Race/Related: The Pandemic Has Stolen Carnival. But Not the Joy.

From J’Ouvert in Brooklyn to Notting Hill in London, Carnival is a full-tilt joy fest of renewal. 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England has no shortage of full-sensory festival experiences, from music in Glastonbury to Diwali celebrations in Leicester. But there’s nothing quite like visiting the Notting Hill Carnival. You exit the tube station, get off the bus or dismount your bike, and enter the irresistible hum of the celebrations, stepping off the pavement and onto the road. That hum you hear is the combined sound of [hundreds of steel pans](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTAyMjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjczMDkmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUyMDM1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZ2PUprb0l3YXo0c3RVVwNueXRCCmAu8fkwYK1yZ4hSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)hammering out calypso; of the decadently decorated [band floats](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0S4aHR0cHM6Ly9uaGNhcm5pdmFsLm9yZy9tYXMtYmFuZHM_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTAyMjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjczMDkmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUyMDM1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~); the sweet whisperings of the girl with the Afro kissing the boy with the fade; the soca-infused bass of your[favorite sound system;](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0S9aHR0cHM6Ly9uaGNhcm5pdmFsLm9yZy9zb3VuZHN5c3RlbXMtMT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIxMDIyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNzMwOSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTIwMzUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmAu8fkwYK1yZ4hSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)the rustle of the proudest feathers of a peacocking performer; the pinging of a bikini strap; the clangs of the jerk drums; the slosh of sweet punch; the back-clapping of elders who still treat Carnival as their personal reunion party and the exhilarated cries of youngsters who are in attendance for the first time. That hum is heard by over a million visitors to Notting Hill Carnival every year, but it can also be heard in other parts of Britain, at the St Pauls, Nottingham and Cardiff carnivals, and in cities around the world: Port of Spain during Trinidad and Tobago Carnival; Rio during Carnaval; Toronto during Caribana; and New York during J’Ouvert. Of course, many of these celebrations were canceled in 2020 because of pandemic restrictions. God, we missed Carnival last year. After a summer where Black Brits were engaged in a protest movement — one that may have originated in the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, but which was harnessed to represent our particular struggles with racist violence, including findings that, in Britain, Black people are [twice as likely to die in police custody](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0S5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmJjLmNvbS9uZXdzLzUyODkwMzYzP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwMjIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MzA5Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MjAzNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYC7x-TBgrXJniFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) than are white people — so many of us were desperate for distraction, to lean into the parts of our culture not enmeshed overtly in pain. Carnival has always been that reliable release, a chance to celebrate community and reconnect. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIxMDIyMFcDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTUxJmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIxMDIyMFcDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTUwJmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIxMDIyMFcDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Sometimes called [“the biggest street party in Europe,”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGFycGVyc2JhemFhci5jb20vdWsvY3VsdHVyZS9hMzM4MTQ5NDAvbm90dGluZy1oaWxsLWNhcm5pdmFsLWEtbG92ZS1sZXR0ZXIvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwMjIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MzA5Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MjAzNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYC7x-TBgrXJniFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Notting Hill Carnival is centered around the music, food and culture of the Caribbean diaspora. But it has its roots as a site of anti-racist resistance and rebellion, right back to the founding of the original Caribbean Carnival in 1959 by a Trinidadian activist, writer and editor named Claudia Jones. Ms. Jones brought her iteration of Carnival to London in another time when people desperately needed it. The first “Caribbean Carnival” was held indoors in the dead of winter in January 1959, after a series of protests by Black Brits in areas of England, including Notting Hill, against police violence. These protests played out against the backdrop of the migration to England of the “Windrush” generation: the mass wave of nonwhite immigration to Britain in the postwar period. Over several decades, [roughly half a million immigrants](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0S8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmJjLmNvbS9uZXdzL3VrLTQzNzgyMjQxP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwMjIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MzA5Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MjAzNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYC7x-TBgrXJniFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) arrived from Caribbean countries. (The name “Windrush” refers to a ship, the HMT Empire Windrush, that brought workers in 1948.) The cultural contribution of this generation has inspired a spate of creative projects, from the acclaimed 2004 novel (and subsequent TV series) “Small Island” to “[Small Axe](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMi8xMC9tb3ZpZXMvc21hbGwtYXhlLXJldmlldy1zdGV2ZS1tY3F1ZWVuLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTAyMjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjczMDkmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUyMDM1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~),” the film anthology from the director Steve McQueen. Ms. Jones was an atypical member of the Windrush generation. Born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1915, she lived in Harlem for 30 years before arriving in London in 1955. Her journey to her life there featured many hardships: She had been afflicted by tuberculosis as a teenager and she was imprisoned in the United States under the McCarran Internal Security Act for her political work with the Communist Party before ultimately [being exiled to Britain](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly90aW1lc21hY2hpbmUubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vdGltZXNtYWNoaW5lLzE5NTUvMTEvMTgvOTM4MTE2OTkucGRmP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwMjIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MzA5Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MjAzNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYC7x-TBgrXJniFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). One of the most widely circulated portraits of Jones shows her reading a copy of “Pages from a Worker’s Life” by the American Communist leader William Z. Foster. [Read more about Ms. Jones, and how the [Notting Hill Carnival likely would not exist at all without her efforts.