Party Time @ Caribbean Days Vancouver 2012 – Multicultural Carnival Samba Parade in North Vancouver

Presented by the Trinidad & Tobago Cultural Society of BC, the Caribbean Days 2012 Festival (July 28-29, 2012) is two-full dayS of festivities featuring an amazing lineup of bands playing Soca, Reggae, Calypso, Latin, African and other international sounds to a large crowd. The event started out on Saturday as a multicultural street parade spiraled its way down Lonsdale Ave. & W. Esplanade in North Vancouver.

Let the Caribbean island music gets you moving. Dance to the rhythm, move to the beat. Performers included Rikki Jai, Gabriel Palatchi, Spirit of the Seas, Queen of Samba, Socacize, Fish, Maffie & Crew, Destiny Band and many more. At the Waterfront Park, right next to the Sea Bus terminal across the Burrard Inlet just north of the City of Vancouver.

VIDEO – Caribbean Days 2012 Carnival Parade

Lonsdale Ave. & W. Esplanade, North Vancouver BC

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Surrey Fusion Festival 2011 Parade of Flags Reflects Diversity With Aboriginal & Multicultural Communities

The Surrey Fusion Festival 2011 opened on July 16, 2011 with the Parade of Flags that reflected a multicultural Canada which is the main theme of this festival in one of the most racially diverse communities in the Greater Vancouver region.

A First Nations Coast Salish aboriginal band lead a procession of plaques and flags representing about 35 countries that participated in the festival this year. Each country also has its own cultural pavilion on site for visitors to explore every single nation has to offer. Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts, Councilor Barinder Rasode, other dignitaries and the RCMP also took part at this annual celebration of culture, food, music and dance in Surrey BC.

VIDEO – Surrey Fusion Festival Parade of Flags

VIDEO – Maffie & Crew Jamaica Reggae Hip Hop

Holland Park – 13428 Old Yale Road, Surrey BC

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