Monday, August 9, 2010

Grenada Carnival Monday 2010 - Live Webcam from St George's

In locations across Grenada today, steel bands and calypso dancers will take to the streets during Carnival Monday, the penultimate day of the annual SpiceMas Carnival celebrations.

The day's events come to an end with the Monday Night Mas street jump-up in St George's. The day is a public holiday throughout Grenada and celebrations take place across the island.

This live webcam view will capture the festivities live from St George's:

Grenada Carnival Webcam

Location Information:

Grenada is an island country and sovereign state consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010 - Live Webcam View

An enormously popular event internationally, the Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Lasting over three weeks in total, the event attracts fans and acts from all around the world. This year there are several performances live in the grounds of Edinburgh Castle:

Edinburgh Festival Webcam

Location Information:

Edinburgh Castle is a castle fortress which dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle here since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. As one of the most important fortresses in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle has been involved in many historical conflicts, from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century, up to the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and has been besieged, both successfully and unsuccessfully, on several occasions. From the later 17th century, the castle became a military base, with a large garrison. Its importance as a historic monument was recognised from the 19th century, and various restoration programmes have been carried out since.