Notting Hill Carnival 2009

Around a million people attend the annual Notting Hill Carnival over two days. The streets vibrate to the sounds of Soca, Calypso and  Reggae and the air is filled with the smell of cooking food from the...

Six people shot along Mardi Gras New Orleans parade route

One small child and five people have been injured in the shooting along the Mardi Gras Parade Route, but two suspects are in custody and three weapons have been confiscated. " Police say an infant and four other...

Mardi Gras transforms New Orleans into waste bin

As Mardi Gras continues in New Orleans today, aside from the scantily clad dancing girls, the parties, the drunk people falling all over themselves in the street, there is also the unmistakable smell of trash...

Fat Tuesday Parties and Parades a Match for Rio's Carnival

Fat Tuesday means parties and parades in New Orleans, with thousands of people braving the cold to march or watch in a parade with hundreds of floats. Parties go on until the early morning, and police have made...

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