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!! ;)