Hundreds of thousands of revellers took to the streets to celebrate London's Notting Hill Carnival.
The carnival traces its roots back to Caribbean music festivals in the 1950s (Photo: AP)- \"take to the streets using song and dance to ventilate all the pent-up frustrations\" was the initial idea (Photo: AFP)
- Rhaune Laslett started it when Notting Hill was considered a slum and called the first carnival, featuring a steel band, \"a celebration of poverty\" (Photo: AFP)
- With close to a million people attending, the carnival is now said to be the world's second biggest after the one in Rio (Photo: AP)
- In the 1970s the carnival often had a political tinge and reflected racial tensions (Photo: AP)
- The carnival proper started in 1966 when local resident Rhaune Laslett organised a \"jump up\" for local children in Notting Hill (Photo: AP)
- Feathered dancers, steel bands and earth-shaking sound systems featured in the vibrant celebration of British Caribbean culture (Photo: AP)
The carnival traces its roots back to Caribbean music festivals in the 1950s (Photo: AP)
Hundreds of thousands of revellers took to the streets to celebrate London's Notting Hill Carnival.
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