Uma ngabe uke wafika ePuerto Rico , cishe uke wabona ama-mask vejigante . Lezi maski ezinombala ezimhlophe, ezimnandi, zihlobisa izindonga zezitolo ezingenakubalwa eSo Juan nasezungeze isiqhingi. Olenga odongeni lwami lumnyama futhi olubomvu, ngezimpondo ezinhlanu ezinkulu kanye nensimbi ebukhali.
Kodwa zini, futhi zivelaphi? Impendulo ikhona emlandweni wasePuerto Rico, kanye nokuguquguquka kwamasiko okwakhiqiza amasiko ahlukile.
I-vejigante ngumuntu we-folkloric ovela emlandweni obuyela emuva eSpain ephakathi. Umlando uthi i-vejigante imele amaMoor angama-infidel anqotshwa empini eholwa nguSt James. Ukuhlonipha ongcwele, abantu ababegqoke njengamademoni bafika emgwaqeni ngomjikelezo waminyaka yonke. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-vejigante yaba uhlobo lwamademoni, kodwa ePuerto Rico, lithatha isici esisha ngokusungula ithonya lamasiko e-Afrika nelomdabu waseTaíno. Abantu base-Afrika banikeze umculo womculo wodubhu obunzima bomba y plena , kuyilapho iTaíno inikele izakhi zomdabu ezingxenyeni ezibaluleke kakhulu zengubo ye-vejigante: i-mask. Ngakho-ke, i-Puerto Rico vejigante iyinkulumo yamasiko ePunto Rico.
I-Careta Mask
I-mask ye-vejigante yaziwa njenge-Careta. Yenziwe kusuka kumaphepha-papier-mâché noma ama-coconut husks (nakuba ngibuye ngabona imaski eningi eyenziwe nge-gourd), ngokuvamile idlala imidlalo ekhombisa ukwesabeka kwezimpondo, ama-fungs nama-beaks, futhi ngokuvamile i-polka-dotted.
Amaski aqoshiwe ngesandla futhi ahlanganiswe nabenzi bokusebenza basekhaya. Ngenkathi i-Careta "yeqiniso" inkulu ngokwanele ukuba igqoke, uzothola ukuthi ubukhulu besigaba samaski kusuka emdalweni encane ukuthi ungakwazi ukubuyela kalula ekhaya lobuciko lobuChina-i-Dragon-like. Ngokufanayo, amanani aqala cishe u-$ 10 futhi afinyelele ezinkulungwaneni.
Ngaphandle kweMask
I-Vejigante ihlanganiswa amagama amabili aseSpanish: vejiga , noma inkinga yezinkomo, ne- gigante , noma i-giant. Igama libhekisela kuma-vejigas ukuthi abalingiswa bathwala nabo. Isibilini, esomisiwe, esihlanjululwayo, sigcwele imbewu futhi siyidwebile, yisikhali esithembekile se-vejigante. Ngesikhathi sePonce Carnival , umcimbi omkhulu wemasiko ePuerto Rico kanye nesigaba sonyaka sokwemvelo yokugubha izinto zakhe, abalingiswa bayohamba ngenjabulo phakathi kwezixuku, behlabelela, behlabelela, behlabelela abadlulayo ngendlela engafanele. (Ungakhathazeki, lokhu akuyona into enobudlova noma ebuhlungu ... okungenani, akuhlosiwe ukuthi kube khona!) I-banter phakathi kwe-vejigantes nezixuku konke kuyingxenye yomnandi.
I-mask ingxenye eyodwa yeqoqo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imidlalo ye-vejigante i-cape flow, ifana ne-suit clown kodwa enezinhlangothi ezinama-billowy ezandalala njengezinhlangothi uma i-vejiga isakaza izingalo zayo.
Awudingi ukulinda iKarnival ukuthola izitifiketi. Bangatholakala ezinhlobonhlobo zemicimbi nemikhosi - ngibone enye i-Hangout e-Saborea! - kodwa ukuze uthole ulwazi olugcwele, akukho lutho olufana nePonce Carnival ne- Fiesta de Santiago Apostól , noma uMkhosi we-Saint James, owabanjelwa eLoíza njalo ngenyanga kaJulayi.
Le mizi emibili yizizinda ezingekho emthethweni zesiko se-vejigante ePuerto Rico, futhi lapho kutholakala khona abakhiqizi abaningi bezingcweti kanye nabenzi bemaski.
Ngithola imaskigante enhle, engavamile futhi evulekile ye-vejigante ukuze ibe yiyona ndlela evelele kakhulu futhi ekhangayo yasePuerto Rico yimibukiso yobuciko nobuciko. Ngenkathi ihamba ngokubanzi emgangathweni (ikakhulukazi ama-miniature, engombono wami awuthathi ngempela umoya wezimaski), akulula ukuthola isiski esithandekayo ukushayela owakho. Futhi uma zingenakuqhathaniswa, khumbula ukuthi lezi akuzona izethulo ezenziwe ngeteknikhali, kodwa imisebenzi eyenziwe ngezandla. I-Asymmetry iyingxenye yobuhle bayo!