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Miami Carnival is back at Miami-Dade Fairgrounds with revelers covered in masks

BY ALEX MIRANDA, MATTHEW AUERBACH  -- WSVN-TV.

Better get some rest right now. You’re gonna be partying all weekend.

The Miami Carnival is back!

After going virtual last year, the celebration of Caribbean culture is taking over the Miami-Dade Fairgr

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‘We brought colour to this country’: the matriarchs of Notting Hill carnival

The Guardian

Whether it’s online or on the streets, women have defined London’s huge celebration of Caribbean culture. We talk steel pans and skimpy costumes with the pioneers who set the tone

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Watch Live -- Junior Kings and Queens of Carnival Finals - Friday February 21st 2020

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Live Stream -- Carnival Monday on the road in the Capital (Trinidad)

Live Stream -- Carnival Monday on the road in the Capital (Trinidad)

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Preliminary Results for Small Conventional Steel Orchestras - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2019

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It has been a Panorama season marked by uncertainty—mainly financial—for several steel orchestras in the ‘Home of Pan,’ resulting in several bands previously registered to participate in the annual competition - subsequently

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Brooklyn J'Ouvert 2018 Results

J’Ouvert City International kicked off its 2018 celebration by honoring 25 individuals from our community who have worked hard behind the scenes to ensure that our culture is maintained in Central Brooklyn. They were known as “J’Ouvert Cultural Ambas

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Carnival – fighting for the right to party since 1830s

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Songwriter Jovan James Rocking the Panorama & Carnival Music World Again - UpClose!

Global - In the inner circles of Soca music creation and production, the name Jovan James is well known, as he has singularly written, or co-written, hits for some of the biggest Soca stars in Caribbean. The list reads like a who’s who of heavy hi

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Grenada Panorama Saga 2017 – What Happened?

Now Grenada

by Donella Hosten

On the evening of Saturday, 12 August 2017, Panorama was postponed. 8 steel bands came out to the National Stadium with the intention of vying for the coveted title of 2017 Panorama champs, only to be informed, after

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Steelband Clash - BBC Outlook interviews Arranger Ray Holman

Steelband Clash - BBC Outlook interviews - Arranger Ray Holman
Tuesday, 25th October 2016, 04:02 pm

Presenter Jo Fidgen, on the BBC programme Outlook, introduces the historical cultural topic of the 'Steelband Clashes' that occurred during the ear

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Carnival 2015 may be postponed

Carnival 2015 may not occur or be postponed if the Ebola virus becomes pandemic.

The National Carnival Commission (NCC) Chairman Allison Dumas announced that the body is considering in a bid to protect revelers.

She added that the threat of an Ebola

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White Media Falsely Link Brooklyn Shootings to West Indian American Day Parade

NewsAmericaNow.com

Pictured above:  NYC Mayor Bill deBlasio and his family dance at the 2014 West Indian American Day Carnival.

New York, USA - Is it racist or simply stupid that five shootings in Brooklyn that occurred in the wee hours of Monday mo

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Exodus Steel Orchestra arrives for carnival in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

Zimbabwe - A musical orchestra group from Trinidad and Tobago, Exodus Orchestra Steel, has arrived in Zimbabwe as part of the Harare International Carnival.

The group members, who were received at the Harare Interna

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NCBA under fire as All Stars win

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A decision by the National Carnival Bands Association’s (NCBA) judges to deduct points from a reported 25 large bands for failing to start at their first judging point in Woodbrook, is threatening

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Steel pan bands are fighting for survival - Notting Hill

The Voice

Notting Hill Carnival organisers accused of not doing enough to protect the art form

England, UK - A Steel pan veteran has called for more support for the members of the bands who form the heart and soul of London’s famous Notting Hill Car

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Measuring the economic and social value of Carnival

One of the goals of NCC's new five-year Strategic Plan  2014-2018 is to replace the focus on Carnival as a festival with Carnival as an industry.

The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago Act(Chapter 42.01, A

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The NCC Clarifies its Position on the Parade Route and Other Matters

January 23, 2014: The National Carnival Commission would like to respond to Trinidad Guardian’s editorial dated January 22.

In summary, we believe there are other elements that were not sufficiently discussed and we would like to use this opportunity

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Phase II goes to Africa

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove leaves for Nigeria, Africa on November 19 for this year’s Abuja carnival.

The reigning National Panorama champion is the latest of steel orchestras to make this cultura

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Who Is/Was Your Flag Woman? What Memorable Stories Can You Share?

When I played in Merrytones, we had a Flag Woman that goes by the name "Mama Cita". Mama Cita! lol. (merrytonestodebone could probably share more on her being chosen as the flag woman.) She was a very colorful and animated character. I didn't know he

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Panorama Is The Bride Of Carnival. Why Try (To) Separate Them?

Panorama and Carnival are locked in matrimony. Panorama was meant to be a competition, where steelbands would perform music (calypso and, eventually soca) related to the (Carnival) season. The "Bomb" competition, which my dad not only supported, but

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