I-Carnival esiqhingini saseTrinidad naseTobago ngumcimbi waminyaka yonke okulindeleke kakhulu. Umbukiso we-calypso ne-soca bands ogqoke izingubo ezimnandi akuyona nje injabulo yokubukela, kodwa nakho okuhlangenwe nakho okumangalisayo ukuba yingxenye. Izihambeli kanye nabalingani be-Trini bayamukelekile ukujoyina enye yama- Carnival "Mas Bands" (amafushane ama-Masquerader bands), kodwa ukubhuka kusengaphambili kuyadingeka.
Uma uhamba namanye amaqembu eCarnival emigwaqweni yasePort of Spain kuthiwa "udlala mas" futhi usho ukuthi uzogqoka ijaji elidumile lebhola ngenkathi udansa emigwaqweni ukuya kumculo wesiqhingi. Lena okuhlangenwe nakho okuhle ukwabelana nabangani.
Ukukhetha i-Mas Band
Ungase uthande ukunquma nge-band ngezingubo zalo-ibhande ngalinye elidlala ku-Carnival liyoba nombala wayo wombala kanye netihloko, kanye nesitayela. Amanye amaqembu, njengalawa abizwa nge-Bikini Mas, afaka kakhulu ukudalula, izingubo ezimhlophe, kanti abanye bazobe beqaphele kakhulu. Ibhande ngalinye lihlukaniswe ngezigaba (lapho uhamba phakathi kweqembu, njengaphambili nangemuva) nesigaba ngasinye sinesigqoko saso. Ungabuka igqoko ngalinye kwiwebhusayithi yebhande. Kufanele futhi ukhokhele izindwangu, ngakho ukuhlola izindleko kusengaphambili umqondo omuhle.
Kwezinye izigaba zamaMas, ukhokhela izindwangu futhi uhambe ngokuhamba nabo.
Uma ukhetha ibhendi elihlanganisa konke, noma kunjalo, inkokhelo yakho ngeke nje igubungele izindwangu kodwa futhi utshwala nezinye iziphuzo, ukudla nokugeza okuhambayo. Amabala okuhlanganiswa konke (kanye namaqembu amathandwayo athandwayo) agcwalise masinyane, ngakho-ke udinga ukwenza ukubhuka kusenesikhathi.
Izindleko zeMas Band
Ngaphandle komculo, i-Carnival yikho mayelana nezembatho!
Ukusho ukuthi izingubo zeCarnival ziyinkimbinkimbi. Zenziwa izinyanga kusengaphambili futhi zidalwa ngabanye abaklami abakhulu baseTrinidad-kukhona ngisho nombukiso wemfashini oveza izingubo. Lokho okushiwo, lungele ukuchitha ezinye izindleko zemali ziqala cishe ngama-dollar angu-200 futhi zingakhuphukela ezingaphezu kwamaRandi ayi-1000. Cishe bonke bane-glitter kanye ne-glam (okunye okungaphezulu kunabanye) kanye nobubanzi kusukela ekudaluleni kakhulu ekufihleni okuningi.
Amanethiwekhi we-Premium All-Inclusive Mas
Izivakashi eziningi zikhetha "ukudlala mas" ngezinye zezinhlangano ezinkulu, ezihlanganisa wonke ama-Tribe noma amaHarts. Nazi ezinye zeMas Bands ezihlinzeka nge-frills ephezulu. Ungakhohlwa ukuhlela kusenesikhathi: amanye amaqembu aqala ukuthatha ukubhuka kusukela ngo-Agasti!
- I-Tribe: Le bhenti ehlanganisiwe yonke, ngenkathi ibe yiyona enkulu kunazo zonke ku-Carnival, izinikezele ekukhwaleni ikhwalithi. Izindleko zihlanganisa izingubo, izidakamizwa ezingezona utshwala, izidakamizwa, ukudla, ukuphepha, izindlu zangasese zasendaweni, kanye nezimo eziphuthumayo ezingosizeni, kanye ne-TRIBE Cool Zone. Bathengisa njalo ngonyaka ngakho udinga ukubhuka kusenesikhathi.
- AmaHarts: Kusukela ngo-1961, le mas band ibengokuqala kwezinto eziningi, ngokubeka ubuhlalu ngamabhishi ukuze zihlobanise umculo ngakho-ke umculi ngamunye uzwa umculo ngesikhathi esisodwa. Iphakheji labo elihlanganisa konke lihlanganisa izingubo, izinsuku ezimbili zokudla kwasemini kanye nezinsiza zokupaka ukudla, izikhwama ezinhle, i-HARTS Cool Zone, nokuvikeleka, izindlu zokugeza zaselula, kanye nezimo eziphuthumayo.
