IBermuda iphakathi komgubho wayo omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni, isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-400 sokusungulwa kweBermuda. Ngo-1609, i-flagship yohambo lwesibili olwathunyelwa eMelika yi-Virginia Company yaseLondon, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Sea Venture, yaphahlazeka ogwini lwaseBermuda (okuhlinzeka ngendikimba ye-Shakespeare ethi "The Tempest"). Ukuhlengwa okwalandela ngonyaka owodwa kamuva kwekoloni laseJamestown eVirginia ngabasinde kulokho kuphahlazeka komkhumbi, kungenye yezindaba ezibaluleke kakhulu zomhlaba wasentshonalanga.
Lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando siyithuba lokuhlonipha nokukhombisa abantu, isiko, kanye nemicimbi eye yasiza ekwakheni iBermuda eminyakeni engama-400 edlule futhi iyenze ibe yilokhu eyikho namuhla.
“Lo nyaka wokubungaza awufani neminye,” kusho uMhlonishwa. UDkt. Ewart F. Brown, JP, MP, UNdunankulu waseBermuda kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezokuthutha. “Simema abantu bendawo nezivakashi ngokufanayo ukuthi beze ‘Feel the Love’ futhi bahlanganyele ekugubheni lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando.”
Imicimbi ezayo nemigubho ihlanganisa:
I-Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009: Juni 11-15, 2009
I-Tall Ships Fleet izogijima isuka eVigo, eSpain iye eHalifax, eNorthern Ireland iyoma eBermuda ngoJuni 11-15. Kuzoba umzuzu oyingqopha-mlando kubo bonke ukuthi bazibonele i-Tall Ships ifika e-Hamilton Harbour izogubha iminyaka engama-400 ye-Bermuda.
Umkhosi Wekhilikithi Womdlalo Wendebe: Julayi 30-31, 2009
Lo mdlalo wekhilikithi wezinsuku ezimbili phakathi kwamaqembu ekhilikithi ase-East nase-West End uyintandokazi yonyaka. Isikhumbuzo sasikhathi sinye nesibaluleke ngokulinganayo sakho kokubili uSuku Lokukhululwa, ukukhululwa kwezigqila zaseBermuda ngo-1834, kanye noSuku LukaSomers, olubona ukutholwa kweBermuda nguSir George Somers ngo-1609, kwenza lo mkhosi ube umcimbi ongeke uphuthelwe.
I-PGA Grand Slam Yegalofu: Okthoba 19-21, 2009
Izivakashi eziya e-Bermuda zizophinda zibe nethuba lokubona abadlali begalofu abahamba phambili emhlabeni beqhudelana ku-PGA Grand Slam of Golf, umbukiso wokuphela kwesizini ohlanganisa u-foursome ophambili wegalofu. Uma sibuyela e-Bermuda okwesithathu, lo mqhudelwano wezinga eliphezulu uzobanjwa okokuqala ngqa e-Port Royal Golf Course esanda kulungiswa.
U-BERMUDA UDALULE
Ukuhlonipha iminyaka engu-400 ye-Bermuda, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseBermuda ucabange ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokuqondisa irekhodi futhi wazise abahambi iqiniso ngemuva kukanxantathu.
IBermuda ayikho eCaribbean. Ngokuphambene nenkolelo evamile, iBermuda empeleni itholakala endaweni engamakhilomitha angu-650 ukusuka ogwini lwaseCape Hatteras, NC, futhi ingaphansi kohambo lwendiza lwamahora amabili ukusuka eNew York City!
I-Bermuda iya kwesinye nesinye nedola laseMelika. IBermuda ayinayo imali yayo futhi ayincikile ephawundini.
Izivakashi azikwazi ukuqasha izimoto eBermuda. Ngenxa yokuzinikela okuqinile kwezemvelo, izivakashi ngeke ziqashe imoto lapho zivakashele eBermuda, futhi izakhamuzi zingase zibe nemoto eyodwa kuphela ekhaya.
IBermuda iyiKoloni yaseBrithani endala kunazo zonke futhi inombuso wentando yeningi wephalamende wesibili kunawo wonke emhlabeni (emva kweNgilandi).
Abahambi basusa amasiko esikhumulweni sezindiza eBermuda ngaphambi kwendiza ebuyela e-United States. Lokhu kwenza ukufika ekhaya kube mnandi, kube lula, futhi kube mahhala ngokwezifiso.
I-Bermuda ayivumeli izitolo eziwuchungechunge noma izindawo zokudlela ezithengiswayo esiqhingini. Kodwa-ke, i-Bermuda inikeza izinhlobonhlobo zezindawo zokudlela ezinabapheki abaphambili abahlanganisa isiFulentshi, isiNtaliyane, nesiJapane, kukho konke ukudla kwaseMelika.
I-Bermuda iyikhaya lezifundo zegalofu eziningi ngemayela eliyisikwele kunanoma yikuphi emhlabeni, okuyenza ibe yindawo yokudlala yegalofu. Kulo nyaka, i-PGA Grand Slam Yegalofu izobuyela e-Bermuda okwesithathu futhi izobanjelwa e-Port Royal Golf Club esanda kulungiswa yase-Bermuda, ngo-Okthoba 20-21, 2009.
Ithenisi yethulwa eMelika yiBermuda. Ngo-1874, uNkosazana Mary Ewing Outerbridge, owesifazane wezemidlalo waseMelika, wathenga izinto zethenisi ezikhulwini zebutho laseBrithani eBermuda futhi wamisa inkundla yethenisi yokuqala yase-US emagcekeni eStaten Island Cricket Club, eNew York.
Eyenziwe ngelineni lase-Ireland, ama-shorts e-Bermuda abhekwa njengengxenye eyamukelekayo yekhabethe lansuku zonke e-Bermuda futhi angatholakala kosomabhizinisi abaningi. Izikhindi zaseBermuda zavela ebuthweni laseBrithani lapho befika eBermuda bevela eNdiya.
Isihlabathi esipinki esisayinwe yi-Bermuda sivela enhlanganisela ye-coral echotshoziwe, i-calcium carbonate, ne-foraminifera.
Ifa lemibhalo ecebile yase-Bermuda lihehe futhi lagqugquzela ukuthandwa kuka-Mark Twain, Noel Coward, James Thurber, Eugene O'Neill, no-John Lennon.
Ngaphambi kokushicilela incwadi ethi The Secret Garden ngo-1911, uFrances Hodgson Burnett, umlobi oyiNgisi owazalelwa eNgilandi, wayehlala eThe Princess Hotel, okwabangela amahlebezi okuthi le ingadi eyimfihlo yayisendaweni ethile eBermuda.
Incwadi kaWilliam Shakespeare ethi “The Tempest” yagqugquzelwa ukuphahlazeka komkhumbi okwenzeka eduze kwaseSt. George ngo-1609, unyaka ngaphambi kokuba abhale lo mdlalo. I-Bermuda nayo ibe yindawo ekhethwa kuyo u-Eleanor Roosevelt kanye no-Prince Albert waseMonaco.
Futhi ekugcineni, i-Bermuda Triangle. I-Bermuda Triangle ayibonwa yi-US Board of Geographic Names. Kodwa-ke, iBermuda isalokhu iyindawo yokuqala emhlabeni yokucwila emanzini.
