I-Intro kwiqembu elikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni
I-Mardi Gras. Ungachaza kanjani iqembu elikhulu emhlabeni? Uma uzalwa eNew Orleans yindlela nje izinto eziyiyo. Kusemathanjeni akho futhi awukwazi ukucabanga ukuthi uhlala kuphi lapho ungagubhi iMardi Gras. Nokho, uma ungumvakashi, udinga incazelo kanye nesiqondiso. Ngakho, ukuqala, i-Mardi Gras iFulentshi ye-Fat ngoLwesibili. Igujwa njalo ngosuku ngaphambi kwe-Ash ngoLwesithathu, ngakho usuku lushintsha njalo ngonyaka .
I-Ash ngoLwesithathu iyisiqalo se-Lent, kanye namaKatolika aseNew Orleans okusho ukunikela. Ngakho, i-Mardi Gras ibhasi lokugcina ngaphambi kweLent. Kodwa, lokhu kuyi-New Orleans, futhi usuku olulodwa lokuhlukanisa alukwanele. Ngokuyinhloko inkathi yeMardi Gras, ebizwa ngokuthi iCarnival, iqala ngoJanuwari 6, uMkhosi we-Epiphany.
Isizini seCarnival
Ngomhlaka 6 Januwari, inkathi yeCarnival iqala ngamabhola, aphezulu, ngesimemo kuphela, i-tableaus ehlelekile lapho ibukhosini beqembu ngalinye noma "krewe" linikezwa. Khona-ke, cishe amasonto amabili ngaphambi kosuku lwamaMardi Gras, iziqalo ziqala. I-Krewes yizinhlangano ezizimele ezifaka uMardi Gras nezenzakalo ezihlobene zeCarnival. Izindleko zalesi sigaba esibucayi zikhokhwa ngamalungu ngamunye eKrewes futhi akukho ukuxhaswa kwezebhizinisi kweMardi Gras Parades.
I- Mardi Gras Parades iqalisa cishe amasonto amabili ngaphambi kosuku oluqondile lweMardi Gras. Kunezinhlobo eziningana zezigqoko.
Abanye bagqoke "yi-Krewes" endala, abaholi bezinkolelo abanamabhola e-tableau, nenkosi nendlovukazi abakhethwa ngaphakathi kwe-Krewe. Lawa maKrewes abuyela emuva ngawo-1800 futhi asungula ngempela amasiko kaMardi Gras eNew Orleans. I-Krewe kaRex inikeza omdala kulezi zigcawu futhi ibuyele emuva ngo-1872.
I-Rex ihamba ngezinsuku ngosuku lwama-Mardi Gras kanti iNkosi yeRex yiNkosi esemthethweni yeCarnival.
Imisindo evezwe yi-"Super Krewes" yakamuva kakhulu esekelwe kakhulu. Izitshalo zivame ukuphindwa kabili ubukhulu bezinto ezihambayo emidlalweni emidala. Esikhundleni sebhola, i-Super Krewes inezinhlangano ezibukhali ngokushesha ngemva kokuhamba kwazo, futhi zikhona amakhosi amadumo. I-Super Krewe izidumbu ziqala ngoMgqibelo ngaphambi kweMardi Gras ne- Endymion. Ngobusuku obulandelayo yiBacchus . Bobabili basungulwa ngawo-1960, uBacchus no-Endymion "bangabakhulukazi" be-Super Krewes. Ngosuku olulandelayo uMardi Gras waziwa ngokuthi uLundi Gras (Fat ngoMsombuluko). I-Super Krewes entsha, i-Orpheus ihamba ngobusuku boLundi Gras.
I-Mardi Gras Parades
Cishe wonke ama-New Orleans ahamba phambili ahamba phansi eSt. Charles Avenue futhi afike e-Central Business District. Okuhlukile okuphawulekayo yi-Endymion, eya e-Central Business District esuka ku-Canal Street. Amaphesenti ambalwa kakhulu angena esigcawini saseFrance ngenxa yemigwaqo emincane kule ndawo yakudala, emlandweni wedolobha. Uma ufuna ukubona i-parade, kufanele ushiye iQorter Quarter, noma okungenani uye e-Canal Street enqenqemeni yesigcawu saseFrance.
I-Mardi Gras Throws
Into eyodwa yonke imidwebo yamaMardi Gras efana ngayo ukuthi abagibeli baphonsa izinto esixukwini.
Yiqiniso, izinto eziyinhloko yizinhlawulo ze-Mardi Gras. Kodwa futhi baphonsa izinkomishi zepulasitiki nama-douloons (zemali) nosuku kanye nesihloko sakwa-krewe sonyaka. Ezinye zezingqungquthela ziphonsa ezihlukile kwi-krewe. Isibonelo, abagibeli be-krewe baseZulu benza ipeyinti yezandla nezokakhukhunathi ezihlotshiswe kahle. Nakuba umthetho womuzi wenza kube ngokungemthetho ukuphonsa lezi, abagibeli bavunyelwe ukunikeza eyodwa kuwe. Ikhukhunathi yamaZulu kungenzeka ukuthi iphosa elibaluleke kunazo zonke eMardi Gras futhi uma unenhlanhla ngokwanele ukuthola elinye uthola amalungelo okuziqhenya.
Ngokuphambene nenkolelo evamile, i-Mardi Gras inobungane nomndeni. Imindeni eminingi yaseNew Orleans, kuhlanganise nemayini, isendaweni yaseSt. Charles Avenue phakathi kweNapoleon Avenue noLee Circle. Uma ungena kule ndawo, uzothola izithombe ze-picnics zomndeni kanye ne-bar-b-ques yonke indlela emgwaqweni.
Izingane ezincane zihlala ezihlalweni ezikhethekile ezikhonjiswe emakethe ukuze ziqiniseke ukuthi ziphephile futhi zikwazi ukubona ukuthi kwenzekani. Ngokomthetho, la makhansela kumele abe kude nakakhulu ukusuka emgqeni njengoba ephakeme, futhi umuntu omdala kumele ahlale esiteji nomntwana.
Abagibeli abahamba ngezinyawo baphatha ukuphonsa okhethekile, njengezilwane ezigxotshiwe, ezinganeni ezincane kule ngxenye yomgwaqo. Ngenxa yokuthi le ndawo ngokuvamile yindawo yomndeni isimo sengqondo sinobungane futhi si-G.
Konke Kuphela Phakathi Nabobusuku
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani ngesikhathi semikhosi futhi ikakhulukazi ngosuku lweMardi Gras ku- Bourbon Street , konke kuphelile phakathi kwamabili. Ngesikhathi sokushaywa phakathi kwamabili, u-Lent uqala futhi iqembu liphela. Amaphoyisa aphakanyisiwe aholele ukuhlanza emigwaqweni emikhulu ye-Bourbon Street. Ngakho-ke, kungcono ukuphuma ku-Bourbon Street ngaphambi kwamabili. Abaningi abasanda kufika ku-Mardi Gras noma abazi lokhu noma abakholelwa futhi babanjwe ehlakalweni. Yikholelwa, iqembu liphela phakathi kwamabili.
Ngakho-ke, eze kuMardi Gras futhi ungesabi ukuba nesikhathi esihle. Khumbula, ungaya wedwa futhi ubone amasayithi e-Bourbon Street, noma ulethe izingane futhi uhlale eSt. Charles Avenue.