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Prepared by group 5
1. Bui Thi Hanh2. Pham Hong Nhung3. Nguyen Thi Thao4. Nguyen Thanh Thuy B
TOPIC Notting hill carnival – an event deserves the world’s attention
Part 1: Overview History
1950 1959
Black immigrants settled in Notting Hill
Indoor in St. Pancras Town Hall
1964 1976
Outdoor on streets of Notting Hill
Nearly banned due to riots
Nowadays
Supported by the world
Location & time
Location: Streets in Notting Hill, London, England
Time: Three days at the end of August
+ A weekend
+ A bank holiday
Brazilian Rio de Janeiro Festival Notting Hill carnival
The largest exciting carnival in Europe The second largest street party in the world
II. Main events
Notting Hill Carnival
Panorama(Saturday,
August 29th)
Children’s Day(Sunday,
August 30th)
Adult’s day(Monday,
August 31st)
2008 2009
This is an evolving annual carnival with more and more beautiful costumes and parades, which attracts many tourists all over the world.
Origin in the days of slavery
Art of making costumes
Trinidadians
Africans
Special features in Afro-Caribbean communities’ culture
Every year
One million hours make costumes
Months practice for parades
Masquerades in the carnival are held on a great scale
Attract hundreds of tourists thanks to more and more elaborate costumes
Calypso
Become+ A traditional music of Trinidad and Tobago + A style of Afro-Caribbean music Originate from Trinidad and Tobago
In TrinidadHistory
reRe
Calypso
Calypso was an art form containing news, social and political commentary.
News about any topic on the island
Soca
Melody: + The modern evolution of Calypso+ A combination of Calypso and
Caribbean music Style: Dance music with strong
rhythm sections Origin: Trinidad and Tobago
Steel pan
Steel drum containers Steel pan
+ Origin: Trinidad
+ Other name: Steel drum
Classification:+ Percussion instrument+ Idiophone
;Drum tradition of Africa
Sound systems The combination of Jamaican, African and
other Caribbean music forms 40 sound systems carried by floats along
parade routes
Five features
The diversity of Black communities’ cultures
The unity of Afro-Caribbean tradition
The carnival of “Unity in diversity”
Comments
Notting Hill Carnival cuts across race, gender, age, ability and class.
Past Nowadays
+Celebrate multi-cultural identity of Afro-Caribbean communities
+ make friends
+ Celebrate the abolition of slavery
+ Bring Black people together
Conclusion
Notting Hill Carnival is not only an own festival of Black communities but also mankind’s great party, which expresses international friendship.
Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Notting_Hill_Carnival http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A11953406 http://www.thecarnival.tv/events/main.htm http://y2u.co.uk/knowledge_information/RN_
Event_Notting_Hill_Carnival.htm http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/notti
ng-hill-carnival-feature-2194.html http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Ideas/
Album/NottingHillCarnival.htm
I. Decide whether these statements are true or false. Correct the wrong information.
1. Notting Hill Carnival was organized outdoors in 1959.
2. The carnival takes place on the streets of Trinidad during three days at the beginning of August.
3. Notting Hill Carnival is usually considered to be the largest street party in the world.
4. A group of participants who dance and parade in complex costumes through scheduled streets is called “a Mas band”.
Exercise
II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word
1. There are about ………… sound systems carried by over ………. hundred floats on the streets of the carnival.
2. Soca, the modern evolution of ……………, originated from Trinidad and Tobago.
3. Calypso is known as the …………..music of Trinidad and Tobago.
4. Participants often spend ……….million hours to create elaborate and colorful costumes