诺丁山狂欢节

1、Notting Hill Carnival 诺丁山狂欢节诺丁山狂欢节 Notting Hill Carnival has taken place on the Sunday and Monday of the August bank holiday since 1965. It was originally led by members of the West Indian migrant community in London, in particular those from Trinidad and Tobago (Trinis). Its origins are split betwe

2、en two separate but linked routes. The roots of the Notting Hill Carnival come from two separate but connected strands. A Caribbean Carnival was held on 30 January 1959 in St Pancras Town Hall as a response to the depressing state of race relations at the time; the UKs first widespread racial attack

3、s had occurred the previous year. This carnival organized by Claudia Jones from Trinidad and Tobago, who is widely recognised as the Mother of the Notting Hill Carnival, was a huge success, despite being held indoors. This was the first time that steelband music was played on any streets in England

4、and it united the minority population, who felt alienated from community celebration. It laid the foundations for the Notting Hill Carnival procession that we see today, which starts at Emslie Hornimans Pleasance and winds its way through the streets of Notting Hill on floats decked out with steel p

5、an bands, followed by costumed dancers. In recent years, the event has been muchfreer from serious trouble and is generallyviewed very positively by the authorities as adynamic celebration of Londons multi cultur-al diversity, though dominated by theCaribbean culture in the best traditions of Rio. H

6、owever, there has been controversyover the public safety aspects of holdingsuch a well-attended event in narrow streetsin a small area of London. Every year the streets of West London come alive, with the sounds and smells of Europes biggest street festival. Twenty miles of vibrant colourful costumes surround over 40 static sound systems, hundreds of Caribbean food stalls,(make sure you visit Mamas Jerk Station, on the corner of Portob