Isikhathi saso seCarnival eGuyana. Umlayezo osemthethweni weGuyana Carnival wawuthi “Vele ufike lapha.” Izinkulungwane zezivakashi ezafika eGuyana zizojoyina abantu bendawo nabajaha imikhosi. Iqembu le-nonstopGuyana Carnival lifaka phakathi isonto eligcwele imicimbi elihlangene nezokupheka zaseGuyanese, umculo, ezokungcebeleka kanye nabenza umaskandi okuphelela eFinish Line ebilindelwe kakhulu.
IGuyana Carnival ingumkhosi wabanikazi abazimele eGeorgetown Guyana, phakathi kukaMeyi 18 - 27. Kungukuhlanganiswa kwezindikimba zokuzijabulisa ezinethonya, uHulumeni waseGuyana nabanye ababambiqhaza abakhulu ukwenza umkhiqizo omusha othokozisayo wokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha, ezokuzijabulisa, kanye nempilo yasebusuku.
Lokhu kungumbuthano wesibili womkhosi owabolekwe yiGuyana Carnival eTrinidad naseMpumalanga yeCaribbean eminyakeni edlule. Owokuqala nguJ'ouvert. Umlando nokuthuthuka kwalokhu kuqukethe izinsolo ezinkulu.
IGuyana Carnival manje isijoyine amanye amazwe ekugubheni i-carnival, okuyikho kokubili, okuhlukahlukene, isiko eselikade futhi kuyindlela entsha yokulingisa. Zonke iziqhingi zaseNtshonalanga Indian zinomkhosi wokugubha umkhosi ogujwa ngezinsuku ezahlukahlukene ngonyaka - wonke angumbumbulu omibalabala ngokuzijabulisa okuphezulu, kepha esimweni somkhosi eGuyana kukhona umehluko obalulekile womqondo.
Lokho okubizwa ngokuthi yiJ'ouvert eGuyana yikhonsathi enkulu, ethandwayo ephethwe ngabaculi baseTrinidadian soca. Lokhu kwakungekusha eGuyana futhi bekulokhu kubanjwa ngezikhathi ezithile. Bathuthuka ngaleli gama elisha futhi bagxila eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule, kodwa baduma ngesikhathi saseMashramani, futhi babegqame kakhulu ngesikhathi sokugubha iJubilee eGuyana ngonyaka ka-2016. Igama elithi J'ouvert liyisici somkhosi weTrinidad. Yigama lesi-French creole / Patois elisuselwa ku-French Jour Ouvert - “ukuvulwa kosuku” futhi lichaza isiko nemisebenzi yasekuseni ekuqaleni koMsombuluko weCarnival.
UJ'ouvert manje uyisici esihamba phambili eGuyana Carnival yamanje. Emithathu yayo ibibanjelwe eMashramani ngo-2018, kanti bahola imikhosi yamaqembu nemibukiso ngalesi sikhathi. Kepha ngenkathi kunesiko eligxile emasikweni eTrinidad naseMpumalanga yeCaribbean, alikho eGuyana.
IGuyana Carnival
IGuyana Carnival yamanje - kwesinye isikhathi ebizwa ngokuthi yiGuyana Independence Carnival yaqala emikhosini ka-2016 yeJubili lesizwe - Isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 Yenkululeko. Imashi enkulu yomgwaqo enombukiso wayo wendabuko wamabhendi yanqanyulwa kusukela eMashramani Day, ngoFebhuwari 23 yaphinde yatshalwa yathunyelwa e-Indepen-dence, ngoMeyi 26. Manje umkhosi womkhosi usugcwele futhi usebenza isikhathi esiyizinsuku eziyishumi kuze kube uMeyi 28. Siqukethe uchungechunge olude lwamaphathi / amantombazane, imibukiso yasesiteji kanye nombukiso wamabhendi abiza kakhulu emgwaqweni.
