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Notting Hill Carnival marks 60 years with Jab Jab parade rooted in Grenadian tradition

Monday, 31 August 2026, 06:17 · 1 min read

London's Notting Hill Carnival (Europe's largest street festival, drawing around two million visitors over two days) is celebrating its 60th anniversary, having first been organised in 1966 in response to a wave of racist attacks against Caribbean communities in Britain. The festival's Jab Jab parade — in which hundreds of participants don devil horns, coat their skin in motor oil and march at dawn — remains a vivid expression of that defiant spirit, drawing on masquerade traditions from Grenada. Organisers and participants say the event continues to serve both as a cultural celebration and a statement against racism.

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Al Jazeera English — What is Notting Hill Carnival’s Jab Jab parade? ↗︎El País — El carnaval de Notting Hill cumple sesenta años y mantiene el espíritu de reivindicación contra el racismo ↗︎
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