Sunday was the climax of Britain's biggest street party - the annual Notting Hill Carnival. A colourful procession of floats, steel bands and dancers moved through crowded streets in west London.
This report from Lesley Ashmall:
More people than ever have taken part - fifty-thousand in all. They've danced and strutted for hours in the heat and delighted the crowds. Risabelle is ten years old.
RISABELLE
"I think the carnival's really good because you see all people in costumes and they're really good."
But partygoers think the crowd is thinner. At its peak, a million people crammed onto the streets over the two-day festival. Yesterday two-hundred-thousand came for the children's carnival and the police think about half-a-million people are here today. Alisha, who's been coming here for years, thinks she knows why people have stayed away.
ALISHA
"It's not as busy as when I last come, it's not as busy. I suppose it's what's been happening in July, so that's why people are a bit afraid. But I'm like, police are here, I pay my tax for a reason."
Organisers conceded this could have affected numbers, but say it hasn't spoiled the party. Louis Benn is one of the directors.
LOUIS BENN
"With the unfortunate incidents of seven-seven, it has had an impact on people's lives throughout London, but I would say that by looking at the show of people that's come out today from all ethnic backgrounds, across the board, it just goes to show that Londoners will not be beaten by these people."
There have been scores of people arrested for drunken behaviour but overall the police think it's been a good-humoured event and for the hundreds of silver butterflies, the gold lamé-clad gladiators, and even the man with the world on his shoulder, the sequinned papier-mâché version of course, the carnival is a party well worth coming to.
Lesley Ashmall, BBC News
the crowd is thinner
En este caso quiere decir que hay menos gente
peak
Período de máxima actividad
conceded
Concedió. En este caso quiere decir reconocer o estar de acuerdo con algo
spoiled the party
Arruinó la fiesta
the unfortunate incidents of seven-seven
Esta frase se refiere a los atentados en Londres del 7 de julio
from all ethnic backgrounds, across the board
De todo tipo de etnias y clases socialesl
will not be beaten by these people
No se darán por vencidos por esta gente
good-humoured event
Un programa de atracciones amistoso o un evento feliz
silver butterflies, the gold lamé-clad gladiators
En este caso se refiere a los participantes que están vestidos con disfraces y ropa multicolor
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