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Carnival preparations at mass camp |
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With
the Luton International Carnival just a few weeks away, it's time
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Carnival
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2002
Carnival
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| WEB
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Luton
Carnival
Carnival Net
The BBC is not responsible for the content
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| ESSENTIAL
INFO |
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The
origins of Carnival can be traced right back to pre-Roman
times, when it was all decidedly Pagan.
In
time, Christianity took over and influenced the celebrations.
Throughout
history, Carnival has been subtly changing and modifying as
it was integrated into different cultures and taken to different
countries.
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Preparations
are underway building the costumes for this year's Luton carnival.
Organisers
and volunteers have spent much of their time at the Starlight Youth
Club in Luton, where
the lavish outfits are being created.
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| Making
the drums. |
Organisers
encountered a few problems to begin with, but details have been
altered and the show is definitely on the road.
Volunteers
of all ages assembled at Roots camp to start cutting, sticking and
embellishing parts of the attire.
The
group are making replica steel drums to be attached to the front
of the costumes. The BBC Three Counties Radio float will host a
live steel band.
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| Making
the costumes. |
The
chosen design features the BBC Three Counties Radio colour scheme
and each costume has five bold plumes attached to the wearer’s
back.
| laura,
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i say that this carnival site is very very good, its easy 2
use and i like it. I go on a lot of the carnvial webites through
out england and this one is very very gd. |
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