The largest and certainly one of the most colourful parades staged in Canada is the fabulous annual Caribana Festival. Conducted each year during the summer in down town Toronto, nearly a million people enthusiastically gather to hear the calypso music and steel drums, to see the colour and to soak up the atmosphere of goodwill and cheer. Initiated to coincide with Canada’s 1967Centennial celebrations, Caribana is modelled on Trinidad's annual pre-Lenten celebration, “the greatest frolic on earth.” A key musical instrument heard loud and clear during the Caribana week of festivities is the steel drum which made its first journey to Canada in 1954. “Pan” activity is now found across Canada, especially on university campuses where it is a magical instrument producing unique tone colours. Of course, the vibrant kaleidoscopic costumes, opposite, area boon to the film processing industry as everyone brings a camera to the parade and takes pictures galore. [Photo, courtesy the Caribbean Cultural Committee]