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.