Ukudla kwamaNdiya, i-Bollywood kanye nabantu-Ukubukela ku-Agenda
Idolobha elikhulu laseQueens liyaziwa ngamakhemikhali alo. Ngokuvamile kubonakala sengathi iqembu ngalinye lase-Queens linommeleli oyedwa ku-block eyodwa. Kodwa ingxenye encane ye-India yaseQueens yaseJackson Heights ihlukile.
Umgwaqo wesishiyagalombili nesine phakathi kweRoosevelt Avenue ne-37th Avenue kanye namabhuloki azungezile yinhliziyo yendawo yaseNingizimu Asia.
AmaNdiya, i-Bangladeshi, namaPakistan abiza le ndawo ekhaya futhi eze lapha ukuthenga nokudla. Indawo yendawo yokudla yaseNdiya eNew York; Izindwangu zaseNingizimu Afrika, izingubo nomculo; Amafilimu e-Bollywood; kanye nabantu abakudala ababukele. Lona umakhelwane omuhle wokuhamba nokungena konke.
Indlela Yokuthola Lapho
Umakhelwane utholakala kalula yi-subway (V, R, G, E, F, 7) ngesiteshi seRoosevelt Avenue. I-E ne-F ziveza izitimela - izitobhu ezintathu kuphela ezivela eMidtown Manhattan - kodwa umugqa we-7 unomthwalo okhululekile kakhulu.
Imoto ayiyona indlela engcono kakhulu yokuphula imigwaqo egcwele abantu baseJackson Heights. Uma ucindezela ekushayela, iBrooklyn-Queens Expressway neNorthern Boulevard yimizila eseduzane. Gwema ukuhamba (aka "ukunamathela") ku-Roosevelt Avenue kuzo zonke izindleko, bese uzama 37th Avenue yokupaka.
I-Jackson Diner
I-Jackson Diner uye waba isikhungo saseNew York.
Kodwa ungavumeli igama likukhohlise. Le ndawo yokudlela yayitholile igama layo elingenakuqhathaniswa nendawo yalo yangaphambili kulokho okwakungumakhelwane we-greasy spoon. Ama-digs ayo ayenayo manje anenhlanhla hhayi ekunciphiseni izinga lokudla.
Le ndawo yokudlela inikeza izitsha ezivamile ezisenyakatho zaseNdiya - i-curries kanye ne-tandooris - ezigcwalisa kodwa zikhanya kancane, zingagudluli olwandle lwe-ghee, ibhotela ecacisiwe eyisisekelo sokupheka okukhulu kwamaNdiya.
Skena imenyu ngokucophelela. Kunezinto ezincane ezingavamile ezithokozile - njengemifino yesinaphi.
I-Jackson Diner yamukela kuphela imali, ngakho-ke woza walungisa.
I-Bollywood
I-Jackson Heights iyindawo enhle yokugcina ama-Bollywood amafilimu nomculo. I-Bollywood yigama lemboni yefilimu yaseNdiya kanye neziqu eziningi ezikhiqiza minyaka yonke. Yiyona imboni yesibili yezithombe ezihamba phambili emhlabeni wonke, futhi amafilimu alo wesitayela se-masala ahlale ehlanganisa ingoma nokudansa okuningi.
Qala ngakwesokudla ngokubona isici sefilimu e-Palace Theatre Ngomgwaqo wama-37. Esikhathini esidala indawo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ingaphandle yesikhumbuzo ifihla indawo ejabulisayo yaseshashalazini yasendaweni yamafilimu e-Bollywood . Isikrini esikhulu yindawo engcono kakhulu yokubona i-whirling yonke-yokucula, i-dance-dance, i-over-the-top drama yama-movie yama-Hindi ase-Hindi.
Uma ngabe imibukiso ingasebenzi ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwakho, hamba ngakwesokudla eduze kwesitolo esincane sokuthengisa i-Melody Stop, lapho ama hits aqhubeka khona kumavidiyo, i-DVD, ne-CD. Ungavumeli isitolo esiphezulu, esincane kakhulu sikuvimbele ekuvakasheni. Izingoma ziyathandeka futhi amanani amnandi.
Ukuze uthole upheqa olusheshayo, nxazonke ekhoneni ku-74th Street bese uphakamisa ibhulogi eya ku-Raaga Super Store ngokukhethwa kwayo okubanzi kanye nama-aisles amaningi.
Ngaphandle kwezihloko ze-movie, bheka ukukhethwa kwayo "kwe-Bhangra," umculo womculo we-electro-Indian oye wathela umsindo we-hip-hop ngomculo wesiPunjabi. Endleleni yakho eya esitolo, uzobe usuvele uzwa izingoma zamuva zidonsa ukhonkolo ezivela emotweni ezihamba ngendlela yazo phezulu e-74th Street.
Ukuthenga
Emuva emuva amathafa ambalwa esitolo ku-Butala Emporium, indawo ephelele ukuthola isipho samaNdiya. Yebo, iGanesh, Durga, Shiva nezinye izithixo zikhona ifomu lokuphrinta nesithombe, kanye nempepho, izingubo, izitembu kanye nezintelezi zenkolo ngamanani ahloniphekile. Ekhoneni, kunezigcawu zezindaba ezisekelwe kahle ngeviki zaseNingizimu Afrika nasezinyangeni nezinye izinto eziprintiwe - ngisho nezincwadi zama-comic ezenziwe ngama-Hindu ama-epic kanye namaphephini we-soap opera. Emuva emuva, izindonga zitholakala ngemibhalo yesiNgisi ekutadisheni amazwe aseNingizimu Afrika.
Ngaphansi, thola ifenisha yokhuni eqoshiwe ngamanani amahle. Kukhona nezinsimbi zaseNdiya zekhwalithi eliphezulu, njenge-tla drum, i-dholak, sitar, ne-harmonium. I-Butala yindawo lapho ungachitha khona ingxenye yesine noma i-dollar eyinkulungwane futhi ushiye ngengcebo.
Yehla ngaphansi kwe-Street Street engu-74 nezinye izitolo, enye ngokucophelela. Cishe zonke ezinye izigcawu zesitolo sesitolo sezinto zokugqoka lapho i-22-karat igolide ihamba khona. Ngokungafani ne-14k, leli golide elicebile liwumbala okhuni, ongenamakhaza owenzela ukungabi khona kwawo kokukhanya ngokubheka okuhle, okunamandla nokulimala, okuvumela ukuba kube nemiklamo engavamile, emangalisayo. I-Sona Jewelry yaseLondon no-Sona Chandi zifane nezitolo ezincane.
Uma uthabatha ubucwebe, kufanele uthole konke okufakiwe. Kunezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zokuhleleka, ezifana ne-Gulzar Beauty Salon, ezifaka umdwebo we-henna tattooing, obizwa ngokuthi i-mehndi, nokukhishwa kwezinwele nge (ngethemba ukuthi awubuhlungu), hhayi u-wax obuhlukumezayo nomhluku. Ungakwazi yini ukuvala ukugqoka i-sari ukuze uhambe naleyo golide ne-henna? Kuthatha ukuma okungaqondakali. Okungenani iwindi lithenga i-saris ezitolo zokugqoka njenge-Neena Sari Palace noma i-ISP (i-Indian Sari Palace).