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Brooklyn Carnival By: . Brooklyn Carnival . By: Ebony Riddick, Ayana Diop , Jennifer Garcia,Ben White,Nania -Cathleen Tari Inamori , Michael Dalton Presley, Melvin Stanley Carter, Marquasis Royal, Brandon Alexander Slocumb , Grace Ann Tyioran. Origin. HISTORY. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Brooklyn Carnival
By: Ebony Riddick, Ayana Diop, Jennifer Garcia,Ben White,Nania-Cathleen Tari Inamori, Michael Dalton Presley, Melvin Stanley Carter, Marquasis Royal, Brandon Alexander Slocumb, Grace Ann Tyioran
Brooklyn Carnival By:
OriginThe West Indian American Day Parade is an all International
Caribbean Carnival that proudly expresses pan-Caribbean culture.
The event brings together people from different island nations to
show off to the rest of the world the power and vibrancy of the peoples
of the Caribbean.
Immigrants and descendants come together to proudly celebrate their culture, creativity, and ingenuity.
In the 1920s, immigrants from Trinidad and other Caribbean islands with a carnival tradition began celebrating Carnival in private spaces in Harlem.
In the mid-1940s, Trinidadian Jesse Waddle organized a street festival held on Labor Day, on 7th Avenue in Harlem.
1969 the West Indian-American Day Carnival Association was created. The WIADCA was founded by Carlos Lezama and is now headed by his daughter Yolanda Lezama-Clark
Carnival is an assertion of pan-Caribbean culture, bringing together people from different island nations under one umbrella, and demonstrating to the rest of the world the power and vibrancy of the peoples of the Caribbean.
HISTORY
Purpose/ function in local society
The West Indian American Day Parade is an all International Caribbean Carnival that proudly expresses pan-Caribbean culture.
The event brings together people from different island nations to show off to the rest of the world the power and vibrancy of the peoples of the Caribbean.
Immigrants and descendants come together to proudly celebrate their culture, creativity, and ingenuity.
http://wn.com/West_Indian_day_Parade__Brooklyn#/videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOX_XXXbY40
People and Cultures involved in Brooklyn Carnival
Many cultures come together at this
carnival celebration but Trinidadians are a heavy influence in
numbers.
With Trinidad and many Caribbean nations coming
together, the food culture cannot be ignored. Sidewalk
vendors set up insatiable displays
of food from codfish fritters and butterfly
shrimp kebobs to curried chicken, fish
cakes and jerk chicken. All these
elements combined give visitors a
completely immersive
experience of the true culture of
Carnival in Brooklyn.
Trinidadians also brought their music culture over to the Brooklyn Carnival. Sounds of Calypso,
Soca and large steel bands fill visitor’s ears
with an astounding array of sounds from
an assortment of percussion
instruments to the more traditional brass
and electric instruments.