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View of one of the fantastic creations designed and worn for the Leeds West Indian Carnival which has been held over the August Bank Holiday weekend each year since 1967. The costume, in gold and white, consists of a many layered skirt, a gold sequinned top and a huge circular head dress trimmed with white ostrich feathers. The wearer's face is partially concealed by a gold mask. The Leeds West Indian Carnival assembles in Potternewton Park and forms a procession of floats and dancers proceeding along Harehills Avenue, down Roundhay Road in Harehills, along Barrack Road and back along Chapeltown Road returning to Potternewton Park once more.
Photograph courtesy of Max Farrar. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Leeds West Indian Carnival Harehills Avenue Chapeltown Road Potternewton Park Roundhay Road Barrack Road | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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