IGuyana Carnival ivunyelwe futhi isekelwa nguhulumeni kepha iqhutshwa kakhulu yizintshisekelo zangasese. Isakazwa kabanzi ngezikhangiso ezisebenzayo nokwenyusa okumatasa. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, lithanda isiko elidumile futhi linikeza ukuzijabulisa okwedlulele, kwemali ephezulu. Ngisho nabaculi bendawo be-soca bafake amandla abo kukho futhi bayavela kweminye imibukiso. Kukhona izifiso ezingabazisayo zokufika kwabavakashi. Ngokusobala inikeza ithuba lezomnotho lezintshisekelo eziningi namabhizinisi. Umuntu akakwazi ukubikezela ukuthi izokhula ibe yini, kepha ulandela ezinyathelweni zeJamaica Carnival ngesikhathi sePhasika, esaba yimpumelelo ethandwayo nezentengiselwano.
Noma kunjalo, kufanele kuvunywe ukuthi iGuyana Carnival ingukulingisa okungenasisekelo, noma ngabe yamukelwa kangakanani yisiko elidumile. Akunalutho olusha futhi kuncane okuncike emasikweni amasiko. Kungahle kube nohlelo lokuhlola ngokwesayensi abafika esikhumulweni sezindiza noma basebenzise amanye amasu ukunquma abafikayo bezivakashi ngalo mkhosi, kepha okulindelwe ukukhushulwa kwezokuvakasha kungenzeka kube okungenakwenzeka - okungenani kulo nyaka. Kuzoba mnandi ukubona ukuthi kwenzekani eminyakeni ezayo, kepha amathemba abengeke akhanye ngomcimbi ovele ulingise lokho osekunikezwa cishe yizo zonke iziqhingi zase-West Indian. Ngokwengeziwe, inguqulo yaseGuyana yehliswe kakhulu yaya emicimbini nasemibukisweni; iziqhingi zinikela ngokuningi kakhulu.
IGuyana Carnival
Zonke ezinye iziqhingi zingaphandle kwebhande lomkhosi. I-Antigua-Barbuda ne-St Kitts-Nevis, nokho, bathuthukisa i-carnival ngo-Agasti, kepha lokhu kwakhula kusuka kumasiko asevele ekhona, njengama-masquerades kaKhisimusi ase-St Kitts namasiko atshalwe emva kobugqila. Izimpande zabo azijule. IBarbados yakha i-Crop-Over ngo-Agasti kusuka kumasiko aqinile okutshala. Kunomkhosi wokuzijabulisa eBahamas ngoMeyi owenziwa njengombuthano oxokozelayo, yize isiko langempela leBahamian yiJonkanoo ngoDisemba-Januwari. Ngokufana nalokhu okwenzeka manje eGuyana, eminyakeni engama-28 eyedlule, iJamaica yahlela ukulingiswa komkhosi oqala ngeSonto lePhasika. Lokho bekuyisinyathelo esivela kumholi weqembu le-Dragonnaires u-Byron Lee, owayekhankasa ngempumelelo emcimbini we-Trinidad, futhi wehluke kakhulu kwiJamaica Festival egubha usuku lwayo lokuzibusa ngo-Agasti.
Kepha uyini umlando weGuyana Carnival? Leli zwe alihlukile kulo lonke iCaribbean elinomlando wamasiko e-carnivalesque. I-carnivalesque ayitholakali kuphela emcimbini wokuzijabulisa, kodwa kujwayele ukuba namasiko nokuzijabulisa okususelwa kumaskades, umculo womdabu odumile kanye namaqembu abizayo, nakulawo mazwe angaphandle kwebhande lomkhosi.
IGuyana yayinomkhosi wokuzimela ngawo-1960. Ukuzimela ngo-1966 kwaphawulwa ngomkhosi onjalo owawuhlelwe amaJaycees. Le mibuthano exokozelayo yahlanganisa ndawonye lokho okwakusenziwa ezweni kusukela ngaphambi kwenkululeko. Babandakanya ibhendi yensimbi, i-calypso, imibhoshongo ye-float, i-Band of the Year (amabhendi abiza kakhulu anemiklomelo nezihloko zabaqambi abaphambili) kanye nokuzijabulisa emigwaqweni okwaziwa ngokuthi "ukunyathela". Kwakukhona ngempela uhlobo oludala lokulingana kwe-J'ouvert - “ukugxuma kusengaphambili ekuseni” nabadansayo bedansa (benyathela) ngemuva kwezinsimbi zomgwaqo.
