00:02London's Notting Hill Carnival is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year with three days
00:07of revelry fueled by drummers, dancers and colorful costumes. The three-day event began
00:13with a steel band competition on Saturday followed by two more days of street parties
00:18continuing into Monday. Rooted in Caribbean culture, the carnival was first held in West
00:24London in 1966. Those involved in the event say its legacy is not just about the music,
00:31costumes and spectacle but the history it continues to teach. It's still important to keep up the
00:36tradition because it allows the younger generation who are coming into it now to go back and learn
00:42about the roots and it gives the individual significance and an understanding of what was
00:50before. And I think it is the time, everyone is just the same, there's no differences in color or race
00:57or
00:57anything. Everyone is here for the purposes of having a good time, enjoying music, do some dancing and
01:04basically have a good time. What began as a celebration of Caribbean identity has grown
01:11into one of the world's largest street festivals attracting huge crowds to West London each year.
01:20In the end of the world's largest street people from old places in the world.
01:21So what again?
01:21We're really trying to find the way, you know, to be able to find the group and
01:21we're having fun, but it's really amazing.
01:22In the moment, our parents are not like we're hosting a couple of other places.
01:22So what is the one that they're being quoted, why we're waiting for.
01:23What is the one that I'm going to talk about?
01:23What is the one that I'm going to talk about?
01:24We're going to be able to offer a sort of a microphone and not to be able to
