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Some information about carnival

Carnival Day by Jess Connett. This story is about visiting a carnival parade.

Resources

- Carnivals celebrate Caribbean culture and communities. They happen in the Caribbean and lots of different places around the world, at different times of the year.
- The Caribbean is made up of thousands of islands – some big and some small – with sandy beaches and lots of sunshine. People might have heard of some of the famous islands, like Jamaica and Cuba.
- At Carnival, everyone gets together for an energetic parade with colourful costumes, dancing and music. You might hear reggae music from Jamaica, and calypso music from Trinidad and Tobago, which might include steel drums.
- People will enjoy lots of tasty food too. Caribbean food is full of strong flavours, and it uses different ideas from foods found all around the world to make delicious dishes.
- Other types of carnivals happen around the world too, celebrating different things. They also usually involve parades, dancing and music.


https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/let-s-celebrate-caribbean-carnival/

Includes transcript for the story and questions for reflection.

Instructions

After reading the story, everyone should take some time to reflect on it as a group.

**Carnival Day**

- What costumes did Carmen and her class make for the parade?
- There is lots of dancing on carnival day. What dance moves can you do to join in?

**Make Carnival headbands**

- Do you think you’d like to go to Carnival?
- What costume would you like to wear to Carnival?

**Let’s celebrate Carnival**

- Did you enjoy bringing Carnival to our group? What did you like best?
- Have you been to a carnival? Maybe you’ve been to a Caribbean Carnival or maybe you’ve been to another sort of carnival.
- Can you think of any other ways that people celebrate things? What do you like to do to celebrate things?

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• Carnival
• Jamaica
• story

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