Not sure what it is? We weren't either, but hopefully we can depict the event with some of the pictures that we got.
This shot captures our street - that's our building on the left there and you can't really see them but the management team of our property hired 2 security guards and a fence to go round the entire property for this event. The police block off all of the roads so that nobody can drive in the neighborhood throughout the event, to allow for the constant flow of people coming and going (mostly coming) with the minimum number of casualties possible. You also probably can't see the grocery sacks that nearly every person has on them, which generally contained 3-4 cold ales or lagers of the participants choice.
You could actually hear the carnival long before you could see any action due to these cute little horns and the whistles that at least every other person had - and loved. We could probably go the rest of our lives without hearing another whistle and be just fine with it. :)
These pics give you a little flavor for what the actual parade entailed. There were tons of "floats" that mostly had dancers dressed up in very fancy costumes. The other kind of float was a truck that carried a bunch of people and a very souped up sound system, which was followed by about a hundred thousand people dancing to the caribbean music blasting from it. There's always a pretty good-sized gap between each float for all of the people that are so inclined to follow along as part of the parade, which 99% of the people there did (I still can't figure out why - they must've picked their favorite music and stuck to it all day).
Our favorite part of the whole deal was the people watching. There were no two people alike - quite the opposite, in fact, which is what made it such great fun. We have a ton more pictures to share, but you'll have to come to our place to check them out.
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