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  Notting Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notting Hill is a district of London located to the west of the centre and close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park.
The Carnival was originally established in the 1960s as a positive response to tensions between the recently arrived immigrant community and the majority community, culminating in the Notting Hill race riots.
The name Notting Hill came to prominence when a turnpike gate was constructed at the bottom of the hill on the main road from London to Uxbridge, which is now known as Oxford Street, Bayswater Road and Holland Park Avenue along this part of its route.
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 Notting Hill Carnival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event which takes place in Notting Hill, London, England each August, over three days (a weekend and a bank holiday).
In 2003 the Carnival was run by a limited company, the Notting Hill Carnival Trust Ltd. A report by the London Development Agency on the 2002 Carnival estimated that the event contributes around £93 million to the London and UK economy.
In 2005, entrants from Notting Hill Carnival participated in the Bridgwater, Somerset carnival - Europe's largest lighted carnival and part of the West Country Carnival circuit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Notting_Hill_Carnival   (617 words)

  
 Carnival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carnival is traditionally a Roman Catholic and, to a lesser extent, Christian Orthodox celebration.
There is documentary evidence that the carnival existed in Colombia in the XVIII century and had already caused concerned to the colonial authorities, who censored the celebrations, especially in the mains centers of power such as Cartagena, Bogotá and Popayán.
Carnival in Binche proclaimed in 2003 one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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 Learn more about Carnival in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Places especially noted for elaborate Carnival celebrations include Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia and Olinda in Brazil, Venice in Italy, New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama in the USA, Trinidad and Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Cádiz in Spain.
In England the leading carnivals are Notting Hill Carnival in August (reputedly the world's largest), and Bridgwater in November.
Carnival is also celebrated in the southern Catholic provinces of the Netherlands Noord-Brabant and Limburg.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /c/ca/carnival.html   (343 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts | Notting Hill Carnival 2002
In the run-up to the Notting Hill carnival next weekend, Gary Younge delves into the roots, the history and the symbolism of the largest street party in Europe.
Notting Hill carnival has rooted itself in the UK cultural landscape.
Policing the Notting Hill carnival cost a record £5.6m last year, more than twice the amount spent on the anti-capitalist May Day demonstrations in London four months earlier.
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 Notting Hill Carnival, 2001
Hopefully, the true flavour of Carnival should be more obvious this year, as the Notting Hill Carnival Trust is to ban from the route all the purely commercial/promotional trucks and anything not associated with a mas band.
Without mas, Notting Hill would just be another urban music festival; without music it would be a street demonstration; without movement it would just be a show.
Carnival most certainly is not a "street party" (as the press insist on calling it).
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 CNN.com - Notting Hill Carnival safety fears - August 24, 2001
Two people were murdered at last year's carnival, bringing reminders of the violence and crime that often dogged the event in the 1970s and 1980s.
The carnival has its traditions in the West Indian community that inhabited the now fashionable district recently made famous by the film Notting Hill, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
Notting Hill Carnival started in 1964 as a local affair set up by the West Indian immigrants of the area and has become a full-blooded Caribbean carnival, attracting millions of people from all around the world.
archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/08/24/uk.carnival   (665 words)

  
 Londen.NL - Notting Hill Carnival Londen
Notting Hill, de trendy woonwijk in Londen, is sinds jaar en dag zeer geliefd bij toeristen vanwege de antiek en prullaria markt op Portobello Road.
Notting Hill Carnival is het grootste straatfestival van Europa (en het tweede van de wereld, na het carnaval van Rio) en wordt sinds 1964 ieder jaar georganiseerd.
Het Notting Hill Carnival is fantastisch, adembenemend en vol beweging, het is voor iedereen en het is gratis!
www.londen.nl /id/525/Notting_Hill_Carnival.html   (353 words)

  
 Notting Hill Carnival 2004 History - London Carnival Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Carnival itself comes from the time of slavery when slaves in Trinidad were forbidden to play musical instruments and wear costumes except during the traditional European-imported carnival a month and a half before Easter.
This was the beginning of carnival as we now know it and, over time these original attempts to parody their former owners became the basic disciplines of carnival – costume-making, steelband, calypso and so on.
Since then the Notting Hill Carnival has grown in size every year until it is only second to Rio anywhere in the world – a more than impressive achievement.
www.viewlondon.co.uk /home_feat_nottinghillcarnival_history.asp   (209 words)