- Imfashini: Ezingubo zabo "ezingqondweni" ezisezingeni eliphakeme, I-Fantasy izinikele ekwenzeni okuhlangenwe nakho kwakho kweCarnival okumele uyikhumbule. Ukuze ubhalise, udinga ukuxhumana nelungu lekomiti ukuthola ikhodi yokufinyelela.
- Ukukhathazeka: Le Mas Band ihlanganisa konke okunye okuningi, idla ukudla okulungisiwe (ukudla kwasekuseni, kwasemini, isidlo sakusihlwa, nokudla) usuku ngalunye, ibha ye-ultra-premium egcwele nge-champagne ehlinzeka ngoLwesibili kusihlwa, ukuyeka ukuhamba nge-massage kanye neziteshi zokuzakhela, ngemuva kweqembu, nokuzithombe nezithombe ezitholakala ngemuva komcimbi.
- I-Trist Tribe: Ukuthola indawo yesibili njengeDowntown Band of the Year ngonyaka wabo wokuqala, I-Lost Tribe izama ukunqoba umklomelo weBan Year. Iphakheji elibandakanya konke lihlanganisa izingubo-ezikusiza ukukhipha udansa ngaphakathi kwakho-kanye nokudla okumbalwa, i-park yangasese yangasese, ukuzijabulisa kwe-DJ, nezikhwama ezinhle.
Amanye ama-Mas Bands
Uma ubheka ukujoyina i-Carnival fun kodwa awudingi konke okufakiwe, lezi Mas Bands zinikeza izambatho ezinhle kanye nesipiliyoni esithakazelisayo.
- I-Showtime: Le Mas Band ayihlinzeki nje ngokuzijabulisa kodwa iphinde ikhuthaze imfundo yamasiko kanye nobuhlobo phakathi kwethu nezwe elizungezile.
- Ukujabula: "Indodakazi ethandekayo ye-Tribe," i-Bliss inikeza izingubo ezidalwa abakhiqizi abaphezulu. Udinga ukubhalisa ngamalungu ekomidi nabathintekayo.
- Ukudlala ngothando: Lo Mas Band owina imiklomelo ukholelwa ukuthi uCarnival ingaphezu kwamafrikhthi afakazelayo amanye amabandla ahlanganisa wonke umuntu futhi anzame ukuletha isipiliyoni emuva kwezimpande zawo ngokuhlonipha lesi sizwe esibili esiqhingini.
- UPetlemas: Ngesiqubulo sabo esithi "sexy, obuseduze, omnandi," umgomo kaPetlemas 'ukuhlinzeka izingubo ezinhle kanye nemvelo ephephile ukujabulela imikhosi ngokugcwele.
- I-Ronnie & I-Caro Carnival Band: Ngaphandle kwezingubo ezihle kakhulu, le Mas Band inikeza izinto eziyingqayizivele ngamaphakheji, njengama-lollies, umlimi omunwe othuza utshwala, kanye nemifula ye-tequila.
- I-Utopia Mas: Ukunikeza amaphakheji ahlukahlukene, okunye kufaka phakathi ukugibela kwe-J'ouvert mas and after-party, ungenza ngokwezifiso isipiliyoni sakho.
- Ungabuye ubuke amanye ama-Mas Bands njenge-D Krewe, ifa, i-Papparazzi, i-Trini Revelers, ne-Yuma Vibe.
I-J'ouvert Bands
Ngiyavuma, igama lesiFulentshi elithi "usuku luvuleka," lwenzeka eCarnival ngoMsombuluko ekuseni ngaphambi kokusa. Abathengi bahlangana emigwaqweni yasePort of Spain ngemizimba yabo ehlanganiswe nodaka, i-coca yamafutha, noma upende. Ngokufana nokudlala mas, ukujoyina i-J'ouvert band kubizwa ngokuthi "ukudlala i-Jououvert." Ukudlala i-J'ouvert kuyabiza kakhulu kunokudlala i-mas, futhi kulula kakhulu-unikezwa ngezindleko ezilula, ibhulakufesi, utshwala nomculo. Uma unesithakazelo kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho, hlola amaqembu afana ne-Chocolate City, Dozen Dirty, Mudders International, Sithanda J'Ouvert, namaDayidi Aphuzi.