Umkhosi weGhent uvela ekhulwini le-19, lapho obaba baseGhent basekhaya banquma ukuhlanganiswa kwemikhosi yeSonto ngeSonto (noma ukuphuza utshwala, ukuphuza okudakiwe) ngabantu abavamile abakhokhelwa ngokwezimali ezijwayelekile, becabanga ukuthi amasu anjalo angase anqunywe phansi kwezinye izikhathi ezingekho emthethweni ngoMsombuluko. Kodwa umqondo wokukhululwa kwe-cathartic kubalimi kubangelwa esikhathini esiphakathi, lapho imikhosi ephakathi kwemali-njengemikhosi noma imikhosi yeziwula - yayihloswe ukuba ibe uhlobo lokuguqulwa, nabantu abavamile bathola isimo futhi bafinyelele okwesikhashana ukukhululeka emndenini wabo wephunga-kuya-the-grindstone ngenkathi abacebile bevinjelwe ngemuva.
Imikhosi yayixhaswe yimadolobha kanye nalabo bantu abacebile, yebo; insizakalo ukuthi, nakuba ikhona isikhathi esifushane unyaka ngamunye, ngabe yinto enkulu.
Ukuguquka komkhosi
Imikhosi yokuqala yeGhent yaqala ukugijima ngamahhashi. Khona-ke, ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, imikhosi yashukuthela edolobheni, lapho "i-Bal Populaire" yayibanjwe khona - ne-aristocracy ebeka esigabeni esiphezulu sesigcawu kanye naso sonke ... kahle, kwakubuhlungu futhi buhlungu eceleni kwabo.
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engama-60, imikhosi yaseGhent isiphenduke futhi "ekilasini eliphakathi" ukuze ijabule. Faka u-Walter De Buck owayengumdlandla, owathi nabahlobo bakhe bomculo bahlela imikhosi yabo. I-Counter-culture kuya phambili, uDe Buck unamathele eSontweni LamaKatolika, umasipala kanye nezombangazwe. Isenzo sakhe sasiyi-hit futhi sibuyisela umkhosi emgwaqeni - ngokuxhaswa nguMasipala waseGhent.
Njengamaxesha amadala.
I-Ghen, eqinisweni, ixhasa enye inhloso yokuthi abaseMelika bangase bahlaziye ama-noggins abo ndawonye - amaGriffiti Walls. Yebo, ukugcina izikhumbuzo zeGhent zihlanzekile, idolobha lenza isivumelwano nabalingisi be-graffiti - "sizokunikeza indlela elula yokusebenzisa ubuciko bakho uma uthembisa ukusebenza kuphela kulezi zindawo." Kuze kube manje, abantu bangitshela ukuthi, inkontileka yomphakathi isebenza kahle.
Ungabona ezinye zobuciko ezikhiqizwa kulezi zindawo eGhentizm: I-Graffiti eGhent.
Umkhosi weGhent Namuhla
I-Ghent Festival ithembisa ukuthi "umculo we-pop, i-rock folk, i-rock 'n' roll, i-hip hop, i-jazz, i-R'n'B nokuningi okuningi kuzo zonke izikwele zendawo yedolobha." Kukhona indawo yaseshashalazini, amahlaya, ukubuka indawo, imibukiso, ukuhamba ngesikebhe emfuleni uLys. Futhi kuhlale kuleso sidlo esihle (futhi ubhiya!) Ukuthi amaBelgium adumile.
Okungekho Umkhosi Omunye
Imikhosi ehlukene ivela ngesikhathi esifanayo, kufaka phakathi i-Ghent Jazz Festival, International Street Theater Festival, International Puppetbuskersfestival kanye nomkhosi womdanso we-10 Days Off.