Umkhosi Wentela: Umkhosi Wonyaka We-Carnival waseBarbados

01 ngo-08

Isingeniso Sokukhula E-Barbados

I-Bridgetown, i- Barbados yilona uhlobo lomuzi waseCaribbean oluveza amagugu alo koloni ngaso sonke isikhathi. Eminyakeni engaba ngu-400 ubudala, inhloko-dolobha yesiqhingi esaziwa ngokuthi "i-Little England" -i-UNESCO World Heritage Site-inqatshelwe izakhiwo nezakhiwo zomlando, kuhlanganise nephalamende lesithathu elidala kule Commonwealth kanye namakhulu eminyaka ubudala isithombe se-Admiral Lord Nelson. Iqokomisa kahle i-prim-and-efanele, i-oh-so-yaseBrithani ukuthi isiqhingi siyayaziwa.

Ngaphandle, okungukuthi, ngoMsombuluko wokuqala ngo-Agasti.

Ngalolo suku, imigwaqo yaseBridgetown ibheka noma yikuphi okulungile. Isihlonipho siya emoyeni; endaweni yayo kuza into eyaziwa ngokuthi "wukking up": amadoda nabesifazane abaxoshwayo-bahlanjululwe ngobuhlalu, amabhayisikili kanye nezinwele ezibomvu ngokucacile-begcoba iziqhenqo zabo ngezwi. Umculo we-soca okhululekile ovukela izikhulumi ezinemibala ehamba ngamaloli; Hlala i-Gay rum egijima ngokukhululekile; Amafulegi aseCaribbean abamele iziqhingi ezivela eSt. Lucia kuya eJamaica ehamba elangeni elishisayo. Ukugqoka i-parade enkulu emidlalweni edlalwayo: i-"Sally Sally," i-cleavage ebonakala kahle ekubonisweni kwe-bacchanalian, ilandelwa "i-Donkey Donkey," ivula isiphepho emgqokeni wayo wesibongolo. Ngisho no-Bajan pop star, uRihanna ujoyina emikhosini, egibela amabhange eBerry eBerer kanye nalabo abathandana nabo.

Lolu suku lwe-Kadooment: umvuthwandaba wokuqhafaza we-Barbados's Crop Over, umkhosi omkhulu wehlobo e-Caribbean.

02 ngo-08

I-Barbados Ukuhlwanyela Umkhosi Ongaphezulu: Wukking Up!

Umkhosi wamasonto amahlanu ogcwele umculo, umdanso, isiko kanye nokuningi kwe-rum - esiqhingini esitshela ukuthi siyilungile - I-Crop Over isuka ekhulwini leshumi nesishiyagalombili, lapho izigqila zigubha ukuphela kokuvuna umoba . I-Modern-Day Crop Over iyakhumbula lesi sifa, njengalapho iphakamisa i-ante enezingane eziningi kanye nemicimbi; Ngo-2011 kwaba yiyona engcono kakhulu eyayikuyolalwa okwamanje, kanti amashumi ezinkulungwane zabathengisi bemigwaqo emgwaqeni osukwini lweKadooment.

Ifilimu yomkhosi, ngabe nginesikhathi eside nginesihlahla sekhalenda, ngakho ngifikile esiqhingini esilungele ukuhamba. Ngangena egcekeni elisha nge-Marriott (Book Now), okwakubonakala, ekubonweni kokuqala, i-Carnival-esque ngokucacile: ihhotela elihle elibhekene ne-TV kanye namakhompyutha. Kodwa njengoba ukuNqwabelana kokungaphezulu kwabangenele kungena, ibhizinisi elilodwa eligcinwe ibhizinisi lokuzijabulisa; umbulali wezintatheli ezivela eTrinidad naseJamicaji waguqula indawo yokubamba iqhaza kanye nedokodo lehhotela lehhotela laseGarrison libe yizigameko ezingekho emthethweni.

Ukukhuphuka Kwakuqala ngempela ukuqala amasonto ngaphambili, ngokuKhutshwa kweMikhawulo Yokugcina kanye neNdlovukazi yeNkosi kanye neNdlovukazi yoMkhosi, okukhunjulwa abaqashi bezinsikazi nabesifazane abasebenza kakhulu kule nkathi. Kukhona amakhonsathi omuntu, imincintiswano ye-calypso nemiboniso yobuciko, kufaka phakathi eyodwa e-Central Bank, engenza iphuzu lokuvakashela.

