"Ngo-1492, uColumbus wahamba ngomkhumbi olwandle." Sonke sikhumbula lesi simiso esivela esikoleni, kodwa ngonyaka, umphakathi wase-Italy naseMelika eNew York City ubonisa ukuziqhenya 'ngeqhawe labo lomuzi' uChristopher Columbus ngenye yezinto ezinkulu kakhulu zonyaka.
Ngo-Okthoba 12 yilusuku olusemthethweni lokufika kukaColumbus ekufikeni olwandle lwaseMelika, kodwa e-United States, leli holide ligujwa ngoMsombuluko wesibili ngo-Okthoba.
Ngesikhathi iSonto lePhalamende likaSt. Patrick kanye ne- Thanksgiving Day Parade lidweba izixuku ezinkulu futhi zenza kube nzima ukuhamba, leli Columbus Day Parade linezo zonke izici ezinhle ze- NYC ezidinga ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuhlela okukhulu noma ukubhekana nezixuku eziningi kanye nokuphikisana.
I-Columbus Day Parade ihlelwe yi-Columbus Citizens Foundation e-New York kusukela ngo-1929. Abantu abangaphezu kuka-35,000 bahlanganyela kwiColumbus Day Parade eNew York City unyaka ngamunye, kuhlanganise namaqembu angaphezu kuka-100, anezinkampani, ezithengayo, neziqu. Lo mdlalo uheha abantu abangaba yizigidi eziyisikhombisa futhi umkhosi omkhulu kunazo zonke isiko lase-Italy naseMelika emhlabeni.
Ulwazi lwe-Parade ye-Columbus Day Parade ka-2017
I-Columbus Day Parade izokwenzeka ngoMsombuluko, ngo-Okthoba 9, 2017. Umhlangano uqala emini bese uhlala kuze kube ngu-3 ntambama Umzila uqala ngoFifth Avenue nge-47th Street futhi uqhubeka enyakatho ngeFifth Avenue kuya ku-72nd Street.
Amakhulu azoba khona kuFifth Avenue phakathi kwamigwaqo angu-67 no-69.
Lapho ukhetha khona kumbukiso wokubukwa kufanele kunqunywe ukunambitheka komuntu siqu. Izindawo ezivelele kakhulu zokubukela zihamba eduze neCentral Park, kodwa eziningi-eNew York nase-suburbanites ngokufanayo-iMidtown yenza njengehabhu lokuthutha, futhi unyaka ngamunye kunezibuko ezibukhoma eduze ne-67th Street, ngakho-ke kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uphela kuphi, bayoba into ekhethekile eceleni komzila.
Ngaphambi kokuba kuqhutshwe umbukiso, inqwaba izobanjelwa eSt. Patrick's Cathedral (50th Street / Fifth Avenue) ngo-9: 30 am. Amathikithi adingekayo ukungena ngaphambi kuka-9: 15, kodwa ngo-9: 15 avula ikamedlana abe khona abengeziwe njengendawo ivumela. Isevisi yokuqala izovumela isikhathi esanele sokuvikela indawo oyithandayo emgwaqweni wokumisa lapho ubukhulu buqediwe.
Ngemuva kokuqokwa, salingisa uChristopher Columbus ngokujabulela ukudla kwase-Italy kwenye yezinketho eziningi ezizungezile edolobheni. Ukubheja kwakho okungcono kakhulu ukuya e-Little Italy ukuze uthole ukuhambela, ubuqiniso, nokuningi kokudla.
Ngesisu esiphelele, indlela yokugcina (futhi engcono kakhulu) yokuhlonipha uMnu. Columbus bekuzoba ukuhlola, yebo! Ngakho-ke, hamba "olwandle oluvulekile" lwe-Hudson noma e-East River ukuze uthole isikebhe noma isikebhe uhambo, futhi uthole ukuthi umakhelwane omusha kufanele anikele!