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Description: | Notting Hill Carnival was first held in 1958 in the wake of the Notting Hill race riots. It was intended to unite Londoners of all races in celebrations based on the traditional West Indian carnivals. By 2000, it was the biggest street carnival in Europe.
While the carnival is open to everyone, many of the participants have West Indian roots.
In this picture, a woman wears an elaborate costume with blue, silver and yellow plumes. There are two tiger head designs on the wings of the costume, and a tiger head mask above her head. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Communities Leisure | Temporal: | Aug 1984 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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