Preston, Lancashire, UK 21st June 2015. Neil Darby 27, from Ingle, at the Annual Caribbean Carnival. Preston celebrates 41st Caribbean Carnival a celebration of Caribbean Culture, Arts, Food, Entertainment and Performance. The Carnival is organised by a team of volunteers, who tirelessly work throughout the year planning, organising, and running the event which is the largest and longest running cultural celebration in Preston outside of the Preston Guild. Credit: Mar Photographics/Alamy Live News
Present day carnival across the world has its roots in an amazing range of nationalities, cultures, life styles and belief. Well-documented evidence of carnival exists in the form of celebrations, masquerades, songs and traditions of West African slaves, through Europe’s Romantic period of the 1600th century, to the post emancipation period of colonial Europe in the Caribbean. Carnival in Britain has it roots in the Caribbean. Like many things in life, Caribbean Carnival in Preston started somewhat spontaneously. In an attempt to remember the great carnival back home, West Indian immigrants organised a small procession through a few streets in Preston. They begged, bought and borrowed a host of materials, carried costumes and steel drums through some of the cobbled streets, in order to bring at least one day of sunshine and fantasy to Preston. Run by the Preston City Caribbean Carnival Executive Committee, this Carnival is organised by a team of volunteers, who tirelessly work throughout the year planning, organising, and running the event. The Committee states that Preston Carnival is the largest and longest running cultural celebration in Preston outside of the Preston Guild.
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