Chikondwerero cha Msika: Barbados 'Chaka Chokondwerera Carnival

01 a 08

Chiyambi cha Kuwombera ku Barbados

Bridgetown, Barbados ndi mzinda wa Caribbean umene umasonyeza kuti ndi umphawi wadziko lawo nthawi zonse. Pafupifupi zaka 400, likulu la chilumbachi lotchedwa "Little England," malo otchuka kwambiri padziko lonse la UNESCO, ndi lolimba kwambiri ndi nyumba zomangidwa ndi mbiri, kuphatikizapo nyumba yamalamulo yakale kwambiri ku Commonwealth komanso zaka mazana ambiri fano la Admiral Lord Nelson. Icho chimaphatikizapo bwino kwambiri yoyamba-ndi-yoyenera, o-kwambiri-British vibe kuti chilumbachi chimadziwika.

Kupatula, ndiko, pa Lolemba loyamba mu August.

Pa tsiku limenelo, misewu ya Bridgetown imawoneka koma yoyenera-yoyenera. Ulemu umapita ku mphepo; m'malo mwake pamakhala chinthu china chotchedwa "wukking up": amuna ndi akazi omwe amatsitsimutsidwa-amakhala mumasamba, bikinis ndi mitu yoyera bwino-akuwombera mchiuno. Nyimbo zomasuka za soca zikuwombera kuchokera kuzinthu zazikulu pamagalimoto oyenda; Phiri la Gay rum likuyenda momasuka; Zilumba za Kiribiya zomwe zikuimira zilumba za St. Lucia kupita ku Jamaica zikuwotha dzuwa. Kupyola muzovala zazikuluzikulu zokhala ndi zovala zokhala ndi masewero: ndi "Mayi Sally", yemwe ali bwino kwambiri poyerekeza ndi bacchaneri, akutsatiridwa ndi "Bulu Wamkuwa," akuwombera mphepo yamkuntho. Ngakhale Bajan popanga nyenyezi Rihanna amalowa nawo zikondwererozo, akukweza njinga za Banks Beer pamodzi ndi anthu okondwa kwambiri.

Ili ndi tsiku la Kadooment: chimake chokwanira kwambiri ku Barbados's Crop Over, chochitika chachikulu kwambiri cha chilimwe ku Caribbean.

02 a 08

Chikondwerero cha Barbados Pa Chikondwerero: Wukking Up!

Chikondwerero cha masabata asanu chodzaza ndi nyimbo, kuvina, chikhalidwe ndi ramu - pachilumbachi chomwe chimati chinachikonza - Kulima pamwamba kumayambira m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chitatu, pamene akapolo adakondwerera kutha kwa nzimbe ya shuga . Kukonzekera kwa masiku ano kukumbukira cholowa ichi, monga momwe zilili ndi zaka zambiri zomwe zimakhala ndi zobvuta komanso zochitika; 2011 ndi omwe adali nawo pazinthu zokhalapo bwino kwambiri, koma ali ndi zikwi makumi zikwi zovina pamsewu pa Kadooment Day.

Mpweya wamakono, ndikadakhala nawo pa kalendala yanga, kotero ndinafika pachilumba chokonzekera. Ndinafika ku Bwalo Latsopano la Marriott (Book Now), lomwe linkawoneka, poyang'ana koyamba, popanda-Carnival-esque: hotelo yamalonda yosavuta yomwe imatuluka mu TV ndi makompyuta. Koma monga Mmera Wochuluka Wowonjezera anawongolera, bizinesi yokha yomwe idasamaliridwa ndi bizinesi yotsatsa; wopha anthu ochita zachibwibwi kuchokera ku Trinidad ndi Jamaica anasintha malo osungira alendo ndi malo ogulitsira a hotelo ya Garrison kupita kumalo osakanikirana.

Chomera Chambiri chinali chitangoyamba milungu isanayambe, ndi mwambo wa Kutulutsidwa kwa Canes Last ndi korona wa Mfumu ndi Mfumukazi ya Chikondwerero, kukumbukira obala zipatso za amuna ndi akazi a nyengoyi. Panali masewera achikhalidwe, mpikisano wa calypso ndi mawonetsero ojambula, kuphatikizapo imodzi ku Central Bank, yomwe ndinapanga ulendo wokacheza.

