We’re clinging onto memories of Notting Hill Carnival last weekend, and looking back at Mangrove Steel Pan Band's return after two years👏🏾
For hundreds of steel pan players, their Carnival weekend revolves around the annual 'Panorama' competition. This year, we followed Mangrove Steelband (@mangrovecarnival), 11-time winners of the competition, to document their preparations in the run-up to the event.
Click our link in bio to watch the full video on our YouTube channel. Up on the site, our Editorial Assistant, Riann Phillip, has written about her experience playing with Mangrove this year, and why Panorama is her safe space. Go to gal-dem.com to read it 🎥: @kimmie_hoo
–
[Media description: A video with various slips of steelpan players from Mangrove Steelband practicing for Panorama, followed by clips of their performance. Text at the beginning of the video says ‘Returning to Notting Hill Carnival’. Text at the end says ‘Watch the full video on gal-dem.com]