Caribana (Toronto Caribbean Carnival)

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Caribbean cultural festival annual festival parade event

Caribana (Toronto Caribbean Carnival) is a major annual Caribbean cultural festival in Toronto known for its vibrant parade, music, costumes, and celebration of Caribbean heritage.

Aliases (9)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caribbean cultural festival → annual festival → parade event →
alsoKnownAs	Toronto Caribana → Toronto Caribbean Carnival →
associatedWithEthnicCommunity	Black Canadians → Caribbean Canadians →
attractsTouristsFrom	Caribbean → Europe → United States →
celebrates	Black culture → Caribbean heritage →
cityFestivalOf	Toronto →
country	Canada →
culturalOrigin	Caribbean diaspora → Trinidad and Tobago Carnival tradition →
foundedOnOccasionOf	Canadian Centennial →
genre	carnival →
hasAudienceSize	over one million attendees per year →
hasComponent	Jouvert events → King and Queen costume competition → calypso competitions → costume parade → masquerade bands → soca music events → steelpan performances →
hasEconomicImpactOn	Ontario → Toronto →
hasMainEvent	Grand Parade →
hasTheme	Caribbean culture → diaspora identity →
inception	1967 →
inspiredBy	Trinidad and Tobago Carnival →
language	Caribbean English Creoles → English →
locatedIn	Canada → Ontario → Toronto →
majorParadeRoute	Lake Shore Boulevard West →
musicGenre	calypso → dancehall → reggae → soca → steelpan →
organisedBy	Festival Management Committee →
previouslyOrganisedBy	Caribana Arts Group →
regionServed	Greater Toronto Area →
typicalMonthOfOccurrence	August → July →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Caribana ("Toronto Caribbean Carnival") → Caribana ("Toronto Caribana") → Grand Parade ("Caribana Grand Parade") →	alsoKnownAs
Grand Parade ("Toronto Caribbean Carnival") → Grand Parade ("Caribana festival") →	centralHighlightOf
Carnival ("Notting Hill Carnival") → Carnival →	hasNotableForm
Grand Parade ("Toronto Caribbean Carnival") → Grand Parade ("Caribana festival") →	partOf
Festival Management Committee ("Toronto Caribbean Carnival") → Festival Management Committee ("Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival") →	responsibleFor
Afro-Caribbean people ("Caribana") →	associatedFestival
Festival Management Committee ("Caribana") →	associatedWith
Festival Management Committee ("Toronto Caribbean Carnival") →	festivalCurrentName
Festival Management Committee ("Caribana") →	festivalFormerName
Exhibition Place ("Toronto Caribbean Carnival events") →	hosts
Toronto →	hostsFestival
Caribbean Canadians ("Toronto Caribbean Carnival") →	notableFestival
Caribana ("Caribana Arts Group") →	previouslyOrganisedBy