I-Brooklyn's Huge Outdoor African Market: Dance Africa Bazaar ku-BAM

Lo mcimbi wonyaka, obanjwe njalo ngoMeyi, uwukuthi "imakethe" engaphandle yosuku olulandelayo lwezinsuku ezintathu eligubha futhi libonisa isimo samasiko - ok, "izinto" ezipholile - zezinhlobo eziningi zamazwe namazwe ase-Afrika.

Kuyizwe lonke. Ungathenga indwangu yaseAfrika nezembatho ezenziwe ngempahla yendabuko yase-Afrika, izinsimbi zomculo, ubucwebe, izigqoko, umculo, izinsimbi, izici zomzimba, amakha, umculo, ukudla nokunye okuningi.

Ngokusho kwe-BAM, "Abathengisi abangaphezu kuka-200 abavela emhlabeni jikelele baphendukela emigwaqweni ehambisana ne-BAM, beguqula indawo yabo ukuba babe yizimakethe zomhlaba wonke" bethengisa ukudla okuhlukahlukene kwe-Afrika, eCaribbean, ne-Afrika-American, ezobuciko kanye nemfashini.

I-DanceAfrica Bazaar ingaphezu nje kwithuba lokuthenga!

Kuyinto Okukhunjulwayo Okuhlangenwe nakho

Le makethe yangaphandle yangaphandle iyindawo yokuhlangana lapho abangane beqoqa khona; kubonakala sengathi ifana neqembu elikhulu edolobhaneni elincane kune-mall. Ikhululekile, i-multiracial and multiethnic, i-pan-Afrika, ngokuzijabulisa - futhi kaningi kakhulu. Abantu abagcini nje bethenga, ngaleyo ndlela egxile, esebenza ngayo umuntu esitolo - kunalokho, banesikhathi esihle. Abangane bayabingelelana. Abathengisi abavela ngaphandle kwedolobha bahlangana nomndeni wendawo nabasebenza nabo lapha. Ingxoxo, ukubukela abantu, nokuzijabulisa yilezi zindleko.

Abaculi bezindwendwe bahamba bezungeza emakethe, bedlala izinsimbi noma behlabelela.

Kunezindawo izingane ezingadlala ngazo: ungathola kokubili ukudweba nokudweba kwi-Children's Village.

Le bayarari, exhaswe yi-BAM, iyingxenye yamagugu amasiko acebile nehlukahlukene e-Afrika kanye nokuhlala kwayo eMnyangweni weDancingAfrica. Ungakwazi ukuhamba nge-bazaar mahhala; ayikho imali yokungena.

Kodwa ukubona noma yikuphi kwe-BAM kubonisa ezindaweni zayo ezihlukahlukene, kungcono ukuthola amathikithi akho kusengaphambili.

Dance Africa Bazaar Eku-A-Glance

Ihlelwe ngu-Alison Lowenstein