2011 Carnival theme announced

Ryde Carnival Association are pleased to announce their theme for 2011.

This year we are building a traditional style float to celebrate the Island’s long tradition of Carnival Queens. Our theme is based around the Britannia legend. In AD43 the Romans first named our Islands “Britannia” and promptly gave our country a national logo - a goddess, armed with a trident and shield and wearing a helmet. To this day the Britannia goddess still personifies our country. She first appeared on our coinage in 1672 and can still be seen on our 50p coins and on many of our postage stamps.

Look out for the float during the Island Games 2011 opening parade on 25th June 2011, and of course during the other carnivals around the island.

This entry was posted on 12/04/2011 at 04:32 am and is filed under Raising Awareness, General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

| Print