All the fun of the Brouhaha street party; Final preparations for over 1,000 costumes.Byline: VICKY ANDERSON MORE than 1,000 flamboyant costumes will be donned by those taking part in the Brouhaha International Street Festival this weekend. And one man is working flat out to bring everything together - carnival carnival, communal celebration, especially the religious celebration in Catholic countries that takes place just before Lent. Since early times carnivals have been accompanied by parades, masquerades, pageants, and other forms of revelry that had their origins in director Ray Mahabir. He is the head of Sunshine International Arts and is responsible for staging carnivals all over the world, but every year comes to Liverpool to work with event organisers Brouhaha for the region's largest event of its kind. More than 300performers from five continents will take to the city's streets for Saturday's free parade. Ray has been working on the Brouhaha festival for the last five months, designing the colourful colourful or US colorful Adjective 1. with bright or richly varied colours 2. vivid or distinctive in character Adj. 1. array of costumes of all shapes and sizes and making sure everything is in place for the event. The parade starts at 12pm, on Mulberry Street, next to the Liverpool Community College Liverpool Community College is the only college of further education in Liverpool. It was established in 1992 by the amalgamation of all the further education colleges in Liverpool and was formerly known as the "City of Liverpool Community College". Arts Centre An art center or arts centre is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues for musical performance, , and moves through Catherine Street, Princes Road, Princes Avenue, Devonshire Road and into Princes Park some time around 2pm. Its theme this year is The People Who Came. Mr Mahabir, originally from Trinidad, where he was a fashion designer, said: "It is about the multiculturalism of Britain, and the diverse cultures of Liverpool and the UK. "It is the start of a four-year theme for us and the carnival. "We have done it so many times, so each year we really try to get that energy and enjoyment out of people to really make it a giant street party." CAPTION(S): Code: ph300709dbrouhaha-5 Pictures: PAUL HEAPS/ ph300709dbrouhaha-2 |
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