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Organisers estimate there are 50,000 people participating in the 40th Notting Hill Carnival

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The event in west London is one of Europe's largest street festivals

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Dancers and bands make their way along the three-mile carnival route

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Thousands of costumes are on show, along with 80 Mas bands and 15 steel bands

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More than 16,000 different songs are likely to be played over the weekend

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Carnival is made up of five disciplines: Mas, Soca, Calypso, Steelpan and Static Sound Systems