  
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In recent years the Notting Hill Carnival has grown and grown, reflecting the multicultural nature of our society, with groups participating from Russia, Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Bangladesh, Philippines, Bulgaria, Brazil as well as from all parts of the Caribbean, Africa, Central and South America and the United Kingdom.
Notting Hill Carnival encourages artists to celebrate their cultural traditions through art, dance and music media with which they feel most comfortable.
Carnival aims to celebrate the cultural heritage of its founders and at the same time be open enough to take on board evolving contemporary culture with its multiracial, multicultural trends.
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The 2006 42nd annual Notting Hill Carnival may no longer be Europe's biggest street party but it still London's greatest and the hope of many for expressing an inclusive multicultural vision of a town that wishes tv o be known as a great global host.
Notting Hill Carnival groups remind you it is the journey to Carnaval day that provides the greater reward.
Notting Hill Carnival is unchallenged as Europe's largest annual street festival.
www.carnaval.com /cityguides/london/lon_carn.htm   (3302 words)

  
 Notting Hill Carnival
Notting Hill Carnival roots came from Trinidad, where the first Caribbean carnival was held in 1833.
But as other West Indian immigrants and white locals joined the festivities year on year, the Notting Hill Carnival grew to the epic proportions it is now famed for attracting over half a million revellers in 2003.
Notting Hill Carnival is not just two days of revelry on the August Bank Holiday weekend but encompasses a range of events over a six-week period.
www.georgianhousehotel.co.uk /notting_hill_carnival.htm   (453 words)

  
 Notting Hill Carnival 2004: Officially
The Committee supports London as a festival city and the Notting Hill Carnival is a landmark in London’s festival calendar.
Notting Hill Carnival is continues to be reorganized in 2004 and much mangagement is being supervised by the host Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
All sound systems in Carnival are authorised by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster in conjunctions with the British Association of Sound Systems (Bass).email Carnival@rbkc.gov.uk.
www.carnaval.com /cityguides/london/2004/nhc2004.htm   (942 words)

  
 NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL 2006.Carnival has it's Origins in the abolition of Slavery by Britain
The Carnival's roots date back to the Abolition of Slavery Act in 1833 when the first Caribbean carnival was held in Trinidad Black Caribbeans took to the streets for their own carnival party, with song, dance and costumes.
Three possible routes from Hyde Park to Notting Hill are being considered to form part of an expanded route for Carnival 2005.
The extension to the Carnival route is to be welcomed as it will not only improve public safety, but will also allow Carnival to fulfil its economic, artistic and cultural potential as a ‘World Carnival ’ without losing its historical links to Notting Hill.
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 Notting Hill Carnival - Picture - MSN Encarta
The Notting Hill neighborhood in London, England, holds an annual Carnival that was inspired by immigrants from the island of Trinidad.
The street festival follows many traditions of Carnival celebrations in Trinidad, including colorful costumes, steel bands, and calypso music.
The Notting Hill Carnival first took place in 1966.
encarta.msn.com /media_121632358/Notting_Hill_Carnival.html   (57 words)

  
 history of notting hill carnival
Yes, we are 40 years old and the history of Notting Hill Carnival and its future can be summed up in a joke my brother Keith and I make about a rough air...
Notting Hill Carnival London ·; Route of Notting Hill Carnival · History of Notting Hill Carnival.
This is the first time in the 40 year history of Notting Hill Carnival that a Brazilian group has been champions.
www.chezmoi.it /search/history-of-notting-hill-carnival.htm   (425 words)

  
 London Notting Hill Carnival
This year's Notting Hill Carnival, contrary to many published reports, is not taking place on the last Sunday in August but the Banker's Monday holiday is the last Monday.
Notting Hill Carnival is a fun fest for all and a great tribute to the daytime Carnival spirit as it powerfully unites all races and classes.
Now containing mainly information on the Notting Hill Carnival, plans are underway to include information on many regional carnivals The Arts Council of England (ACE) is the key funding body for the arts.
www.carnaval.com /cityguides/london97/lon_carn.htm   (1516 words)

  
 Notting Hill Carnival 2005 ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Notting Hill Carnival is the second largest carnival in the world, now in its 41
Carnival 2005 Official street map is the essential guide to the true carnival experience.
For the first time ever at Carnival this purpose built 40 foot video trailer will be installed at a prime...
www.nhcarnival.co.uk   (152 words)

