Umhlahlandlela wenyanga weCarnival kuzo zonke iziqhingi zaseCaribbean
I-Carnival yaseCaribbean , njengalabo aseRio naseNew Orleans (iMardi Gras), yinto ejwayelekile yenkampani enkulu yokuqhuma eyaholela esikhathini esibucayi seLent ekhalendeni lobuKristu. Kodwa-ke, kuyilapho iziqhingi eziningi zaseCaribbean zigubha iminyaka engu-Carnival ezinsukwini eziholela ku-Ash ngoLwesithathu - kuhlanganise no-Trinidad & Tobago, i-Carnival yakhe idumile emhlabeni wonke - abanye babambe imikhosi yabo yeCarnival ngezinye izikhathi zonyaka.
I-Barbados, isibonelo, ibiza iCarnival yayo "Ukunqanda," umkhosi wendabuko wokuvuna okwenzeka ngo-Agasti. "UViccy Mas" kaSt. Vincent ungomunye wemikhosi yaseCarnival eyayiqhutshwa ehlobo, okwethaba okuthile okwehlukile isikhathi esincane sonyaka eCaribbean.
Izindaba ezinhle zezivakashi ukuthi uma unesimo sengqondo sokuhlangenwe nakho kwesiqhingi esiyingqayizivele, ungathola umkhosi weCarnival cishe nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka. Eqinisweni, ezinye iziqhingi zinezenzakalo zeCarnival ezithatha izinyanga, kusukela emkhosini we-Epiphany ngoJanuwari kuya ku-Ash ngoLwesithathu, isibonelo
Nazi zonke iziqhingi zaseCaribbean ezigubha iKarnival nezinyanga abazenza ngazo (izinsuku eziqondile zingashintsha unyaka nonyaka). Labo ababalwe ngokuthi "I-Lent" bagubha iKarnival ngenkathi yendabuko, engawela ngoFebhuwari noma ngoMashi kuye ngokuthi usuku lwe-Ash ngoLwesithathu ne-Easter ngeSonto. Futhi, kulabo bahambayo bafuna ulwazi olusheshayo ngezinhlobo zezenzakalo abangase babone noma bazihlanganyele emkhosini eziqhingini ezithile, izenzakalo ezibalwe kuma-parenthesis ziyisibonelo nje seminye imikhosi ongayibona kunoma yisiphi isiqhingi esinikeziwe.
Hlola uhlu lwethu olunzulu lwezinsuku zomkhosi nezindawo ezingezansi:
- I-Anguilla : Agasti (I-Carnival ne-Boat-Racing)
- I-Antigua : Ngo-Agasti (Umgwaqo weNdlela no-Drum)
- I-Aruba : I-Lent (I-Torch Light Parades kanye nokukhethwa kweNkosi neNdlovukazi)
- I-Bahamas (i-Junkanoo): Disemba - Januwari (i- "Rush-Out" I-Parade)
- I-Barbados (I-Crop Over): Agasti (Umculo weCalypso)
- I-Bermuda (Usuku lweBermuda / i-Junkanoo): May (Ukugubha kweBermudan Ancestry)
- Bonaire : Lent (The Burning of "iNkosi Momo")
- Iziqhingi zaseBritish Virgin (Umkhosi We-Emancipation): NgoJulayi - Agasti (Izindleko Zokudla kanye ne-Street Jamming)
- I-Cayman Islands (Batabano): Ngo-Ephreli - Meyi (i-Bar Hop ne-Soca Performances)
- I-Cuba : I-Lent (i- Comparsas eyenziwa emgwaqweni)
- I-Curacao : I-Lent (umculo we-Tumba)
- I-Dominica : I-Lent (i-Jump-up Street Parade)
- I-Dominican Republic : I-Lente (i-Elaborate Masks neMikhosi Yama-Multi-town)
- I-Grenada : Agasti (Izenzo Zomphakathi Wasekhaya kanye ne-Queen Show)
- I-Guadeloupe : I-Lent (Dance Marathons and Competitions)
- I-Haiti : I-Lent (Imiphakathi yaseRural "Rara" Imikhosi Yomkhosi namaCreole)
- I-Jamaica (Bacchanal): Ngo-Ephreli (Mas Camp no-Bacchanal ngoLwesihlanu)
- Martinique : I-Lent (Ukuvutha kwe "Vaval," iKarnival King)
- I-Montserrat : uDisemba (Ubuhle bekhasi kanye nabakwa-"Masqueraders" Abadansa)
- IPuerto Rico : NgoJanuwari- Februwari (Izindleko zeVeigigantes kanye namaFulathi eParade)
- Saba : Julayi - Agasti (Ukugubha 'kweCaribbean Old')
- USt. Barts : I-Lent ("Vide" I-Parade Day kanye Nokuncintisana Kwezingubo / Ukudansa)
- St Eustatius : April - Meyi (i-Carnival Village ne-International Show)
- St Kitts neNevis (Sugar Mas): December - Januwari ("I-Sugar Cup" neCocktail Party)
- St. Lucia : July (Boutique Carnival and Parade of the Bands)
- USt. Martin / Maarten : USt. Martin: Ukuphumula; St Maarten: April (Balloon Parade kanye Light Parade)
- ISt. Vincent namaGrenadines (Vincy Mas): Juni - Julayi (J'Ouvert, Miss Carnival, noJunior Pan Fest)
- I-Trinidad ne-Tobago : I-Lent (I-Carnival enkulu kunazo zonke futhi eyaziwayo kakhulu eCaribbean)
- I-Turks ne-Caicos (i-Junkanoo): Disemba - Januwari
- Iziqhingi zase-US : iStro Croix, uDisemba - Januwari ; USt. Thomas, ngo-Ephreli (Imikhosi Yokudla kanye Nemikhumbi Yomlilo)
Ukuze uthole ulwazi oluthe xaxa kulokho okuhloswe khona kwe-Caribbean nokuthi kuphi ukugubha khona, hlola umhlahlandlela wethu omfushane weCarnival eCaribbean. Uma ungakaze ufike eCarnival eCaribbean ngaphambili, hlola umhlahlandlela wethu ekuhleleni okuhlangenwe nakho okuphephile nokujabulisayo - abakwa-Carnival-goers besazi ukuthi ukulungiselela "ukudlala mas" kuqala izinyanga, hhayi amasonto, ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Ayikwazi ukwenza ku-Carnival? Azikho izinkathazo - kukhona njalo uhlobo lweqembu oluqhubekayo eCaribbean: bheka umhlahlandlela wethu wamasonto onke ukuze uthole ukuthi kwenzekani uma useziqhingini!