2. The Notting Hill Carnival is
an annual event that has
taken place in London since
1966 in the streets of the
Notting Hill neighborhood.
PLACE
3. This festival arises
through generally black
immigrants who traveled
to London and in this
festival the clothes they
wore are shown.
HISTORY
4. Carnival Sunday is family
day, the Children's
Parade is celebrated. It
starts at 9am and
features young children
dressed in costumes
parading through the
streets of West London.
CHILDREN
5. Notting Hill Carnival usually
kicks off on Saturday with a
percussion band
competition. Sunday is
Children's Day, with a
parade that follows a
shorter route. It is also the
day that the prizes for the
best costumes are
distributed.
What people do?
6. Notting Hill Carnival is held
over two or three days in
which this area is transformed
into a small Caribbean island.
People of different
nationalities gather with their
most striking costumes or
clothing and take to the
streets to dance and sing
Afro-Caribbean music, to
make their culture known.
How it is celebrated today?