Meet the people behind the vibrant sights and sounds of Notting Hill Carnival

Notting Hill Carnival is a feast for the senses. Behind the scenes, the organisers, costume makers and musicians have been working around the clock to get ready for this historic annual celebration of Caribbean culture.

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[sdrrshock]

Wonder how many stabbings and sexual assaults we have this year?

[Gambit]

And when the mugshots are released we can meet the people behind the violence and crime at notting hill carnival.

[fioredeutchmark]

Maybe do a piece on how every single resident that can, leaves for the entire weekend to avoid being victimised by imported scum.

[PunkRock]

Looking forward to the honest reporting of assaults, sexual violence and knife crime in the next couple of days.

[MariTeabag-lfly]

Not all Carnivals get this coverage. UK has been holding carnivals in many many towns & villages celebrating UK culture for decades. . .but no national coverage.

[davidoldboy]

Tuned into this to watch a few muggings and stabbings???? has it started yet?

[briancarno]

Im thinking of having a festival to celebrate 1000 years of British white culture, and how it transformed the world. I wonder if the mayor of london wouuld fund that?

[patrickmalone]

Where the Police have a day off and do a bit of dancing.

[RebelWithoutACause_]

In the words of Obi Wan Kenobi "Notting Hill Carnival is a wretched hive of scum and villany.."

[grahamherbert]

London is long gone. We left the sewer in 2014.

[themk]

Looking forward to all the horrifying crimes and rejection of native culture. London used to be a good city.

[kevinmcdonagh]

Don't mention the rapes and stabbings, Oh I see your not

[eliakimjosephsophia]

Why don't people go back to their own Islands to celebrate their culture, that would be far more authentic.

[marklawrence]

Notting hill should be cancelled for H&S concerns.

[meganhuggins]

Oh gawd!, please Lord, make it stop!, 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[seanmcilvenie]

I think kew gardens has a mangrove tree.

[hashfingers]

Notting hill enjoy a carnival while being robbed and knife point

[charlottebowes]

I went with my family on a Sunday a few years ago and my sister posted on Facebook, ’it was a visceral attacks on all the senses!’

I had to throw my shoes in the bin afterwards as they were covered in vomit and urine.

Along with thousands of cream whipper canisters lining the gutters…

Music was good 😎

[eviltaylor]

Not my thing but they try to have a carnival here(near the barge) and are always complaining there's no funding.

[dsmaxrocks]

Vibrant sights?
I literally just watched a video an hour ago of them crapping in front of people's homes.
And they didn't even use toilet paper.