Copyright - Wessex FMThat is why I decided to blog this today - the weather was hideous and no matter how much the BBC said the rain would stop and the fog would clear - it didn't it poured.... and poured .... and drizzled and then poured again!
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The people though didn't bat an eyelid, yes some looked like drowned rats as did I -
Copyright Wessex FM - Owen- but I didn't care, it was great fun and all for good local causes.
Unfortunately due to the weather the Red Arrows had to cancel the fly past BUT all was not lost as the Dorset based Active Mobility - had an incredible entry with a fleet of mobility 'jets' - it was amazing!
Copyright Dorset Evening EchoSo what does make us Brits so nuts about carnivals? I had a bit of nosey around and found that Some of the best-known traditions, including carnalparadesand masquerade balls, were first recorded inmedieval Italy. The Carnival of Venicewas, for a long time, the most famous carnival (althoughNapoleonabolished it in 1797 and only in 1959 was the tradition restored). From Italy, Carnival traditions spread to Spain, Portugal and France and from France toNew Francein North America. From Spain and Portugal it spread with colonization to theCaribbeanand Latin America. In the early 19th century in the GermanRhinelandandSouthern Netherlands, the weakened medieval tradition also revive. In Rhineland in 1823, the first modern Carnival parade took place inCologne, Other areas developed their own traditions. In the UK, West Indian immigrants brought with them the traditions of Caribbean Carnival, however the carnivals now celebrated at Notting Hill; London, Leeds and Yorkshire became divorced from their religious origins and became secular events that take place in the summer months and not before Lent as tradition would have it.It is probably one of the very best ways and most popular way to raise money for charities, but sadlydoes depend in the UK on our very erm... up and down weather.So do you always support your local carnival?
