page_title: Carifiesta
hierarchical_section_title: Carifiesta
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La Carifiesta, Montréal
context_page_description: Carifiesta is an annual Caribbean Carnival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1974, and is held in July. The event is coordinated by the Caribbean Cultural Festivities Association, a nonprofit organization. Carifiesta was established prior to some Carnivals that take place in the Caribbean, Cayman Carnival Batabano for example.
  The main feature of the carnival is a parade along Saint-Catherine Street with people representing various countries in the Caribbean. Flatbed trucks carry disk jockeys playing turntables. Soca music and calypso music are played on speakers. The participants in the parade, dressed in colorful costumes, wave flags, blow whistles, and dance. Carifiesta has been named the largest North-American Running Caribbean Street Parade. culture, music, art, and Carnival costumes.
  In 2010 the parade was cancelled due to conflict, as Henery Antoine and Everiste Blaize disputed how and by whom the parade should be organized. The two promoters were not able to resolve their differences and work together. Several years later they were still unable to come to terms.
context_section_description: Carifiesta (French: Carifête) is an annual Caribbean Carnival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1974, and is held in July. The event is coordinated by the Caribbean Cultural Festivities Association, a nonprofit organization. Carifiesta was established prior to some Carnivals that take place in the Caribbean, Cayman Carnival Batabano for example.
  The main feature of the carnival is a parade along Saint-Catherine Street with people representing various countries in the Caribbean. Flatbed trucks carry disk jockeys playing turntables. Soca music and calypso music are played on speakers. The participants in the parade, dressed in colorful costumes, wave flags, blow whistles, and dance. Carifiesta has been named the largest North-American Running Caribbean Street Parade.  culture, music, art, and  Carnival costumes.
  In 2010 the parade was cancelled due to conflict, as Henery Antoine and Everiste Blaize disputed how and by whom the parade should be organized. The two promoters were not able to resolve their differences and work together. Several years later they were still unable to come to terms. In 2013 Blaize was again in conflict with Matthew Veloza of the group Montreal Carnival Vibration. Issues arose when their float broke down and no one from the Caribbean Cultural Festivities Association took responsibility to resolve the issue.
   Carifiesta does not celebrate any singular Caribbean culture, rather it is meant to celebrate them all coming together. The carnival celebration is simply just "Caribbean" in nature. Many Caribbean people or people of Caribbean descendants find that Carifiesta is a way for them to celebrate their heritage away from home.
caption: 2011 Carifiesta parade at the corner of René Lévesque Boulevard and Guy Street.
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