NY Carribean Carnival: Preparations underway, excitement builds for annual celebration of all the cultures of the subregion
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) — Preparing for a party this holiday weekend?
Well, look no further than on Labor Day, when the annual New York Caribbean Carnival will take place!
The celebration is the nation’s largest Caribbean cultural festival, attracting more than a million jubilant participants and spectators.
ABC7 New York will provide streaming coverage of the parade here starting at 11 a.m. at abc7ny.com, our mobile and connected TV apps, as well as our YouTube channel.
The highlights will include the triumphant sounds of the steel pan ringing out on the Eastern Parkway at the West Indian American Day Parade.
The “D’radoes Steel Orchestra” is set to bring the relaxing sound of the pan, birthed in Trinidad and Tobago.
Phil Taitt has the latest on all the preparations for the New York Caribbean Carnival Parade.
“It started off a a biscuit tin drum, tambu bamboo, old drums,” said D’radoes Steel Orchestra tenor section leader Isaiah Barrington. “And now it turned into a whole orchestra.”
The carnival will also be filled with dancers in colorful and bedazzled costumes, as part of the “Mas Camp,” where designs are worked on for days.
“Caribbean Royals Antoine International” will be on display to take spectators on a journey around the world through its designs.
New York’s weekend-long Caribbean Carnival dates back to the 1920s when it’s believed to have started in Harlem before moving to Brooklyn in the mid-1960s, where it continues to draw millions of people each year.
As it does every year, the NYPD says it will be out in force to help insure a safe celebration for everyone.
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