blockoraman.
/ˌblɒkəˈrɑːmə/, U.S. /ˌblɑkəˈræmə/, Caribbean English /ˌblɑkoːˈraːma/, /ˌblɑkoːˈraːmʌ/ Caribbean (Grenada, Trinidad, and Tobago).
A large outdoor party held by the residents of a block or neighbourhood; a block party, esp. one at which steel bands, DJs, etc., perform.In quot. 1972 as the name of a specific event.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties
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1972 Tapia (Trinidad) 8 Oct. 5/4 [The] attempt to bring together the many steelbands in the area was christened ‘Blockorama’ by Ronald Ashby, a member of the Club's organising Committee.
1990 D. Walcott Omeros xxi. 110 Frenetic DJs soared evangelically from the thudding vamp of the blockorama.
2021 Daily Express (Trinidad) (Electronic ed.) 17 July Resistance will be fondly remembered..for his regular appearances with the Network Rapso Riddum Band at our blockoramas.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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n.1972