Abahleli be-Key West's Umcabango omnandi Umkhosi wokugqoka nokufihla ubuso umemezele ngoLwesine ukuthi umkhosi wezi-2020, owawuhlelelwe u-Oct. 16-25, uzokhanselwa ukuze kuvikelwe ukusabalala okungenzeka kwe Covid-19.
Ifestivali ivamise ukudonsa abantu abangaba ngu-60,000 ku-Key West's Duval Street ngombukiso wayo ogqamile, kanye nezinkulungwane ezimbalwa zonyaka kaMasquerade March, Zombie Bike Ride, imiqhudelwano yasemgwaqweni neyemvunulo.
"Ngokushintsha kwemithetho ye-COVID-19, ukwanda kwamacala kanye nemihlahlandlela ye-CDC yamanje, sivumelene ngokuthi isinqumo esinomthwalo wemfanelo omkhulu esingasithatha ukuthi singayiphathi i-Fantasy Fest ngo-2020," kusho uNadene Grossman Orr, umqondisi womkhosi wezinsuku eziyi-10.
"Lesi kube yisinqumo esihlanganyelwe nebhodi lethu labaqondisi kanye nezikhulu zedolobha laseKey West, kodwa bekungelula njengoba umphakathi wethu waseziqhingini kanye nabasebenzi bawo bancike emalini etholwa ngesikhathi se-Fantasy Fest," kusho uGrossman Orr.
Ifestivali yasungulwa ngo-1979 ukuze kwandiswe ezokuvakasha phakathi nenkathi yokuwa ehamba kancane. Ikhule ngokushesha yaba umcimbi wokusayinwa kwe-Key West futhi isizuze udumo emhlabeni wonke ngombukiso wayo, ukuntanta kwawo okuwubukhazikhazi kanye nemibuthano ekhululekile yabahambele umcimbi.
Ngokusho kwezikhulu zezokuvakasha zaseFlorida Keys, iFantasy Fest ivamise ukuholela emalini engenayo yonyaka eyizigidi ezingama-30 zamaRandi ochungechungeni lweziqhingi, lapho cishe amaphesenti angama-50 abasebenzi bendawo beqashwa emabhizinisini ahlobene nezokuvakasha.
Umnotho osekelwe kwezokuvakasha kaKeys kanye nabasebenzi sebethintwe yinkinga ye-COVID-19 ngoba uxhaxha lweziqhingi lwaluvaliwe ezivakashini kusukela ngoMashi 22 kuya kuJuni 1 emzamweni wokunciphisa ukusabalala kwaleli gciwane.
UGrossman Orr uthe abahleli befestiveli basungule iFantasy Fest Fund, ezosebenzisana nezinhlangano ezizinze emphakathini ukuze kuqoqwe imali ezosatshalaliswa kubasebenzi bendawo abadinga usizo.
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