NOTE TO EDUCATIONALISTS:

The meaning of ‘CARNIVAL’

The word is made up of two Latin words:
“Carne” meaning flesh
“Vale” meaning farewell

“Farewell to the flesh” – conjures up a somewhat bizarre picture

Where did Carnival come from?

Carnival has captured the world’s imagination since the dawn of creation.

Present day Carnival across the world has its roots in an amazing range of nationalities, cultures, life styles and belief.

Well-documented evidence of carnival exists in the form of celebrations, masquerades, songs and traditions of West African Slaves through Europe’s Romantic Period of the 1600th centaury to the Post Emancipation period of colonial Europe in the Caribbean. Carnival in Britain has it roots in the Caribbean – Trinidad & Tobago

Like many things in life, Caribbean Carnival in Preston started somewhat spontaneously.

In an attempt to remember the great carnival back home, West Indian immigrants organised a small procession through a few streets in Preston. They begged, bought and borrowed a host of materials, carried costumes and steel drums through some of our cobbled streets – in order to bring at least one day of sunshine and fantasy to Preston.