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Event
Information:
The
Washington DC Caribbean Style Mardi
Gras Parade with costumed
masqueraders representing the
Caribbean, Latin America and the
Diaspora will transform Georgia
Avenue into a “Caribbean Bourbon
Street” with the sights and sounds
of the Caribbean. This year’s Parade
begins on Kansas at Georgia Avenue,
NW and ends at Barry Place, NW
across from the Howard University
Campus leading to the Festival.
Caribbean Carnival is the term used
for a number of events that take
place in many of the Caribbean
islands annually. The Caribbean's
Carnivals all have several common
themes all originating from Trinidad
and Tobago Carnival, based on
folklore, culture, religion,and
tradition, not on amusement rides.
Carnival tradition is based on a
number of disciplines including:
"Playing Mas"/Masquerade; Calypso
Music and crowning a Calypso King or
Monarch; Panorama (Steel Band
Competition); Jouvert morning; and a
number of other traditions.
Georgia Avenue is a major
north-south artery in Northwest
Washington, D.C. and Montgomery
County, Maryland. Within the
District of Columbia and a short
distance in Silver Spring, Maryland,
Georgia Avenue is also U.S. Route
29. Both Howard University and
Walter Reed Army Medical Center are
located on Georgia Avenue.
Georgia Avenue begins north of
Florida Avenue, which was the
boundary of the Old City, and is a
continuation of 7th Street.
Traveling northward, the street
passes Howard University and Fort
Stevens. At Eastern Avenue, the road
crosses into Montgomery County and
passes through Silver Spring. Where
it crosses Colesville Road a mile
into Maryland, Georgia Avenue splits
off U.S. Route 29 and becomes
Maryland State Highway 97. Georgia
Avenue ends at the boundary with
Howard County, where it becomes
Roxbury Mills Road.[1] The total
length of the road is about 24 miles
(39 km), of which 5 miles (8 km) are
in Washington, D.C.
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