesque Mews all inhabit, but missed the heart of what is traditionally one of the most multi-cultural icons in the United Kingdom.
Nowhere is the soul of the original Notting Hill, cleareras its annual carnival - the biggest in Europe - where more than one million people are given regularly. Here the Caribbean Community who came to Britain in 1950, their culture returns only shares with the rest of the world.
The Notting Hill Carnival is held annually the last weekend of August. This year the parade Sunday, August 29 and the following Monday is a holiday in England.
Sunday is just as rude andstreet corner with colored amps pump out hip-shaking music of all kinds, and competition with food stalls for the attention of visitors. But with the emphasis on children in the procession routes are a bit 'less crowded with tourists.
Monday is the big day. Last year there were nearly 130 floats, 60 groups including 10 Mas carnival costumes are steel bands, thousands of parading in and around 40 static sound systems.
The essence of carnivalis competing for the title of Best MAS found Band on the Road.
Mas - short for Masquerade - finds its origins in the slave trade in Africa, kidnapped when they were brought to Trinidad. The slaves - and later emancipated population - mixed the traditions of Africa with the pre-Lenten celebrations of French Catholic settlers to celebrate their roots.
What used satire the opportunity to forget the daily oppression with music and dance - and settlers - Circulationthroughout the West Indies and transformed over the generations in an annual celebration of life affirmation.
A-band seems Mas, 30 or more costumes dancer meat from thousands of sequins and feathers, and expanses of bare, some are more expensive to wear bikinis others may be more to his towering structures that need some. A truck converts music - a band of steel or a sound system pounding rhythm of Calypso, or rather to offer "Soca" - togetherMas each band. Soca is a dance music that developed by Calypso for the introduction of a dominant drum beat.
It may take more than six hours the way for Carnival to complete three miles. So there is plenty of time to explore, which is about 300 booths - most of them ethnic food is sold.
The air is the smell of curried goat, jerk chicken heavy, and beef patties. Estimates suggest that before the carnival, to be a ton of chicken curryis consumed the same weight in rice patties and peas. About 15,000 fried plantains, 30,000 ears of corn, and 12,000 mango is swallowed.
This is approximately five million hot and cold drinks to wash - and a host of Jamaican rum and beer.
Carnival came the race riots in 1958 as an initiative of the Caribbean community, this is to say who we are, we want to understand our culture - and come and join
Today, there are still areasDeprivation have failed, but the gentrification Notting Hill in 1950 quarter mainly as people living in poor housing people in sub-standard. It was almost inevitable that inspired attract immigrants from the West Indies, come to the UK under the government of the day, to ensure that good labor shortages during World War II.
increasing tensions between white and black communities was cooking in 1958 with the Mafia Teddy Boysand other disaffected youth to know the West Indies attack indiscriminately and their properties on the streets of Notting Hill.
The following year, Trinidad born Claudia Jones deserves the title "mother of the Notting Hill Carnival", by organizing themselves, an annual celebration of the room. The first real carnival took to the streets of Notting Hill in 1964 with local stores exceeded.
Closer to this year's event is also a lot of Internet-basedTips for visitors on how best to enjoy the Carnival.
Most of it bring the wisdom of promoting the reasonable control station and close to bus route, water, child care and leave valuables at home. As with any large gathering of people who are against pickpockets are supervised. A disposable camera is probably a wise investment. Arrange field meet family and friends outside the carnival and to arrange a meeting place in case you loseeach other again.
Then all you need to spend a beautiful sunny day for some time by 2010 matches the mood of the carnival.
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