ORANJESTAD, Aruba – Ngisho noma ihlobo selishubile, akukaze kube kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi ungabheka phambili ekuqaleni kwekwindla. Ukuwa esiqhingini esijabulisayo sase-Aruba kuphawula ukuqala kwe-"Arubapalooza," i-extravaganza yesizini ehlanganisa inqwaba yemicimbi yamasiko, yezokupheka, yomculo nemfashini nemikhosi. Yaziwa ngesimo sezulu esikahle kanye namabhishi amhlophe ayimpuphu, i-Aruba ibungazwa njengendawo ebuye yavakashelwa kakhulu e-Caribbean.
Imikhosi yamasiko ivutha njalo ngoLwesibili ngoMkhosi weBonbini wamasonto onke, owenzeka phakathi kwedolobha i-Oranjestad egcekeni elingaphandle lase-Fort Zoutman, isakhiwo esidala kunazo zonke sase-Aruba. Okusho ukuthi “ukwamukela” ngolimi olusemthethweni lwase-Aruba lwesiPapiamento, elithi “Bonbini” likhuthaza izivakashi ukuthi zithole okumnandi, umlando, abantu, umculo nomdanso wesiqhingi ngesikhathi salo mcimbi omnandi.
Njalo ngoLwesine kusukela ngo-6-10 ntambama edolobheni laseSan Nicolas, izintelezi zamasiko ahlukahlukene ze-Aruba “Sunrise City” ziboniswa eMkhosini ojabulisayo waseCaribbian. Izivakashi zihambahamba emigwaqweni kuyilapho abathengisi bethengisa imisebenzi yezandla, izikhumbuzo nokudla okumnandi kwase-Aruban nase-Caribbean. Umcimbi oyinhloko uwumbukiso okhazimulayo wehla wenyuka nomgwaqo omkhulu waseSan Nicolas.
I-Arubapalooza imatasatasa ngale kwindla nobusika ngemicimbi eminingi efana ne-2nd Annual Electric Festival, ehlanganisa o-DJ abakhulu bomhlaba abangu-23 emculweni kusukela ku-techno kuya ku-electro kusuka ngoSepthemba 3-7, kuyilapho abalandeli bomculo wesintu abaningi bezojabulela i-8th Annual Caribbean. I-Sea Jazz Festival kusukela ngo-Oct. 3-4.
Ikhaya lezizwe ezingaphezu kuka-90 esiqhingini, i-Aruba isendaweni eyisizinda sembiza encibilikayo yamasiko, enikeza amathonya ama-Amerindian, isiLatini naseYurophu atholakala kuzo zonke izici zokuphila - ikakhulukazi ekudleni okucebile ukunambitheka okunikezwa ezindaweni zokudlela ezingaphezu kuka-200.
Labo abafisa ukuhlola ukunambitheka kwe-One happy island bangenza kanjalo ngemicimbi efana ne-Battle of the Food Trucks yesi-3—umbukiso wezilinganiso ezimnandi—owenzeka ngo-Oct. 24-25. Lo mcimbi olungele umndeni uhlanganisa isiko lamaloli okudla ase-Aruba kanye namakhonsathi abukhoma avela kumabhendi endawo nama-DJs ukuze kukhiqizwe i-epic bash ene-island twist.
Izivakashi ezikhuthele zingangena ekushintsheni kwezinto ngomqhudelwano we-Beach Tennis Aruba's 2014 Championship, ozokuba ngoNovemba 17-23. Umdlalo oyintandokazi yase-Aruba ujabulisa kwabasafufusa nochwepheshe ngokufanayo, futhi uhlanganisa izici ezithathwe ku-volleyball yasogwini, ithenisi, i-badminton nethenisi yetafula ukuze udale ukuzilibazisa kwezwe okuhlukile nokusheshayo.