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