Anakondwera ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zojambulazo - ojambula ena am'deralo amawonetsera okondwerera masewera achikondwerero; ena amalemekeza ukapolo komanso ntchito yovuta yambiri yogwiritsira ntchito multimedia - Ndinakhala ola limodzi ndikulowetsa, ndikudutsa mumsika wa Bridgetown, womwe umasintha, masiku ammbuyo asanatuluke, kupita ku phwando lamasiku onse. Malo ogulitsa nsomba othamanga nsomba ndi zokometsera zokoma zokazinga. Nyimbo zinali ponseponse: magulu a calypso akuchita maulendo, okamba zowononga ma CDs atsopano a soca. Mwamuna wogulitsa zipatso ndi zipatso zatsopano - "Ingondiimbira ine Nut Man," adafotokoza kuti Crop Over sichitcha "chikondwerero chokongola kwambiri cha chilimwe" pachabe. "Nthawi ino pachaka, anthu a Bajan ndi okoma," adatero motsimikiza.

03 a 08

Chikondwerero cha Barbados Chamadzulo: Pic-O-De-Crop

Miyezi - ndipo ine ndikutanthauza mochedwa, mochedwa usiku; mtundu wausiku umene unadzuka m'mawa - unagwiritsidwa ntchito pa fetus ndi mawonetsero. Sindinadziwe kuti ndaphonya Msika Pa zochitika zazikulu zazikulu ziwiri zojambula: Pic-O-De-Crop ndi Cohobblopot.

Pa Pic-O-De-Crop, anthu a calypsoniya amtunduwu amalimbana ndi dzina lachilakolako la Mfumu Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso. Kuchokera mabokosi anga ku Kensington Oval, masewera okhwima a kricket, ndinaphunzira maphunziro azale ndi nyimbo, ndipo ndinakondwera kwambiri pamene wopambana anali anthu omwe amakonda: Popsicle, watsopano yemwe anachotsa ndemanga pa zovuta zowonongeka ndi ndale zandale nyimbo yoimba yokhudza bulu (nyama, ndithudi!).

"Calypso ili m'manja otetezeka: achinyamata akukhala ndi ndondomeko ya anthu," anafotokoza Red Plastic Bag, yemwe anali wolemekezeka wa Bajan calypsonian wodziwika kuti akugwiritsa ntchito nkhanza zapakati pa ndale zapanyumba. "Zimapangitsa atumiki athu kuwunika. Calypsonians ndi olemba mbiri, inu mukuona. "

04 a 08

Msonkhano Wapamwamba wa Barbados: Cohobblopot

Ku Cohobblopot - malo osungira malo omwe amapezeka "zakudya zosiyana siyana" - chisakanizocho chinali zinthu zodzikongoletsa: a calypsonian ndi magulu akuwonetsera zovala zawo ndikuchita nawo omvera. Chotsatira cha 2011 chinali chisonyezero champhamvu cha nyenyezi ya Soca Trinidadian Machel Montano, wodziwika ndi chiuno chake cha raba ndi othandizira kwambiri. ("Kodi iye anangochita zomwezo?" Munthu yemwe anali pafupi ndi ine anadzidandaulira kuti Montano ndi kampani inachititsa kuti 2011 yawo ikhale "Bend Over").

05 a 08

Chikondwerero cha Barbados Kupitirira Phwando: Fetata

Pambuyo pa zikondwerero za zikondwerero zimabwera Mbalame Zambiri Zokolola. Kuwatcha iwo maphwando ndi kupondereza kwakukulu; iwo amakhala otseguka, nthawi zambiri amadzazidwa ndi chakudya, machitidwe ndi ojambula am'deralo, ndi gulu la anthu ovala nsanja. Ndinatenga ambiri omwe ndimatha kukhala nawo pakati pa nthawi zina (wina sagona panthawi yopitirira, wina amaba ola limodzi kapena awiri nthawi iliyonse).

Pakuwala, gululi linali loyera ndipo usiku unatengedwa ndi machitidwe a nyenyezi ya Bajan soca Edwin Yearwood, yomwe inamveka kuti "Good Time" inali yachidule cha zikondwererozo. Ndipo ku Bliss, pokhala pa malo odabwitsa a Porters Great House, malo ogulitsa shuga a m'zaka za zana la 17, ine ndinapitiriza kukhala ndi zakudya zabwino ndi zakumwa zakumwa zambiri zomwe zimachokera ku martinis ku Thai, shrimp pasta ndi mbuzi yophika.

