PresentationGeneral geography of the UK

and the US

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

Main partsOverviewMain eventsFive main features of the

carnivalCommentsConclusion

New words

Percussion instruments

Masquerade (Mas)

The Afro-Caribbean

Idiophone

Float

Places

Notting Hill

Great London

England

Places

Trinidad& Tobago

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

Parade routes

Great Western Road

Chepstow Road

Westbourne Grove

Ladbroke Grove

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)

Panorama Steel band competition An annual Pre-carnival

event

Children’s day Shorter parade

route All activities for

children

Adult’s day

•Beautiful floats

• Gorgeous masquerades

Music show

2008 2009

This is an evolving annual carnival with more and more beautiful costumes and parades, which attracts many tourists all over the world.

III. Five main features of the carnival

Mas or Masquerade Calypso Soca Steel pan Sound systems

MasParades along streets

Special costumes covered by

feathers

Tower puppetry structures

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

Typical instrumentsBass

Drum set

Trombone

Trumpet

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