I-Carnival yaseCaribbean inezimpande ezihlangene emasiko ase-Afrika naseKatolika
Uma isizini sikaKhisimusi sisebenza ngokusemthethweni e-Caribbean, sekuyisikhathi sokukhipha izicathulo zakho zokudansa bese uqala ukucabanga ngeCarval, ukuthi imikhosi ye-hedonistic ephela ngoFat ngoLwesibili, usuku olulandelayo ngaphambi kokuba i-Lent iqale ngo-Ash ngoLwesithathu. (E-United States, lolo suku nomkhosi lowaziwa ngokuthi iMardi Gras.)
Uma uhlela uhambo oluya eCaribbean ngoFebhuwari noma ngo-Mashi, lapho u-Fat ngoLwesibili uwela kuye unyaka, ungabamba lo mkhosi wokuzijabulisa owenza okuhlangenwe nakho kwesikhathi esisodwa.
I-Trinidad, ikhaya layo langempela, liyiqembu elikhulu kakhulu kunazozonke, kodwa kunezinye iziqhingi eziningi lapho ungathola khona uCarnival , cishe unyaka wonke.
Umsuka weCarnival
I-Carnival e-Caribbean inegunya lokuzalwa eliyinkimbinkimbi: Liboshwe ekolonialism, ukuguqulwa kwenkolo, futhi ekugcineni inkululeko nokugubha. Lo mkhosi wawuvela kumaKatolika ase-Italy eYurophu, futhi kamuva wanda kubantu abaFulentshi nabaseSpain , abaletha isiko ngaphambi kokuba bahlale (futhi beletha izigqila ku- Trinidad , Dominica , Haiti , Martinique nezinye iziqhingi zaseCaribbean).
Igama elithi "Carnival" uqobo lucatshangelwa ukuthi lisho "ukuhlaselwa kwenyama" noma "ukuhlaselwa kwenyama," okukhulunywe ngawo ekuqaleni komkhuba wamaKatolika wokugwema inyama ebomvu kusuka ku-Ash ngoLwesithathu kuze kufike i- Easter . Ukuchazwa okulandelayo, kuyilapho kungenzeka ukuthi kuyi-Apocrypha, kuthiwa kubonakaliswa ukushiya okunengqondo okuza ukuchaza ukugubha kweCaribbean leholidi.
Izazi-mlando zithi zikholelwa ukuthi iCaribbean Carnival yokuqala "yesimanje" ivela eTrinidad naseTobago ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-18 lapho izikhukhula zamaFrance ziletha umkhosi weqembu le-Fat ngoLwesibili, nakuba imikhosi ye-Fat ngoLwesibili yayisanda kwenzeka okungenani ikhulu ngaphambi kwalokho.
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-18, kwakukhona kakade inani elikhulu labamnyama abakhululekile eTrinidad elixubene nabafaki baseFrance, abahlali baseSpain bangaphambili, nabaseBrithani (lesi siqhingi saba ngaphansi kokulawulwa kweBrithani ngo-1797). Lokhu kwaholela ekuguqulweni kweCarnival kusukela emgubheni waseYurophu osetshenziselwe ukuya ekwenzeni okunye okungafani nhlobo kwamasiko okubandakanya amasiko avela kuzo zonke izinhlanga ezifaka umkhosi. Ekupheleni kobugqila ngo-1834, abantu abaningi abangenakho ngokuphelele bangabuka ngaphandle isiko labo bomdabu kanye nokukhululwa kwabo ngokugqoka, umculo, nokudansa.
Lezi zici ezintathu-ukugqoka ekuziqhenyweni, umculo, nokudansa-zihlale ziphakathi kwemikhosi yeCarnival. Kwenzeka emaqenjini amakhulu (isiko saseYurophu) nasemgwaqweni (isiko sase-Afrika), ngezindwangu, imaski, izimpaphe, izikhwama zekhanda, ukudansa, umculo, ama-steel bands, namadubhu konke okuyingxenye yesehlakalo, kanye nokuziphatha okuhle
Umkhuba Ohambayo
Ukusuka eTrinidad naseTobago, iCarnival yasakazeka kwezinye iziqhingi eziningi, lapho isiko sasihlanganiswa namasiko angqayizivele wendawo-i-salsa showcases e-Antigua, isibonelo, ne-calypso eDominica. Imikhosi ethile isuke ikhalenda ye-Easter futhi igubha ngasekupheleni kwentwasahlobo noma ehlobo.
E- St Vincent naseGrenadines , kukhona uVincy Mas, umkhosi owawubanjwe ezinsukwini ngaphambi kokuPhumula kodwa manje umkhosi wehlobo. I-Vincy Mas ihlanganisa imikhosi yasemigwaqeni, i-calypso nemidlalo ye-drum, futhi iningi kakhulu, ama-Mardi Gras namaqembu aseJ'Ouvert emigwaqweni nasemaphakathini. Kungumkhuba ofanayo weCarnival kodwa wahlala ngesikhathi esithile.
EMartinique , abahambi bangakwazi ukuhlola i-Martinique Carnival, eyenzeka ezinsukwini eziholela kuLent futhi iqukethe izenzakalo zendawo nezokuvakasha. Ngokukhethekile eMartinique yikugubha kwe-"Carnival" ku-Ash ngoLwesithathu okubandakanya umlilo omkhulu lapho "iNkosi uVaval," "inkosi yaseCarnival," eyenziwa ngemhlanga, izinkuni nezinye izinto ezishisayo bese zishiswa njenge-effigy ekugubheni.
EHaiti , izakhamuzi kanye nezivakashi ngokufanayo zingagubha "iHaiti Defile Kanaval," esinye sezidalwa ezinkulu eziqhingini zaseCaribbean ezidabula imizi eminingi yaseHaiti.
Lo mkhosi weCarnival uthatha imikhosi yayo yesibili ye-Fat ngokungathí sina, ngemikhosi, izingubo, umculo, nazo zonke izinhlobo zomdlalo ojabulisayo.
Eziqhingini zaseCayman , iBabano, enye yemikhosi yeCarnival encane kunazo zonke eCaribbean, ngumcimbi odumile waseMeyi ogubha umlando wase-Afrika eCaribbean, kanye nempumelelo yabanamuhla beCayman Islanders. "I-Batabano," okuthakazelisayo, ihlaba umxhwele emigwaqweni yamanzi asolwandle olwandle asuka esihlabathini lapho ehamba esitokisini aye ogwini, igama elilodwa elikhethiwe likhethwa ukumela ukukhula kweziqhingi zaseCayman ngezizukulwane.