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​West Indian London: The Notting Hill Carnival.​​

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The last weekend in August every year is a bank holiday in England, and London's streets are filled with the sounds of steelpan, calypso and soca music. The Notting Hill Carnival, a celebration of Caribbean culture started by the Windrush Generation, attracts 2 million people to listen, dance, party and eat West Indian food.

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Many people had arrived in Britain from its Caribbean colonies from 1948, answering requests to come and help Britain rebuild itself after the Second World War. They became known as the Windrush Generation, after the ship that brought the first group.

The current carnival, in the Notting Hill district, started in 1966 on the August bank holiday, and mixes influences from all the different islands that were part of the British West Indies.

 

Source: https://www.speakeasy-news.com/west-indian-london-the-notting-hill-carnival/#post-19570 

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