Caribana! Caribbean Festival in Toronto, Canada

Taking place in the heat of July, Toronto's Caribana is one of North Americas biggest cultural street festivals. Started in 1967, Caribana now attracts close to one million visitors. Its officially a two-week-long festival culminating in a massive and colorful four-mile-long parade along Lakeshore Boulevard in Toronto. There is also a large contingent of visitors from the Caribbean. Caribana is based on the Latin-style, 150-year-old carnival of Trinidad and Tobago.

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[warahoun]

ahmmm...correction. Trinidad Carnival is NOT "latin-styled" in origin. Its origins are from the emancipated slaves imitating the French dances of their colonial masters.

[warahoun]

@jayo2k I fully agree with you. it has long been the tradition in Trinidad (the origin of the Caribbean-styled Carnival) to infuse its African roots into any music dance or festival coming from there.

[feliciaoakes]

no offense, but white people shouldn't describe caribana.

[jayo2k]

@warahoun u said it all, but i have to desagree about the dance, the origine is from africa, just look at the similitude between their thances & any african dance, u'll see they have the same roots