On Sunday, Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami and Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill will be transformed into a Caribbean Carnival, complete with elaborate costumes, Caribbean music and food.

Travelers in the downtown area should take note: The parade will begin at noon on Northeast 20th Street and Second Avenue, continue south and then East on Northeast 13th Street and head south on North Bayshore Drive and into Bicentennial Park.

Miami Carnival will pay tribute to Selman Lewis, the sometimes controversial mastermind behind the annual celebration. Lewis, the main organizer for 18 of the 24 years that Miami Carnival has existed, died last month at age 60. The tribute will be about 4:30 p.m., with a surprise celebrity guest who organizers will only say is a musician and activist.

This year's ''Carnival on the Greens'' in Lauderhill will mark a first for the newly opened Central Broward Park, on the northeast corner of Sunrise Boulevard and U.S. 441, in the heart of Broward's many West Indian communities.

After nearly 20 years of joint Caribbean carnivals, Broward broke away and held its own party in 2003 -- a response to the growth of the county's Caribbean population.

Expect heavy traffic in both locations.

For information, visit www.miamicarnival.net or www.browardcarnival.com.

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