LONDON Londoners flocking to the annual Notting Hill Carnivalthis weekend have an American Indian to thank for turning a staidEnglish street fete into a major festival.
Up to 2 million people are expected to squeeze into west Londonstreets for the two-day event, giving police crowd-controlnightmares.
"Within the black community, carnival is bigger thanChristmas," said Claire Holder, who organizes it with a small staffand shoestring budget.
The carnival's long dominance by Trinidadian immigrants whosettled in Notting Hill from the 1950s came about by surprise.
"The Notting Hill Festival was like an English village fetewith tea and cake …
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