I-Ponce Carnival iyimemeza yasePuerto Rico e-Caribbean-eya kuMardi Gras nomzala wayo odumile eRio de Janeiro. Umkhosi oye waqhutshwa iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-200, yiyona epitome yazo zonke izinto boricua , kanye nesivumelwano saminyaka yonke sokuthi amandla asePuerto Ricans akwazi ukukhwabanisa nokuzijabulisa .
Lo mkhosi udlula indawo yedolobha elisemadolobheni edolobheni lasePonce. Ukugubha kwenzeka ngoFebhuwari, ezinsukwini eziholela ku-Ash ngoLwesithathu kanye nokuqala kweLente.
Konke Nge-Vejigantes
I- vejigantes yizinkanyezi ezingabonakali zalombukiso , kodwa kuthiwani, kunjalo? Ngamagama, bangamademoni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-vejigante iyinombolo eqondile yendabuko yaminyaka eminyaka ehlanganisa ama-Afrika, iSpanishi, namaCaribbean amasiko. Igama livela ku- vejiga , okusho ukuthi "isambatho" ngesiSpanishi. Ngizochaza lokho kancane.
Njengoba kucacisiwe kule nkomfa enhle kakhulu, indwangu yendabuko ye-vejigante idinga izingxenye ezintathu eziyisisekelo: imaski, i-cape, ne-suit. I-mask iyona engokwesithonjana kakhulu futhi enemibala kakhulu yalezi zinto ezibalulekile, futhi inemithetho nemigomo: Angisaboni imasikigante ngaphandle kokushaywa kwamazinyo nezimpondo.
I-Symbolism ye-Carnival
NjengaMardi Gras, lo mkhosi uqhamuka ebuKatolika. I-vejigantes, ehlomile nge- vejigas (ehlanjululwe izinkomo zezinkomo), hamba ukuzulazula izingane kanye nabanye abangenacala, ngokusobala ukushaya noma imiphi imimoya emibi eqhubekayo.
Kodwa-ke, njengoba kunikezwa ukuthi baziwa ukukhomba abesifazane abakhayo, lezi zizathu ezingokomoya zingase zibe umsoli.
Umkhosi uphela nge- Entierro de la Sardina , noma "Ukugubha iSardine." Lo mngcwabo ohlekisayo, ophelele ngebhokisi elinomphemezi, uhlonishwa ngenkathi ezayo yeLent. I-coffin ne-dummy ifakwe umlilo, ukufanekisa ukushiswa kwezono zenyama.
Okufanele Ukulindele
Ngaphandle kokuphanga izindleko ze-vejigantes, lindela umculo omningi wendabuko we- bomba y plena , ukudla okuningi nokuphuza, nesixuku esihlabelelayo, esixubileyo. Kukhona futhi umkhosi weNkosi neNdlovukazi yeCarnival, futhi "Ukungcwaba kweSardine" okushiwo ngenhla. Iqembu elikhulu ePuerto Rico, futhi ngumcimbi womndeni; uzobona mini vejigantes kuyo yonke indawo. Lindela izixuku, umculo ozwakalayo, abavuli bamazwi amakhulu, nesikhathi esihle!