Two people with giant puppet heads at Carnaval del Pueblo procession, Southwark

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The London borough of Southwark is home to many of London's Latino communities and in 1999 supported the first 'Carnaval del Pueblo', a three mile carnival procession followed by a huge free festival in one of south London's largest parks. In the ten years since then it has grown into what is described as "the largest Latin American out-door festival in Europe" and attracted support from the Mayor of London and the Heritage Lottery fund among others. The colourful procession started from the Elephant and Castle and included floats, music and traditional costumes from 19 Latin American countries including Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru with around 20 different community organisations and other groups providing floats.

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Size: 3354px × 5040px
Location: Elephant Rd, London, England, UK
Photo credit: © Peter Marshall / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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