JTB takes Jamaican food and music to Notting Hill Carnival

JAMAICA Tourist Board bought the rhythms and flavours of Jamaica
to the streets of London yesterday after participating in
the Notting Hill Carnival, the largest festival of
its kind in Europe.

Spectators turned out in their thousands to cheer the Tourist
Board-sponsored Jamaican Twist band as it paraded through
west London, with reggae beats and live MCs getting the
crowds jumping and dancing in the streets


'Ackee and Saltfish' was the theme of this year's carnival band,
with costumed performers illustrating Jamaica's national dish.
The Carnival King wore a spectacular Saltfish costume in
blue, surrounded by dozens of female dancers in gold Ackee costumes.
The costumed performers included eight finalists from the
Miss Jamaica UK pageant. The Doctor Bird and Anansi were
other characters brought to life by Carnival costumes.

The costume section was followed by a T-shirt band of around
40 men, women and children in customised Jamaican clothing.
As a reflection of the national motto 'Out of Many, One People',
participation was open to the public this year and this band
included people from the UK, South Africa, Australia and the
USA as well as Jamaicans and British-born Jamaicans