wills Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 About Caribana Scotiabank Caribana Festival is an exciting two-week cultural explosion of Caribbean music, cuisine, revelry as well as visual and performing arts. In its 42nd year it has become a major international event and the largest cultural festival of its kind in North America. As Carnival is an international cultural phenomenon, the great metropolis of Toronto and its environs will come alive as the city explodes with the pulsating rhythms and melodies of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Hip Hop, Chutney, Steel Pan and Brass Bands. This colourful exhibition and display of genius is truly a musical panorama that is certain to bring a pleasing smile to the ancestral titans of Pan and Calypso music. Scotiabank Caribana Festival is an expression of Toronto’s multicultural and multiracial society. An increasing number of attendees and participants come from the US and overseas. The events are planned months in advance. The costumes and mas band displays are elaborate and oh so delicately worn and designed for movement. Move they do, in a breath-taking spectrum of colours that is best refl ected in the King and Queen Showcase on Parade Day. No Scotiabank Caribana Festival is complete without African Drumming along with the Arts and Crafts displays celebrating “Things Caribbean”! In 2009, Scotiabank Caribana Festival season is destined to be six (6) weeks culminating in the pinnacle of Parade Day on the Lakeshore with a kaleidoscope of music, colourful costumes, theatrical mas band displays, steel bands beating intricate orchestrations coupled with mouth watering feasts of Caribbean cuisine and delicacies.to the Caribbean culture in North America. The Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games bid is going to be featured in Caribana. This event symbolizes Toronto ties to the Caribbean Nations and represent cultures from the Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Ghana, Antigua, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico and many other countries in the Caribbean. All of the countries in the Caribbean are represent in this festival in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Mata Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Why is Ghana involved in a Caribbean Culture Festival? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 i think its perhaps because of the slaves that were brought to the new world arrived by way of ghana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wills Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 I meant Guyana. Guyana has a very strong presence in Caribana in Toronto. I see Guyanese people waving the Guyanese flag all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wills Posted August 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Bid salutes Caribana The Toronto 2015 Pan / Parapan American Games Bid celebrates Caribbean pride at Caribana, with Ontario Health Promotion Minister Margarett Best and a band of more than 100 people celebrating in the massive parade on Saturday. //// La Candidatura de los Juegos Panamericanos/Parapanamericanos Toronto 2015 celebra el orgullo caribeno en Caribana con Margarett Best, Ministra de Promocion de la Salud de Ontario, y una banda de mas de 100 personas que festejan en el enorme desfile de este sabado. (PRNewsFoto/Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Bid) TORONTO CANADA http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseC...0099&EDATE= TORONTO, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Toronto's 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Bid celebrates Caribbean pride this weekend. The Bid is delighted to participate in this year's Caribana Parade with its very own float marshaled by the Hon. Margarett Best, Ontario Minister of Health Promotion. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090801/CBSA01 ) "Toronto comes alive with the sights and sounds of Caribbean Carnival this weekend," says Ontario Minister of Health Promotion, Margarett Best. "We look forward to seeing Toronto come alive with Pan/Parapan American celebration with our Caribbean family here in Toronto in 2015." "Caribana is a celebration Toronto looks forward to each year," says the Hon. David Peterson, Chair of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Bid Committee. "The Toronto Pan Am Bid salutes the Caribbean community and looks forward to hosting all Pan American nations in 2015 should Toronto have the honour of hosting the Games." About the Scotiabank Caribana Festival The Scotiabank Caribana Festival is an exciting two-week cultural explosion of Caribbean music, cuisine and visual and performing arts. Now in its 42nd year, it has become a major international event and the largest cultural festival of its kind in North America. As Scotiabank Caribana is an international cultural phenomenon, the great metropolis of Toronto and its environs will come alive as the city revels in the pulsating rhythms and melodies of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Chutney and Steel Pan music. About the Pan Am Games The Pan Am Games are a major international multi-sport event, held every four years for athletes of the 42 PASO member nations. The Pan American Games consists of all Summer Olympic sports, plus other non-Olympic events, and serve as an Olympic-qualifier for many of the participating sports. The last edition of the games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July 2007 and the next edition is scheduled to take place in Guadalajara, Mexico in October 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wills Posted August 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Jump up and Feel De Vibe A million happy folks take in the Caribana parade By BRETT CLARKSON, SUN MEDIA Last Updated: 2nd August 2009, 5:02am http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandg...339516-sun.html Feel de Caribana vibe, Toronto! With 38 bands, 10,000 participants, and an estimated one million spectators, it would've proved difficult not to feel, see or hear the festive vibe along the western waterfront yesterday as the 42nd annual Caribana parade wound its way along Lakeshore Blvd. Revellers soaked in the blazing sun and danced to calypso, soca, reggae and steelpan music as the parade worked its way along the western waterfront. Ashley Leps, 23, of Mississauga, was out with friends Lillian Ekuban, 22, Ruth Anim, 24, and her brother Daniel Arim, 19. All said they enjoyed the parade but also the people-watching and said Caribana is an important event for Toronto because more than any other event, it showcases the city's diversity. "This is pretty much Toronto," said Leps. "Toronto is everybody and everybody is here." Organizers said attendance wasn't up this year over last, but it wasn't down, either. Given the slumping economy, that's a good thing, they said. "As you can see it's going very well. Attendance we think is equal to, not better than past years," said Joe Halstead, chairman of the Festival Management Committee. "Try finding your way along Lake Shore and you'll see what I'm talking about. I love it." Halstead said this year's theme for Caribana is meant to highlight the musical roots of Caribana. "The theme this year is Feel De Vibe," Halstead said. "The whole idea behind that theme is to get people in the spirit and enjoy the rhythms and all the things that make Caribana special." Patrick Struys, 25, was manning the huge Going For Gold masquerade costume, which celebrated next year's Vancouver Winter Olympics. Struys, who was born in Trinidad and moved to Canada when he was 5, has been participating in Caribana parades ever since he moved to Toronto. "You can just let loose and have a ball, I look forward to it every year," Struys said. "It's a big part of West Indian Culture." Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games bid has a float in Caribana 2009. There were so many many cultures involved in Caribana, and many different Countries were involved in Caribana. Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, and all of the Caribbean countries took part in this event. This is a global event and most of the countries in the Americas also took part in Caribana in Toronto. Toronto is a city of welcomed all Countries and cultures and Caribana is representative of Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wills Posted August 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Brazil also has a major presence at Caribana in Toronto. Every year Brazil has a strong presence in Caribana. It also highlights the strong ties Brazil and Canada have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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