Ekugubheni I-Bahamas' I-Golden Jubilee, ithimba le-Platation Sales le-Bahamas Tourist Office (BTO) libambe ubusuku obumnandi nobusebenzisanayo bobuciko obuhle base-Bahamian, amasiko kanye nokudla ukuze kukhunjulwe iminyaka engama-50 yeNkululeko futhi kugujwe ubudlelwano obuyingqophamlando phakathi kozakwethu bezohwebo, ezokuvakasha kanye nemidiya. Umcimbi wakamuva ububanjelwe e-Island SPACE Caribbean Museum e-Broward Mall.
Umcimbi wamukele uCurt Hollingsworth, Bahamas Umeluleki Jikelele eMiami, kanye nabasebenzi baseHhovisi le-Consulate, kanye namalungu e-National Association of The Bahamas (NAB) ukuba babambe iqhaza emikhosini. I-"Toast to 50" ibonise ukuqhuma kwamasiko kokudla kwe-Bahamian, umculo nobuciko. Abanye ozakwethu abangama-20 banikezwe ithuba elikhethekile lokubamba iqhaza kupende wangasese kanye nokuphuza okugqamisa ubuhle bezwe nomdwebi odumile wase-Bahamian u-Preston Hanna.
Kuphinde kwethulwa umbukiso okhethekile waseBahamian emnyuziyamu ngesikhathi somgubho. Lo mbukiso wawunombukiso wobuciko kaPreston Hanna onesihloko esithi “Kollide-O-Scope”; umbukiso wemfashini womklami wase-Bahamian u-David Rolle onesihloko esithi “House of Raphelita x Harl Taylor” kanye nezingcezu ezimbalwa ze-Junkanoo ezijutshwe ngokukhethekile kulo mbukiso.
UJennifer Gardiner-Bannister, uMphathi Jikelele we-BTO Global Sales & Marketing, uthe:
"Sibuyisela ukuvuselelwa kweBahamas eFlorida."
"Iningi lale miphakathi emincane yaqala ngabantu baseBahamas, futhi sifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi izizukulwane ezizayo ziyazi ngefa le-Bahamas."
"Sithemba ukwenza lula inqubo yokwengeza izingcezu ezigxile e-Bahamian emnyuziyamu ukuze sinikeze izivakashi ithuba lokukhumbula umlando we-Bahamas phakathi neminyaka engu-50 nangaphezulu."
Kwengezwe uClifford Adderley, uMphathi Wokuthengisa Wesifunda se-BTO: “Simeme Ochwepheshe bethu baseBahamas, ozakwethu bezindiza, I-cruise ozakwethu kanye nozakwethu bemidiya ukuthi beze bazogubha iGolden Jubilee nathi. Sifuna ukubonga ngokukhethekile kubo bonke abaye baqhubeka nokweseka iziQhingi zaseBahamas phakathi neminyaka edlule futhi sinanela ngokuthi iBahamas iseyisizinda sokuvakasha esihamba phambili eCaribbean.”
"Sikhuthaza wonke umuntu e-Broward nasezindaweni ezizungezile ukuthi avakashele umnyuziyamu ukuze abuke imibukiso yethu yase-Bahamian enamandla, athathe izithombe, abelane futhi agubhe i-Bahamas kanye nesiko lethu elicebile."
Ubusuku buphele ngokudlaliswa kwe-Junkanoo kweqembu elizinze eFlorida i-Island Groove. Umbukiso wasemnyuziyamu waseBahamas ovulwe ngomhlaka-1 Juni kulindeleke ukuthi uqhube kuze kube umhla zingama-30 kuJulayi. Abangane base-Bahamas bangaqhubeka nokusekela ubuciko namasiko ethalente lase-Bahamian ngokusebenzisana kwethu okuhlukahlukene ne-Island SPACE Caribbean Museum kanye ne-“Sip & Splash” ezayo ngoJulayi 14 kanye “Ne-Artist Talk” ngoJulayi 15 no-Preston Hanna.
MAYELANA NEBAHAMAS
IBahamas ineziqhingi neziqhingi ezingaphezu kuka-700, kanye neziqhingi eziyi-16 eziyingqayizivele. Itholakala kuphela ngamamayela angu-50 ukusuka ogwini lwaseFlorida, inikeza indlela esheshayo nelula yokuthi abahambi babaleke kwansuku zonke. Izwe leziqhingi liphinde liziqhayise ngokudoba okusezingeni lomhlaba, ukutshuza, ukuhamba ngesikebhe kanye nezinkulungwane zamakhilomitha olwandle oluhle kakhulu lwemindeni, izithandani kanye nabathile abangazihlola. Bona ukuthi kungani Kungcono e-Bahamas I-Bahamas.com noma ku Facebook, YouTube or Instagram.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- We want to say a special thank you to all who have continued to support the Islands of The Bahamas over the years and echo that The Bahamas is still the number one tourist destination in the Caribbean.
- “We hope to facilitate the process of adding more Bahamian focused pieces at the museum in order to give visitors a stroll down memory lane on the history of The Bahamas over the period of 50 years and beyond.
- The event welcomed Curt Hollingsworth, Bahamas Counsel General in Miami, and staff members at the Consulate Office, as well as members of the National Association of The Bahamas (NAB) to take part in the celebrations.
