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In a red outfit and golden hair, the little red riding hood from one fairy tale to an other, Goldilocks looking for a teddy-bear Hiding in plain view behind oversize glam spectacles A refrained smile and a beckoning stare Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Red smoke to mark the drop zone While the ladies jostle for the throne An the crowd, like a wave that never breaks Flows with the music down the avenues Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2016 Carnival Gallery
Carnival is a free for all event The purpose is to get communities to meet To share cultures and build relationships It has succeeded for many years in this respect It is now threatened for unjustified health reasons We have seen the ineptitude of confinement and distancing Let’s twerk again ! Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
This is the main purpose of the Carnival As imagined by Claudia Jones Cumberbatch To appease the animosity after the 1958 racial riots After the murder of a black man by a gang of teddy boys Cancelling this year’s Carnival would be one more mistake Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery
The market forces in action Young man under much requisition Marketing is a suggested desire Satisfaction depends on adequation Of the supply with the demand Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2016 Carnival Gallery
Young black beauty in black and white The shine of an irresistible smile The Cheshire cat on the other side Long curly hair spilling like a willow Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2016 Carnival Gallery
Larger than life characters roam around Chepstow A perfect Minotaur impersonation with elven dancers Like the dancing girls defying the bulls in the arena The Minoan bull-leapers a 4000 year old tradition Crete was under strong (black) Egyptian influence then Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2016 Carnival Gallery
Gods and Goddesses love the pagan celebrations It reminds them when they were mere mortals The twists of fate are the legend’s plot Carnival may not survive the absurd distancing The zealots and the bigots may win this round They are no more than specks in the face of history Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting […]
The revolt dwells deep at the roots It sprouts from the seed It grows into a clenched fist There is no more time for the dream While the masters spread the nightmare Supremacy is a dangerous delusion Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
Young Calabash performers refuel before next stage Beautiful in their colorful costumes they learn the world In a few years they will make all men dance to their tune With over a million attending each year Notting Hill Carnival is the largest event in Europe Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2016 Carnival Gallery