Lokhu kususwe eGeorgetown kwafakwa eLinden ngamaJaycees. Kwakungulowo mcimbi waminyaka yonke owaguqulwa waphinde wamiswa kabusha waba yiMashramani njengomgubho woSuku LweRiphabhulikhi yaseGuyana ngo-1970. Okunye okuxakayo ngukuthi abasunguli bezinhlaka bafuna ukususa izinto zokulingisa nokuboleka kumkhosi womkhosi waseTrinidad. Ziningi izinto ezashintshwa, ezinye zafakwa, ababona kufanele ukuthi zilungele iRiphabhuliki ezimele esimweni sangemva kwekoloniyali esinegama layo elisha 'lomdabu' uMashramani. Okuxakayo-ke ukuthi lokhu sekugcwele ngokuphelele, kanti manje iGuyana isiyayisebenzisa yonke indawo, ukulingisa komkhosi kwagwenywa ngo-1970. Umkhosi wokuzimela ubuyile.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, abaculi abahola phambili baseGuyana Carnival manje sebebonakala kakhulu kumkhosi womkhosi wango-2018, benza izikhangiso futhi bavela emidlalweni. UTamika Marshall, Kwasi 'Ace' Edmundson, u-Adrian Dutchin, uJumo Primo, uMichelle 'Big Red' King noNatural Black bahamba phambili embonini yakhona kodwa bebengekho eMashramani. Ngisho nalabo abebencintisana noMbuso waseMashramani Soca abasakwenzi lokho. Kunjengokungathi ababoni kubalulekile emisebenzini yabo, ukuthandwa kwabo, izifiso zabo zempumelelo, ukuhola kwabo ngokwezimali noma i-CV yabo yokuncintisana eMashramani. Kodwa-ke kabanqikazi ukuba ngamatshe ayigugu emcimbini womkhosi omusha.
Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, owinile iSoca Monarchy wehluleka ukuza ukuvikela isicoco sakhe. Omunye wenze isitatimende sokuthi uyahoxa kulo mncintiswano ngenhloso yokuvumela abazenzisi abasha, abasafufusa ukuthi bathole ithuba lokuwina lo mncintiswano. Ngokusobala, wayesefikile. Okuxakayo ukuthi lezi zinto azikaze zenzeke kumkhosi womkhosi waseTrinidad manje osuyalingiswa. Ungacabanga ngehlazo nentukuthelo enkulu eTrinidad ukube uMachel Montano akazange azihluphe ngokufika azovikela iSocrown Crown yakhe? Akekho umculi we-Trinidadian Soca, ngisho nezinkanyezi ezinkulu zamazwe omhlaba, ozibona emkhulu kakhulu noma emkhulu kakhulu ukuthi angancintisana nemincintiswano yomkhosi unyaka nonyaka.
Umakadebona omdala weminyaka engu-45 nangaphezulu, i-The Mighty Chalkdust, wawina isicoco se-calypso ngo-2018. Kwakungekho nkulumo, ngisho nenganekwane enjalo, yokubekela eceleni abangenele abasha. Kukhona ukuziqhenya okukhulu, umuzwa wokufeza okuthile kanye nomoya wokuncintisana onomfutho phakathi kwabaphambili emkhakheni onjengoFay Ann Lyons, uBunji Garlin, Montano, Destra nabanye ukuncintisana ngemiqhudelwano yomkhosi.
AmaGuyan kubonakala sengathi awathathi iMashramani njengebaluleke ngokwanele. Iziphathimandla bezingacabangi ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi iSoca Monarchy yehliswe iminyaka embalwa. Abakubonanga kufanelekile ukugcina ukungaguquguquki namasiko okwenza umkhosi usebenze. Amandla aphakeme manje avutha ukushisa lo mkhosi kwakungamalahle anamanzi ngoFebhuwari odlule ngesikhathi sikaMashramani. Uma konke lokhu kufutheka kusetshenziswa emkhosini kaNdunankulu unyaka nonyaka kuzosiza.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- It is a French creole/Patois term derived from the French Jour Ouvert – “opening of the day” and describes the tradition and activities of early in the morning at the beginning of Carnival Monday.
- All the West Indian islands have a carnival celebrated at different dates in the year – they are all highly colorful masquerades with top-of-the-line entertainment, but in the context of carnival in Guyana there are important conceptual differences.
- One cannot predict what it will grow into, but it is following the footsteps of the Jamaica Carnival at Easter time, which became a popular and commercial success.
