hi everyone I'm Gina the Notting Hill Carnival happens every year in August in
the Notting Hill area of London it is the colorful celebration and the biggest
carnival in Europe in this lesson you're going to learn about what happens during
the carnival and the history behind it
food is a big feature of the festival do you know what the most popular foods are
we'll show you the answer at the end of this video the carnival in its current
form was first held in 1966 and runs over three days the August Bank Holiday
Monday and the two days preceding it over 1 million people attend the
festival and the main event a colorful parade winds through 20 miles of London
streets the carnival began as a small-scale local festival arranged by
the West Indian community from those humble beginnings it has evolved into a
full-blooded Caribbean carnival highlights of the weekend include a kids
day with a costume contest and the parade where floats and thousands of
people walk through the streets one of the key features of the carnival is
music steel bands line the streets and play and their music can be heard for
miles there are also displays of other types
of music such as Calypso and soccer and in recent years professional and
international artists have begun to play the carnival in increasing numbers
when the carnival first started it was without approval from the authorities
it wasn't until 1987 that the police began to take a conciliatory approach
with the carnival instead of simply trying to shut it down and now I'll give
you the answer to the earlier quiz food is a big feature of the festival do you
know what the most popular foods are stalls at the festival so many types of
Caribbean food the most popular and famous dishes are jerk chicken curried
goat and rice and peas how was this lesson did you learn something
interesting are there any festivals celebrating a
foreign culture in your country leave us a comment at English class 101.com
and we'll see you in the next lesson