Ama-Vikings, ama-kilts kanye neziqhumane-oh!
Uma ucabanga ngemikhosi kaNyaka Omusha othakazelisayo , kunezindlela ezimbalwa ezizikhumbuza ngokuzenzekelayo: eNew York City; ISydney; neRio de Janeiro, ukubiza igama elivelele kakhulu. Enye yezindlela ezithakazelisayo kakhulu zokungena eNyakeni Omusha, noma kunjalo, ingenye ongase ungacabangi ngaso.
I-Hogmanay eDubbed, ehumusha cishe "kuNyaka Omusha" ngo-Gaelic, lesi senzakalo sendabuko, kodwa sanamuhla sigcinwa kulo lonke elaseScotland, kodwa ikakhulukazi enhlokodolobha yaseScotland yase-Edinburgh.
Uma ufuna indlela engalindeleki ukwamukela i-2018-noma noma yimuphi omunye unyaka, ngenxa yalolu daba-akekho phambili.
Iziqalo zeHogmanay
I-Hogmanay yaqala eScotland ngekhulu lesishiyagalombili noma lesishiyagalolunye leminyaka njengesiko seViking-okungaphezulu ngomzuzu ukuthi kungani lokhu kungabalulekile kuphela, kodwa kufanelekile. Nakuba ama-Scots aye agubha uHogmanay ngokuqhubekayo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, imikhosi yesimanje, ehleliwe yaseHogmanay yaqala kuphela ngo-1977.
Manje, ungase ulingeke ukuba ucabange ukuthi kusukela uHogmanay ka-2017 emakwe iminyaka engu-40 yemikhosi yesimanje, abanye bangase baluleke uma kuqhathaniswa, okungenani kuze kugubha ijubane layo legolide ngo-2027. Eqinisweni, yonke i-Hogmanay iyakhuphuka enye yangaphambili kwezinye indlela, ngakho-ke noma uvakashela ngo-2018, 2019 noma ngaphesheya, uqinisekile ukuthi uzoqedwa!
I-Torchlight Procession
I-Contemporary Hogmanay, ngokuqinisekile, ingumshado wendabuko nesimanje-noma ngabe isiko siza kuqala. Iqala ngoDisemba 30, e-Royal Mile, e-Edinburgh, neqembu labadlali be-bagpipe, lilandelwa inkomba yamavikings enezibani ezinkulu.
ZiyiScotland-zihlala eShetland Islands-kodwa zinegazi laseScandinavian. Uyazi ukuthi abantu basolwandle bavame kanjani ... basakazeka.
Ngokujabulisayo (noma mhlawumbe akunjalo, kuye ngokuthi uthanda kangakanani umlilo), ngeke kube khona noma yikuphi ukushisa okwenziwe okushisayo okubeka ama-body bodies, futhi umdwebo awuhlose ukuhola abahlanganyeli bawo ngokuphumelelayo kuValhalla.
Nakuba ngokuqinisekile kukhona ukukhuthazwa kwe-viking eHogmanay, lokhu kuseScotland ngemva kwakho konke, hhayi iSweden.
Noma kunjalo, umkhumbi uhamba phakathi nendawo yedolobha, okwenza kube khona abantu abangaphezu kuka-40 000 (kusukela ngo-2015) ehamba phambili e-Princes Street (edolobheni "elisha" elidala lase-Edinburgh elineminyaka engu-300) kuze kufike eCalton Hill, okuthiwa iSikhumbuzo Sezwe esibuye siphendule iScotland ku-Acropolis, futhi isizathu sokuthi i- Edinburgh ngezinye izikhathi ibizwa ngokuthi "i-Athens yeNyakatho."
I-Hogmanay Night
Ngo-Disemba 31, noma kunjalo, iqembu liqala ngempela. Kubuye futhi uma i-juxtaposition yasendulo neyenamuhla iqala ukuzibonakalisa ngendlela ethakazelisayo. Kuhlukile kancane ngonyaka, kodwa ngokujwayelekile, kunezinto ezimbalwa ongaqiniseka ukuthi kuzokwenzeka.
Ngokuqinisekile, amakhonsathi amakhulu aphethwe yizinkanyezi zaseScotland ezishisa kakhulu izothatha isiteji esikhulu, futhi ungalindela ukuthi umdanso waseCzech Scottish Ceilidh uthathe indawo-cishe okungaphezu kweyodwa. I-Majestic e-Edinburgh Castle, cishe eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane zeminyaka ubudala futhi iqhubekele emgodini oqothukile ophelile cishe ophindwe izikhathi eziyisigidi kunaleyo, izobe ivuliwe embukisweni wokushisa komlilo.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi unyaka ohambelayo, uzophathwa ukugubha umkhosi wokudala ongu-Scots waminyaka yonke-futhi kuthiwa ezinye izimpumputhe zinikezwe umlando omude wase-Edinburgh-hhayi ukukhuluma ngezintatheli, abadumile kanye nabantu beqembu kusuka kuwo wonke umhlaba EScotland, nasezweni.
I-Hogmanay ayiyona into uma kungenjalo ukugubha ukuhlanganiswa, ngakho-ke kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uhamba kanjani ekuphileni kwakho, uzoqiniseka ukuthi uzizwa sengathi ungumkhosi wakho njengawo wonke umuntu. Futhi ngempela, ingabe kukhona umlayezo wokuvuselela owanelisayo noma owenziwe ngaphezu kwalokho?
Okubalulekile
I-Hogmanay akuyona ukugubha kwakho koNyaka Omusha ojwayelekile, futhi akekho owake wezwa ngakho, ngokuqinisekile uma ungaveli eScotland. Kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi yindawo engavamile kunazo zonke yokungena eNyakeni Omusha, ngisho noma ungenaso isibindi ngokwanele ukuze unikeze i-kilt phakathi nobusika baseScotland.
Futhi ngenkathi abantu abathile baseScotland beyaziwa ngokusho komqondo ukuthi umehluko phakathi kwamazinga okushisa ehlobo nasebusika kuleli zwe awuncane, kufanele uhlale unqanyuliwe etheni uma uvakashela ngesikhathi seHogmanay-sonke isizathu esiningi sokuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola i-flask ye-Scotch whiskey eqinile eseduze!