The Notting Hill Carnival 2011 photo report

The roots of the Notting Hill Carnival are the Caribbean carnivals of the early 19th century which were all about celebrating the abolition of slavery and the slave trade.

In London originated in 1964 Starting its life as a local festival set up by the West Indian community of the Notting Hill area, it has now become a full-blooded Caribbean carnival which taking place every August Bank Holiday weekend in the streets of Notting Hill.

                                                             

                                                                                  


   More then 40 massive sound systems are playing everything from the sounds of the
  traditional steel drum bands To Reggae, Funk, Dub  to House..

                 one of the traditional steel drum bands
                                                       

Guyana representative

Trinidad and Tobago representative

Grenada representative with followers

one more Trinidad and Tobago

some Jamaicans joined Chocolate Nation - absolute happiness

more chocolate nation

Chocolate nation - yeah, the brown is chocolate ;)

...

Pink nation

some of the unique costumes

colourfulness

Sunday is Kids' Day, when the costume prizes are awarded, so which one is the best?

Sunday is Kids' Day

And also the very small ones are there as well ;)

;)

       These boyz will be soon at MTV for sure!! Theirs dance perfomances were unbelievably,

 the best I have ever seen.. 

On Bank Holiday Monday, the main parade takes place and streets of Notting Hill becomes owercrowded by paarty-dancing people

One more thing that ought to be mentioned -There's nothing quite like the smell of Notting Hill Carnival. Hundreds of stalls at the streets of Notting Hill serving the best Caribbean specs like patties,curries, jerk chickens..

  .. and all of those smells are inwroughted by massive arome from thousands and thousands Marijuana 

    spliffs and beer&white rum "cloudlets" from everywhere. So with the upcoming evening people started to be completely crazy or a bit "tired".. ;)

...

 the T-shirt.. ;)

After 19:00pm, the floats leave the streets in procession, and people carry continue partying at the many Notting Hill Carnival after parties.

epic performance by this bagpiper

The Notting Hill Carnival is arguably London's most exciting annual event with two days of energic sounds, colourful sights and social solidarity Attracting millions of visitors from all over the globe.

So next year see you there!! ;)

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Hi there,

first of all I would like to describe myself a bit. I am a Slovak currently living in England - London. My occupation is Physiotherapist. As well I have Master degree in Social Work.

Few days ago I turned 30, so I thought more about what I am doing and mostly what I am would like to do the most. I really love to help people in different fields of Physiotherapy - whether after stroke, spinal cord injury, cancer problems or to children with multiple disabilities (in all mentioned fields I used to work for more than two years). Also like volunteer I really like to help people in need - whether homeless people or gypsies in my country, or people in developing countries like volunteer.

After my experiences I feel a bit frustrated. To be a part of some projects in developing countries for a while or help pacients like Physio is fine but..but there are millions of people in need, it is crazy to think about it - mostly about the children. I still think how to help more. It may sounds to you like a cliche, but I think it honestly.

In one year time I would like to go through the poorest regions in the poorest countries to understanding the roots of the problems straight from the local people. Hoping that sequently it helps me to found  my own development projects or meaningfully participate on the ongoing ones.

WHAT AM I ASKING FOR?

Till that time I will be "on the road", I would like to improve my photography and writing skills. Why? Because I've realized how strong medium may the photography be..
So, I will be more than grateful for any advices and tips. In the following days I will start to upload my fresh photos here, hopefully with some short text as well. Annote what is good what is bad. What is great (I hope there will be something eventually) and what is terribleness. I will be really thankful for that.
If YOU will have some advices where to study or take some lectures of photography for free in London, or where and how to upgrade my camera for smart prices, I will be more than thankful as well.

And there is one more idea for the end - if YOU are living in New York or La Paz, Peking or Sydney, Luanda or Moscow and YOU are interested in something,anything from London - events, sightseeing, whatever..please tell me about it. If I will have some more time, I will try my best to make a photo report just for YOU ;) ..

Thank YOU in advance.

T.