For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Follow us on Facebook ☛ http://me.lt/9P8MUn<br /><br />The Notting Hill Carnival is one of the world's biggest street parties. Many people gathered in London this year for the two-day celebration, with record numbers of police on patrol.<br /><br />Party-goers filled the streets of London on Sunday for the Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world's biggest street parties. It's an annual two-day celebration of Caribbean culture.<br /><br />Record numbers of police were on duty, making sure there would be no repeat of the riots that damaged the British capital three weeks ago.<br /><br />The carnival usually draws about 1 million people, and was underway in a relaxed atmosphere in West London.<br /><br />The opening "children's day" witnessed crowds lining the streets while trucks paraded along with children in painted faces and flamboyant costumes, waving Jamaican flags and blowing whistles.<br /><br />The festival is the biggest event in London since riots unleashed on the 6th of August.<br /><br />Children played steel drums. Loudspeakers pounded out reggae, or African, or Samba music.<br /><br />Meanwhile, people were sampling dishes like jerk chicken, curried goat, or mutton.<br /><br />Police kept a low profile. They patrolled in pairs or on bicycles.<br /><br />55 hundred officers on duty on Sunday, and 65 hundred on Monday, when the main parade takes place. <br /><br />That's an increase of 500 per day on previous years. Not to mention 4,000 police on standby.<br /><br />In the past, the carnival has been spoiled by shootings, stabbings, drug dealing and high numbers of arrests, but in recent years it has mostly been peaceful.<br /><br />This year, 35 people were arrested by police in a pre-carnival crackdown on known troublemakers.<br /><br />The Notting Hill event was first held in London in 1964, inspired by Trinidad's carnival.<br /><br />It has grown into one of the world's biggest parties and generates tens of millions of pounds for London's economy.
