Battle of Drums five years ago, but different this time due to incidents at the last Summer Carnival.

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Battle of Drums five years ago, but different this time due to incidents at the last Summer Carnival.

Tonight, Rotterdam Unlimited (RU) begins, the largest street festival in the Netherlands, of which Summer Carnival is a part. After five years, the drum competition Battle of Drums returns. This edition is not like in the past on the street in the city center, but in Ahoy. Caribbean brass bands participate in Battle of Drums, with music influenced by merengue, soca, samba, and kaseko. Caribbean brass bands originated in Aruba and spread to place…