For more than 50 years, a group of artists and families have been designing Carnival costumes in the heart of Harlesden. Mahogany is a "family of families" who make large scale kinetic sculptures ...

The Battle of Flowers is the first event of Barranquilla's Carnival, Colombia's biggest party. This tradition is a grand ...

The creators of the king and queen costumes at the Leeds West Indian Carnival described making the designs as a "family affair". The event has been held in Chapeltown and Harehills since 1967 ...

“I played for a band which was Trinidadian; I spent hours adding feathers, beads and geometric shapes to velvet on a costume I only paid £90 for.” In recent years, Carnival has become more ...

A father and son have designed both winning costumes as Leeds West Indian Carnival elected its king and queen. Hughbon Condor and his son Sephbon scored the double at the Leeds Royal Armouries ...

The most famous of all, Rio de Janeiro's Carnival beckons visitors with its feathered, flashy costumes and distinctive samba rhythms. With its roots in West African traditions brought to Brazil by ...