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xOC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvbm90dGluZy1oaWxsLWNhcm5pdmFsLWNsYXVkaWEtam9uZXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIxMDIyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNzMwOSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTIwMzUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmAu8fkwYK1yZ4hSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)] [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIxMDIyMFcDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIxMDIyMFcDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc4JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIxMDIyMFcDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Flo Ngala What Is Missed When Carnival Is Canceled: Sun, Joy, Freedom By Geneva Abdul, Pierre-Antoine Louis, Sandra E. Garcia and Sharine Taylor Booming music. Glittering costumes. And perhaps even more important: the feeling of being free. After a year of racial reckonings, the celebration of Carnival — which provides a much-needed release for many revelers from London to New York to Toronto and beyond — was canceled. 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Would-be Carnival attendees said they missed the exuberance, the roti and pepper pot, singing along with others on the road and the very act of gathering. As the singer Justine Skye, who usually participates in the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, put it: “Honestly, that’s the one-time of the year I feel like anybody, doesn’t matter what shape, size, color you are, you just come together and you just let it all loose, and you just feel so confident within yourself.” Here’s what other Carnival enthusiasts missed because of the pandemic. [Read more from loyal enthusiasts on [what they missed in a year they needed Carnival the most.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xOC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvY2Fybml2YWwtY2FuY2VsZWQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIxMDIyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNzMwOSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTIwMzUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmAu8fkwYK1yZ4hSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)] A police officer with a riot shield at London’s Notting Hill Carnival in 1978.Mirrorpix, via Getty Images The Fun Police: Law Enforcement Comes to Carnival By Mychal Denzel Smith J’Ouvert has its roots in denial. In the late 1700s, French colonists in Trinidad began hosting masquerade balls that the enslaved Black Caribbean population was banned from attending. Undeterred, the enslaved peoples hosted their own festivals, often as a way of mocking their enslavers. Upon emancipation in 1838, Black Caribbean peoples participated in the Carnival celebration, bringing in their own customs and cultural traditions. The event spread to other parts of the globe as Caribbean-born people migrated. Similar celebrations made their way to New York City in the 1940s — first concentrated in Harlem, then moving to Brooklyn in the 1960s — to London (the Notting Hill Carnival) and to Toronto (Caribana, launched in 1967). All of these festivals were outgrowths of the Carnival celebrations already flourishing in Trinidad, Antigua, Barbados and the Dominican Republic. The celebration known as J’Ouvert is a raucous, colorful, jubilant affair that takes place at daybreak. (The word itself, pronounced [joo-VAY,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tL255Y21heW9yc29mZmljZS92aWRlb3MvaG93LWRvLXlvdS1ldmVuLXNheS1qb3V2ZXJ0LzE1MjQzNjkxNTA5NTY3MjgvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwMjIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MzA5Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MjAzNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYC7x-TBgrXJniFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) is likely derived from the Antillean Creole French word jou ouvè, meaning dawn.) In New York, it happens on Labor Day, hours before the West Indian American Day Parade. There are steel pan drum bands, as well as huge sound systems, that give way to thousands dancing in the street: colorful revelers who got that way either by their own adornment or because of the various shades of paint, mud, and oil that are splashed at all comers. It is a joyful, exuberant celebration rooted in an act of defiance and then liberation, a bold expression of freedom, whether it is fulfilled or still yet to be won. But J’Ouvert in New York — and the Notting Hill Carnival in London and Caribana in Toronto — have also become known for another familiar element: a heavy police presence. You’ve no doubt seen the photos and videos: Uniformed officers cavorting with [Carnival](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TXaHR0cHM6Ly9lc3ByZXNzby5lY29ub21pc3QuY29tL2RmZjIyNGYyZjFmNTg5NjQ5NjI4YWY2ODY5YjQ0YzgyP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwMjIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MzA5Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MjAzNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYC7x-TBgrXJniFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) revelers. (This [video of a dancing officer at Notting Hill Carnival](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TOaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmJjLmNvbS9uZXdzL2F2L3VrLWVuZ2xhbmQtbG9uZG9uLTQxMDc4NzY3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjEwMjIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MzA5Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MjAzNSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYC7x-TBgrXJniFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) went viral in 2017.) The appeal of these images lays, in part, in a sort of implicit expression of unity between the police and the partyers. The images are often published and passed around in the same spirit as photos from last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests that [showed officers kneeling in solidarity](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9wcm90ZXN0ZXJzLXBvbGljZS1rbmVlbC1zb2xpZGFyaXR5LWdlb3JnZS1mbG95ZC8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTAyMjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjczMDkmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUyMDM1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) with protesters. As with Black Lives Matter, though, the images of police at the West Indian American Day Parade are inextricable from reports of conflict over how the events are policed. [Read more about how events like J’Ouvert in New York and Carnival in London have seen violent incidents. But the [way they are policed](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiE37xP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xOC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvY2Fybml2YWwtcG9saWNlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMTAyMjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjczMDkmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUyMDM1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgLvH5MGCtcmeIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) says a lot about what happens when Black people gather.] EDITOR’S PICKS We publish many articles that touch on race. Here are a few you shouldn’t miss. 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