Ehlatshwe umxhwele ukuhlukahluka kobuciko obuboniswayo - abanye abaculi basekhaya babonisa abavuli bezemidlalo ezijabulisayo; abanye bahlonipha ubugqila kanye nokudlula okubuhlungu ngomsebenzi we-multimedia - ngichitha ihora ngifake ngaphakathi, ngase ngihamba ngeBridgetown Market, eguqula, ezinsukwini ngaphambi kwesikhangiso esikhulu, ku-party day street. Izitayela ezithengiswa ngezinhlanzi ezindizayo ezinhlanzi nezinhlanzi ezibabayo ezibabayo. Umculo wawusendaweni yonke: ama-calypso amaqembu enza ibukhoma, izikhulumi zishaya ama-CDs omusha we-soca. Indoda ethengisa izimbali kanye nezithelo ezintsha- "nje ungibize ngokuthi uNut Man," kuchaza ukuthi i-Crop Over ayishowa ngokuthi "umkhosi omuhle kunazo zonke ehlobo". "Lesi sikhathi sonyaka, abantu baseBajan bayamnandi nje," ngokusho kwakhe.

03 ngo-08

I-Barbados Yenza Umkhosi Ongaphezu Kwedluli: Pic-O-De-Crop

Ukukhanya - futhi ngisho ngasekupheleni, ebusuku ebusuku; uhlobo lwamabusuku owavuka ekuseni - lwalusetshenziswa emabhokisini nasemibonisweni. Ngangazi ukuthi angaphuthelwa Imicimbi emikhulu emikhonsathini emikhulu: Pic-O-De-Crop neCohobblopot.

Ku-Pic-O-De-Crop, ama-calypsoniya wendawo ancintisana nesihloko esinqunyiwe se-Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Monarch. Kusukela ebhokisini lami e-Kensington Oval, inkundla yekhilikithi ekhishiwe, ngathola izifundo ezombusazwe zendawo ngezingoma zomculo, futhi ngathokozile lapho lowo oyinqobe eyintandokazi yabantu: uPopsicle, osanda kufika owakhipha ukuphawula mayelana nosizi lwezomnotho kanye nenkohlakalo yezombangazwe ngoma ingoma edlalwayo mayelana nembongolo (isilwane, yebo!).

"I-Calypso isezandleni eziphephile: abantu abasha bahlala ngokuhlaziya komphakathi," kuchaza i-Red Plastic Bag, i-calypsonian ehlonishwayo yaseBajan eyaziwa ngokuthatha ama-jabs ahlukumezayo kubazombangazwe basekhaya. "Kugcina izikhonzi zethu zihlola. I-Calypsonians yizazi-mlando, niyabona. "

04 ngo-08

I-Barbados Yenza Umkhosi Ongaphezu Konyaka: Cohobblopot

E-Cohobblopot - i-slang yendawo ye "isisindo esivela ezihlukahlukene zezithako" - ingxube yayiyizinto zonke zokuzijabulisa: ama-calypsonians nama-band abonisa izingubo zabo futhi enza izilaleli ezigcwele. Ukugqama kuka-2011 kwakuyisibonakaliso esinamandla senkanyezi ye-Trinidadian soca Machel Montano, eyaziwa ngesigqoko sakhe se-raber-band kanye nabadlali be-backup backup supernaturally ("Ingabe ngempela wayenza lokho-upside down?" Indoda eyayiseduze nami yazibiza ngokuthi i-Montano futhi inkampani yenza ukushaya kwabo ngo-2011 ngokuthi "Bend Over").

05 ka-08

I-Barbados Ukuhlwanyela Umkhosi Ongaphezulu: Izindwangu

Ngemuva kokuboniswa komkhosi okusemthethweni kufike umkhuhlane wezintambo. Ukuzibiza ngokuthi amaqembu yi-understatement eyinkimbinkimbi; ama-extravaganzas avulekile, ngokuvamile agcwaliswe ngokudla, okwenziwa ngabaculi bendawo, nesixuku esigqoke emanini. Ngangithatha abaningi ngangingakwazi ukuhlangana phakathi kwezikhathi ezithile (omunye akalele ngesikhathi sokukhuphuka; omunye uthatha ihora noma amabili njalo njalo).

Ekukhanyeni, isixuku sasihlanjululwe emhlophe futhi ebusuku sasiqothulwa ngokusebenza kwenkanyezi yeBajan i-sock Edwin Yearwood, ebizwa ngokuthi "Good Time" yayiyi-summary of the festivities. Futhi eBliss, ebanjwe ngezizathu ezimangalisayo ze-Porters Great House, i-sugar estate yangekhulu le-17, ngahamba nge-post-wuk-up enomdla wokudla: izimila eziningi zokudla neziphuzo zazihlinzeka konke kusuka e-martinis kuya ku-Thai cuisine, ama-shrimp pasta imbuzi ekhishwe.