Mikanda yotereyi imakumbukira zochitika zazikulu kwambiri za ku Caribbean, ku Trinidad , kumene masiku ndi usiku amagwiritsidwa ntchito pamtunda umodzi kapena wina. Koma zomwe Barbados anagonjetsa Trinidad zinali zabwino pakhomo panga, ndikupanga zovuta za tsiku ndi tsiku zosafunikira: mabomba ena a mchenga oyera kwambiri m'deralo. Ndinawombera masiku angapo kumeneko, ndikubweranso usiku wonse pakati pa magulu a anthu komanso ozizira ku Accra Beach, malo ena otchuka kwambiri pa chilumbachi. Ndinali ndi mwayi wokwanira kuti ndipeze kuwala kwina komanso kuti sindinayambe kupita ku Sandy Lane .

06 ya 08

Chikondwerero cha Barbados Kupitirira Phwando: Chigwa cha Booze

Ndiyeno apo panali Cruise Booze. Mabwenzi anga onse a Bajan kunyumba adakakamiza kuti ndikapite ku Msika wokhawokha, khalani otchuka kwambiri ku Booze Cruise. Anthu onse a Barbados ankawoneka kuti ali ndi mkhalidwe womwewo: Pamene ndinafika pa ngalawa 10 koloko m'mawa, mizere idagwedezeka pansi ndipo phwando lidayamba; Gulu lazitsulo lazitsulo linali kupota ndi zakumwa zinali kuthamanga. Otsutsawo anagwedezeka pa imodzi mwa ngalawa zitatu, ndipo, bwino, akukweza ndi kuyendayenda-pamene akuvina ku Bajan soca, ndithudi.

Ndinafika pa Jolly Roger, sitima yapamwamba ya pirate, pamodzi ndi anthu ena otchuka: Rupie wotchedwa Bajan soca, yemwe kale anali Wendy Fitzwilliam, wochokera ku Trinidad ndi Trinidadian TV Jeanille Bonterre. Pasanapite nthawi pang'ono ndi mapiri a Mount Gays, ife amayi atatu tinkadumpha zingwe ndi nyanja ya Caribbean. Ndipo pamene tinkakwera pamsana pabwalo, ozizira ndi otsitsimula, Rupee anali kupanga malo osakanikirana, kuimba nyimbo yake yonse yochuluka ya Crop Over kugunda "Ndine Bajan."

"Ine mwina sindingakhale Bajan koma ife tonse tiri a Bajans panthawi Yokwera!" Fitzwilliam adalengeza ndi kumwetulira.

07 a 08

Msonkhano Wapamwamba wa Barbados: Lachitatu Lolemba

Wanga "Ndine mphindi ya Bajan" inabwera nthawi yambiri, pamodzi mwa mfundo zazikulu za Mbewu Yapamwamba. Tsiku Loyamba m'mawa ndi Barbadian zomwe zimatcha J'Ouvert: zojambulazo zimatha kuyambira 3 koloko m'mawa mpaka dzuwa lituluka, pomwe ovundula amadziphimba okha m'dothi ndi kupaka koco. Ndinadzipezetsa ndekha mu gulu lapakati pa 4 koloko m'mawa, ndipo ndisanadziwe kuti ndikuyenda ndikuyenda ndi gulu la alendo, ndikudziwa zamatsenga zomwe ndinkamva nthawi yoyamba.

Pasanapite nthawi ndinayikidwa ku kakale; Pasanapite nthawi ndinayamba kuvina pansi pamphepete mwa madzi ku Oval, kunyumba ya Preday Morning pambuyo pake, ndikuyang'ana dzuŵa, ndikukwera pansi ndikudabwa pa stadium yonse yodzala - kwenikweni! - Bajans ndi Trinis ndi Canada ndi Achimereka, kuvina pamodzi ngati kuti tonsefe tinalidi, monga momwe akunenera.

08 a 08

Chikondwerero cha Barbados Kupitirira Phwando: Kadooment Day

Panthawi yomwe Kadooment Day inabwera, izi zikanangokhala keke pa keke. Ndinachita masewera (mwachitsanzo, ndimagwira nawo ntchitoyi) ndi gulu lotchedwa Baje International, lomwe linali lodziwika kuti ndilo bandu: Chimene chinali chokwanira kuti Rupee ndi Rihanna zikhale zabwino kwa ine.

Pamene tsiku linkadutsa ndikuyenda dzuwa ndi mvula, kuvina pakati pa mvula ndikumaliza ku Spring Garden, paki yaikulu, ndimakhala nthawi zonse ndikuyamikira a Barbados omwe sindinawaonepo. adasinthidwa ndi kutaya kwaulere, tonsefe tikukumana ndi ndondomeko yotsiriza ya chikondwerero choposa kuposa, chabwino, shuga palokha.