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NOTING HILL CARNIVAL
Europe's biggest Caribbean Carnival held over the August bank holiday. Sun-Mon 09:00-19:00 Ladbroke Grove, London W11. Attendance 2,000,000 over the weekend. 3.5 mile circular parade route, with about 40 static sound systems. 7500 participants, mas bands, steel bands, 300 food stalls, one ton of chicken curry, one ton of Jamaican patties, 15,000 deep-fried plantains, 30,000 corn on the cob, one ton of rice and peas, 12,000 mangoes, 16,000 coconuts, 5 million hot and cold drinks & 25,000 bottles of rum. Pictures Mon 30 Aug 2010.
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