Amantombazane anjalo awakhumbuza umkhosi omkhulu weCaribbean, eTrinidad , lapho kusetshenzwa khona izinsuku nezinsuku eziyisihlanu kwelinye inkululeko noma enye. Kodwa lokho uBarbados enakho ngaphezu kweTrinidad kwakungaphandle komnyango wami, okwenza imindeni yasemini engadingekile: eminye yamabhishi omhlaba omhlophe kakhulu omhlophe esifundeni. Ngahamba ngezinsuku ezimbalwa lapho, ngiphinde ngiphinde ngiphinde ngiphinde ngifinyelele phakathi kwezixuku namaqhwa e-Accra Beach, esinye sezigcawu ezithandwa kakhulu eziqhingini. Nganginenhlanhla ngokwanele ukuthola ukuthi ngibamba imisebe ethile nokuthi lo mfana ongavamile wangena ekamera eSandy Lane , indawo ekhethekile kunazo zonke eBarbados.

06 ka-08

I-Barbados Yokutshala Umkhosi Ongaphezulu: I-Cruise Booze

Kwabe sekukhona iS Cruise Cruise. Bonke abangane bami baseBajan ekhaya babuke bathi uma ngiya emcimbini owodwa we-Crop Over, ake kube yi-Cruise Booze edumile. Bonke abaseBarbados babonakala sengathi bathole isimemo esifanayo: Lapho ngifika emkhunjini wesikebhe ekuseni ngo-10 ekuseni, imigqa igxile phansi ebhodini futhi iqembu liqale; i-steel-pan band yayinezingcingo kanye neziphuzo zazigeleza. Ababukeli baqhutshelwa kwelinye lalezi zikebhe, futhi, kahle, bakhuphuka futhi bahamba-ngenkathi bedansa eBajan soca, nakanjani.

Ngangena eJolly Roger, emkhunjini we-faux pirate, kanye nomdumo odumile: I-Rujan i-Bajan soca, owayengumdlali we-Miss Universe uWendy Fitzwilliam, evakashela eTrinidad, noTunidad ubuntu beTransidadian uJeilleille Bonterre. Kungakapheli isikhathi eside, kanye nambalwa amaGay Gays kamuva, thina besifazane abathathu babesuka ezintambo futhi bangena olwandle lwaseCaribbean. Futhi lapho sibheka emuva emgodini, epholile futhi evuselelekile, iRupe yayenza isethi esingaphansi kwe-impromptu, ihlabelela yonke indawo yakhe yokulima okuthi "NginguBajan."

"Angeke ngibe yiBajan kodwa thina sonke singamaJuda ngenkathi sikhuphuka!" UFitzwilliam wamemezela ngokumomotheka.

07 ngo-08

I-Barbados Yokutshala Umkhosi Ongaphezu Kosuku: NgoMsombuluko

Umzuzu wami "Ngingumzuzu weBajan" wangena emahoreni we-wee, kwelinye lamaphuzu avelele we-Crop Over. I-Foreday Morning yiyona version yeBarbadian yalokho okunye okubizwa ngokuthi yi-J'Ouvert: i-parade egijima kusukela ngo-3 ekuseni kuze kufike ilanga, lapho ababukeli bezingubo zibophezela kukho konke kusuka odakeni nokudweba ku-cocoa. Ngathola ukuthi ngamukeleke ebhentshini endaweni ethile cishe ngo-4 ekuseni, futhi ngaphambi kokuba ngizi ukuthi ngangihamba futhi ngihamba ngineqembu labantu abangaziwayo, ngisazi ngamagama onke amaculo engangikuzwile okokuqala ngqa kuphela.

Ngokushesha ngahlanganiswa i-cocoa; ngemva nje kokuba ngidansa ngaphansi kwekhasi lamanzi e-Oval, ekhaya kuze kube sekupheleni kosuku lwe-Foreday Morning, ngibhekile ilanga likhuphuka, libukeka lihlezi phansi futhi liyamangala enkundleni yonke egcwele ingcolile - ngokoqobo! - AbaJuda nabaseTrinin nabaseCanada nabaseMelika, bedansa ndawonye njengokungathi sonke sasiyiqiniso ngempela, njengoba kusho izwi.

08 ngo-08

I-Barbados Yokutshala Umkhosi Ongaphezu Kosuku: Usuku Olubizayo

Ngesikhathi uKadooment Day efika nxazonke, kungaba kuphela icing phezu ikhekhe. Ngidlala mas (ngamanye amazwi, ngangihlanganyela kulo mdlalo) ngeqembu elibizwa ngeBaje International, okuyinto ngokusobala ukuthi yileli bhili: Yingani eyanele ngokwanele ukuthi iRupe noRahanna imnandi ngokwanele kimi.

Njengoba usuku ludlula futhi ngangihamba elangeni nasemvula, ngidansa phakathi kwama-raindrops futhi ngiphelela e-Spring Garden, i-park enkulu, ngimisa isikhathi sonke manje ukuze ngizibonge i-Barbados engizange ngiyibone ngaphambili: eyodwa lapho ihlobisa khona sithathwe esikhundleni sokushiya mahhala, sonke sibheka ukudonsa phansi kokugcina komkhosi okwedlula kunalokho, ushukela uqobo.