Namuhla ekuseni, umgulukudu odume umhlaba wonke ePennsylvania, uPunxsutawney Phil, ubikezele intwasahlobo yokuqala ngemuva kokungasiboni isithunzi sakhe, isibikezelo esiyivelakancane kakhulu ukuthi sekwenzeke izikhathi eziyi-19 kuphela emlandweni weminyaka eyi-133 we-Groundhog Day.
"Njalo ngoFebhuwari 2, sibheke phambili ekugubheni lesi siko esithandekayo sasePennsylvania nomhlaba wonke," kusho uMbusi wasePennsylvania uTom Wolf. "Usuku lwe-Groundhog yinto ongayithola kuphela ku-Commonwealth yethu, futhi kuyasijabulisa ukuhlanganyela ngesibikezelo sikaPhil nezivakashi, abahlali, nezigidi zemindeni ebabukele besemakhaya abo."
Indaba yesiko lamaholide imemezela ukuthi uma ingulube ye-groundho ivela ekuseni ngofebhuwari 2 futhi ibone isithunzi sayo, sizoba namasonto ayisithupha ngaphezulu wesimo sezulu sasebusika. Uma engaboni isithunzi sakhe, sizoba nentwasahlobo yokuqala. Lo mcimbi waminyaka yonke waqala ngonyaka we-1886, lapho iqembu elinemimoya labazingeli bezingulube bezibiza “ngePunxsutawney Groundhog Club” futhi bememezela iPunxsutawney Phil ukuthi ibe iyona futhi ukuphela kwesimo sezulu esichaza ingulube.
Lo mcimbi manje uheha izivakashi ezingafika ku-30,000 ePunxsutawney, eJefferson County, etholakala cishe ngamamayela angama-80 enyakatho-mpumalanga yePittsburgh. UPhil ubikezele amanye amasonto ayisithupha wesimo sezulu sasebusika amahlandla angama-104 ngenkathi ebikezela intwasahlobo yokuqala izikhathi ezingama-19 kuphela.
"Ngisho nangonyaka we-133, ukwabelana ngesibikezelo sikaPunxsutawney Phil nezwe akukaze kuyeke ukungimangaza," kusho uMengameli weGroundhog Club Inner Circle uBill Deeley. "Ngicabanga ukuthi kuphephile ukusho ukuthi isibikezeli sethu sezulu esithanda kakhulu sinendawo ekhethekile enhliziyweni yesizwe."
IPunxsutawney ekuqaleni kwakuyikhempu yamaNative American. Indawo yayo iphakathi nendawo phakathi kwemifula i-Allegheny neSusquehanna, okwenze kwaba lula ukuhamba. Eqinisweni, leli dolobha lisemzileni wokuqala owaziwa ngasempumalanga, iShamokin Path. IPunxsutawney yafakwa ngokusemthethweni njengendawo yedolobha ngo-1850 futhi inenani labantu abacishe babe ngama-5,500 XNUMX.
Ezinye izinto ezikhangayo ePunxsutawney zifaka phakathi i-Weather Discover Center, iMahoning Shadow Trail, iPhil's Borrow ePunxsutawney Memorial Library, kanye nePhantastic Phils - iphrojekthi yobuciko yomphakathi efaka ama-groundhogs ama-fiberglass angama-32 amakhulu kunempilo. abaculi.
IPennsylvania ibinabahambi abalinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-204.4 ngonyaka we-2017 abafake ngqo u- $ 43.3 billion emnothweni wasePennsylvania futhi basekela imisebenzi ecishe ibe ngu-510,000.
