Leeds Carnival 2013
On Sunday I witnessed multi culturalism, cohesion and community integration on a scale I’ve never seen in Leeds, it was on a bank holiday weekend where the sun had kept away for most of us, luckily it only rained on the Leeds Festival, but even old Mr Sunshine couldn’t resist coming out to enjoy the colourful delights of the city’s annual Leeds West Indian Carnival. It looked like literally thousands of people had flocked to the streets around Potternewton Park to show their solidarity and community harmony on this sunny Carnival day, which also had some of the most amazing sizzling Caribbean food on offer, with all the carnival chef’s seemingly having a friendly competition to see who could cook the best Jerk Chicken in their BBQ Drum smokers…I’ve got to say the smell from them was off the scale!!
While we enjoyed these delights, the parade wound its way through the inner city streets of Leeds, then finally making their way back to Potternewton Park where we waited for their return, and even though they had walked and danced for over 3 hours through Chapeltown, Harehills and circling the city centre in all their glorious menagerie of hand-made ‘heavy’ costumes in this late summer heat, there was still a smile on every face, which I hope you can see in the photography below that I captured on this wonderful day in Leeds.
Geek Carl 
Fantastic photos, Carl!
Thanks Naomi, it was a true multi culturalism day in Leeds
Smashing !!!
Cheers Bill 🙂
These are just wonderful!
Thank you so much 🙂 🙂
You are quite welcome Carl!
beautiful colours, great portraits!
Thanks, it was quite a fun thing to capture
Super shots – now I’m hungry for something with a little Caribbean flavour!
Thanks, the aroma in the air was amazing, with some added illegal aroma’s as well 😉
🙂
Wow! What wild costumes! And, beautiful people! Incredible and amazing pictures.
Cheers Jim, it was a beautiful event to capture
Vivid, bright and beautiful. You definitely brought the mood of the carnival along. Masterfully captured, Carl!
Thanks Ese for the wonderful comments…much appreciated 🙂
This is a great gallery, filled with colour, fun and smiles. You did a wonderful job of capturing the day on camera. Some of the shots are simply stunning 🙂
Great foto’s, do you have any links for anyone who was snapping on J’OUVERT MORNING by any chance?
Sorry I don’t
stunning photography!! When we were last in London we went to Notting Hill carnival, which seems to be similar to the one you went to in Leeds. It was such a beautiful cultural experience!
xx Vera & Rony
Great street photography.
And, btw, you have one of the best bylines in the Blogosphere IMHO
I love them!! Great mix of color and black and white! Great job 🙂