  
 Notting Hill Carnival 2004
There are scores of massive 'sound systems', many spectacular floats and steel drum bands additionally, to keep you well fed, there are hundreds of stalls lining the streets of the area selling all sorts of food and drink including Caribbean specialities.
While the carnival is celebrating four decades, the roots of the event date back even further to the Abolition of Slavery Act in 1833 when the first Caribbean carnival was held in Trinidad.
Chris Mullard, chairman of the London Notting Hill Carnival Ltd, said: "I think everyone is over the moon that it has kept going for 40 years - it has really made a big mark on the London cultural map."
www.black-history.org.uk /nottinghill04.asp   (165 words)

  
 EveryoneDoesIT.com - Events - Notting Hill Carnival 2003
The Carnival is truly a national event despite it being seen as a Notting Hill Carnival.
In recognition of the relevance that Carnival and mas bands have to British culture, London Arts is a major sponsor and supporter of the event.
Notting Hill 2002 saw the launch of Everyonedoesit.com and carnival goers were queuing up to have themselves pictured with our giant leaves!
www.everyonedoesit.com /cannabis_information/events/events_notting_hill_carnival_2003.cfm   (207 words)

  
 Caribia Digest - Notting Hill Carnival, UK
Notting Hill, England: Regardless of where they occur, modern Carnival celebrations always end on a common note: people end up sharing delightful times and making memories within a different cultural reality.
At the same time the immigrants were eking out an existence, the scramble for limited social resources and jobs contributed to great tension and (often violent) confrontations between Blacks and Whites.
As Carnival celebrations often do, this Notting Hill jump-up tugs at the ripcord of propriety, with its loud music, African rhythms and deep sensuality.
www.caribiadigest.com /nottinghill.html   (340 words)

  
 Notting Hill Carnival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is an energetic, chaotic three days, propelled along by the infectious good humour of the masses that transcends the old and the young, the hip and the square, the smart and the stupid, the drunk and the sober.
This year was my first Notting Hill Carnival and I have to say it rapidly shot to the top of my "most favourite weekend EVER list!".
Nottinghill Carnival can be dangerous, so watch your wallet and stay on the beaten path, and don't bother with the Radio 1 Arena which is rubbish.
www.thisisthelife.com /en/carnivals-festivals/notting-hill.htm   (1301 words)

  
 Notting Hill Carnival
This website is a gallery of photographs taken at the Notting Hill Carnival by "Halden Photography" photographer Mark Denton.
The Notting Hill Carnival has been taking place in London, on the last weekend in August, every year since 1964.
Mas' (masquerade), Steelband, Calypso (political, social and satirical commentary, set to music), Soca (the traditional music of Carnival, a fusion of Soul and Calypso), Static Sound Systems, and Samba all play their part in the Carnival.
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 Notting hill carnival
Notting Hill, ein Stadtteil Londons nördlich vom Hydepark wird für 2...
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 Notting Hill Carnival 2002
In celebration of HM The Queen’s Golden Jubilee, the Notting Hill Carnival will be showcasing 50 Carnival Mas Bands in the stunning surrounds of the Royal Opera House.
As part of the Carnival Gala celebrations at the Opera House, the main Piazza in Covent Garden will be moving to the latest Soca and Zouk beats from 13:00.
The Carnival route has been reserved for performers under 21 and promises a riot of colour, dramatic parades and fantastic floats.
www.londontown.com /London/Notting_Hill_Carnival   (814 words)

  
 Environmental Services Notting Hill Carnival information
Several of the Council's environmental services are involved in various aspects of Carnival to ensure it is a safe event.
Throughout the year, in preparation for the carnival, we liaise closely with the organisers and the external agencies involved in the operational planning of the event.
We are also responsible for the provision of public toilets around the carnival area and the street cleansing operations during and after the event.
www.rbkc.gov.uk /environmentalservices/nottinghillcarnival/default.asp   (116 words)

  
 Notting Hill Carnival 2004
The Notting Hill Carnival began as an offshoot of London’s fl immigrants, namely Trinidadians, who began holding dances near Notting Hill in the 1950’s to raise morale in the midst of racial oppression, unemployment, and high levels of poverty.
Sound Systems - this is technology’s contribution to carnival – a huge conglomeration of static individual sound stations, where DJ’s toss together hip-hop, reggae, calypso, and whatever else is deemed necessary to collect listeners and intensify the party.
NHC also has three live stages, food stalls, and licensed vendors pushing a diverse assortment of multi-cultural goods, good for simply wandering around and taking it in.
www.londonnet.com /ln/out/ent/nottinghillcarnival2004.html   (618 words)

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