Funda ngeStenen Island Chuck neGroundhog Day traditions eNew York City
Umlando we-Groundhog Day usekelwe ku-couplet yaseScottish endala: "Uma i-Candlemas Day icacile futhi icacile, kuzoba nemikhosi emibili ngonyaka." Ngalokho engqondweni, ama-groundhogs ezweni lonke (iningi elinamahloni ePunxsutawney Phil ) aphuma emakhaya abo ngoFebruwari 2 futhi ahlulele ukuthi ubusika buyaphela noma sinamasonto ayisithupha ngaphezulu. Usuku lokuqala lweGroundhog lwenzeka ngo-1887 eGobbler sikaKobob ePunxsutawney, ePennsylvania.
Nakuba kungavamile ukuthi idume njengePennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil, eNew York City inezinsizakalo zayo nemicimbi yokugubha usuku lweGroundhog.
- I-Staten Island Zoo ihlala emgodini we-Staten Island Chuck. Ngo-7 ekuseni ngoFebruwari wesibili, iStanen Island Chuck izokwenza ukubikezela kwakhe okusemthethweni. I-Staten Island Chuck izokwenza ukubonakala usuku lonke. Umkhosi ukhululekile ukuya khona. Uzofuna ukufika ngesikhathi samasango avuleka ngo-6: 30 ekuseni ngenxa yembukiso enkulu ka-Chuck ngo-7 ekuseni Ngokujwayelekile, kodwa hhayi njalo, i-mayor iya kulo mcimbi. I-groundhog imemile ngempela iMeya esikhathini esidlule (uMeya uMike Bloomberg ngonyaka ka-2009) futhi ngonyaka ka-2014, uMeya uBill DiBlasio wamdonsela phansi umhlabathi phansi (futhi i-groundhog yafa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva.) Imininingwane ephelele iyatholakala kwisayithi le-Staten Island ye-Zoo .
- I-Nitehawk Cinema eWilliamsburg, eBrooklyn izoba nokuhlolwa okhethekile koSuku lwe-Groundhog , i-movie ka-1993 ehambisana noBill Murray ngoFebruwari 2. Ukuhlolwa kwenziwa ngoFebruwari 2, 2017 ngo-9: 30 ntambama. Le midlalo ivula imizuzu engu-30 ngaphambi kwesikhathi sokubonisa, futhi nakuba ungathenga amathikithi kusengaphambili, ukuhlala kufike kuqala, isisekelo sokukhonza, ngakho-ke bancoma ukuthi bafike emizuzwini engu-45 ngaphambi kokubonisa isikhathi sokuhlala kahle. Leli yindawo yokudlalwa kwe-movie yamahhala (ngisho nokukhonza utshwala!) Futhi ihlanganisa ama-movie ahlukahlukene aqalayo futhi aphindaphindiwe. Ukudla nokuphuza kukhonjelwa ukuhlala ezihlalweni zabo, okwenza isidlo sakusihlwa nesipiliyoni se-movie. Imenyu yabo inikeza ukukhethwa okukhulu kokukhethwa kusuka ku-popcorn ye-movie evamile kuya kokunye okuhamba phambili.
Ngokuthakazelisayo, i-2017 izophinde ibone ukuvulwa kweGroundhog Day kwi-Broadway, ezoya eNew York City i-August Wilson Theatre kusukela e-Old Vic Theatre yaseLondon ngo-Ephreli 2017. Ukuzivumelanisa komculo wefilimu ka-1993 kaHarold Ramis kunekhono lokukhiqiza elivela eMatilda, kanti Ukukhiqiza kweLondon kutholwe ukubuyekezwa okumangalisayo kusuka eNew York Times.
I- Queens Zoo yayivame ukuba nezinja zasendle ezidlala indima yesimo sezulu esibikezelayo ngosuku lweGroundhog. Amagama abo kwakungu- "Flushing Meadows Phil" no- "Corona Kate" kodwa i-zoo ayinayo izinja ze-prairie, ngakho-ke ngokuvamile ayinayo imicimbi ekhethekile yosuku lweGroundhog.