Chilolezo kwa Mgulu Waukulu Kwambiri Padziko Lonse
Mardi Gras. Momwe mungalongosole phwando lalikulu la padziko lapansi? Ngati munabadwa ku New Orleans ndi momwe zinthu zilili. Zili m'mafupa anu ndipo simungathe kuganiza kuti mukukhala kulikonse komwe sikukondwerera Mardi Gras. Komabe, ngati ndinu mlendo, mukufunikira kufotokozera ndi kuwatsogolera. Kotero, kuyamba, Mardi Gras ndi French kwa Fat Lachiwiri. Nthawi zonse amakondwerera tsiku Lachitatu Lachisanu, choncho tsiku limasintha chaka chilichonse .
Lachitatu Lachitatu ndilo kuyamba kwa Lenthe, ndipo kwa Akatolika a New Orleans amatanthawuza nsembe. Kotero, Mardi Gras ndi bashisi otsiriza pamaso pa Lent. Koma, iyi ndi New Orleans, ndipo tsiku limodzi lokhalira limodzi sikokwanira. Mwachidziwitso nyengo ya Mardi Gras, yotchedwa Carnival, imayamba pa January 6, Phwando la Epiphany.
Nyengo ya Carnival
Pa January 6th, nyengo ya Carnival imayamba ndi mipira, yomwe ndi yayikulu, yoitanidwa yokha, yomwe pakhomo pawo pamakhala mafumu a "gulu" kapena "krewe". Ndiye, pafupi masabata awiri tsiku la Mardi Gras, mapulaneti ayamba. Krewes ndi mabungwe apadera omwe amavala Mardi Gras ndi zochitika zokhudzana ndi Carnival. Ndalama za phwando lalikululi zimalipidwa ndi mamembala a Krewes ndipo palibe chithandizo chamalonda cha Mardi Gras Parades.
Ma Mardi Gras Parades amayamba pafupifupi masabata awiri tsiku loyamba la Mardi Gras. Pali mitundu yambiri ya mapulaneti.
Ena amaikidwa ndi "Mzere Wakale" Krewes, okhulupirira miyambo omwe ali ndi mipira ya tableau, ndipo mfumu ndi mfumukazi inasankha kuchokera ku Krewe. Krewes awa akubwerera kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1800 ndipo adakhazikitsa miyambo ya Mardi Gras ku New Orleans. Krewe wa Rex ndiyi yakale kwambiri ya mapulanetiwa ndipo inayamba mu 1872.
Masewera a Rex pa tsiku la Mardi Gras ndi Mfumu ya Rex ndi Mfumu ya Carnival.
Mapulaneti omwe amaikidwa posachedwa ndi "Super Krewes" ndi aakulu kwambiri. Zomwe zimayandikana nthawi zambiri zimakhala kukula kwa zowonongeka m'mabwalo akuluakulu. M'malo mwa mipira, Super Krewes ali ndi maphwando ovuta mwamsanga atangotha maulendo awo, ndipo ali ndi mafumu otchuka. Maulendo a Super Krewe amayamba Loweruka pamaso pa Mardi Gras ndi Endymion. Usiku wotsatira ndi Bacchus . Zonse zomwe zinakhazikitsidwa m'ma 1960, Bacchus ndi Endymion ndi "agogo aakazi" a Super Krewes. Tsiku lomwelo Mardi Gras amadziwika kuti Lundi Gras (Fat Monday). Wopambana kwambiri pa Super Krewes, Orpheus amadandaula usiku wa Lundi Gras.
Mardi Gras Parades
Pafupifupi onse a New Orleans akudutsa akuyenda ku St. Charles Avenue ndi ku Central Business District. Chinthu chodziwika kwambiri ndi Endymion, chomwe chimapita ku Central Business District kuchokera ku Canal Street. Ochepa kwambiri amapita ku Quarter ya France chifukwa cha misewu yopapatiza m'tawuni yakaleyi, yakale kwambiri. Ngati mukufuna kuwona, muyenera kuchoka ku Quarter ya France, kapena kupita ku Canal Street pamphepete mwa Quarter ya France.
Mardi Gras Akuponya
Chinthu chimodzi chokha chimene Mardi Gras amachititsa kuti zigawenga zikhale zofanana ndizo kuti okwerawo amaponya zinthu kwa anthu.
Inde, zinthu zazikulu ndi ma Mardi Gras mikanda. Koma amaponyanso makapu apulasitiki ndi doubloons (ndalama) ndi tsiku ndi mutu wa krewe wa chaka. Zinyumba zina zaponyera zimakhala zosiyana ndi krewe. Mwachitsanzo, okwera krewe wa Zulu amapanga zojambula ndi kokonati zokongoletsedwa bwino. Ngakhale malamulo a mzinda amaletsa kuti aponyedwe izi, okwerawo amaloledwa kukupatsani chimodzi. Kokonati ya Chizulu ndi yopambana kwambiri kuponyera ku Mardi Gras ndipo ngati muli ndi mwayi wokwanira kuti mupeze ufulu wodzikuza.
Mosiyana ndi zomwe anthu ambiri amakhulupirira, Mardi Gras ndi wochezeka m'banja. Mabanja ambiri a New Orleans, kuphatikizapo anga, ali pa St. Charles Avenue kwinakwake pakati pa Napoleon Avenue ndi Lee Circle. Mukapita kudera lino, mudzapeza picnikini zapanyumba ndi bar-b-ques ponseponse pamsewu.
Ana ang'onoang'ono amakhala pa mipando yapadera yokhazikika pamakwerero kuti atsimikizire kuti ali otetezeka ndikutha kuona zomwe zikuchitika. Mwalamulo, makwerero awa ayenera kukhala kutali kwambiri ndi chilema pamene ali pamwamba, ndipo wamkulu ayenera kuima pamakwerero ndi mwanayo.
Kuthamanga okwera nawo amanyamula kuponyera kwapadera, monga nyama zong'ambika, kwa ana ang'onoang'ono pambali iyi ya njira yowonongeka. Chifukwa chakuti dera ili ndilo malo ammudzi ndiwowolowa manja ndipo G-adawerengedwa.
Zonse Zimatha Pakati pa Usiku
Ziribe kanthu zomwe zikuchitika pa nyengo ya zikondwerero ndi makamaka pa tsiku la Mardi Gras pa Bourbon Street , zonse zimathera pakati pausiku. Pakatikatikati mwa usiku, kupuma kumayamba ndipo phwando limatha. Mapolisi okwera omwe akutsogolera malo oyeretsa msewu waukulu wa Bourbon Street. Kotero, ndibwino kuti mukhale pa Bourbon Street pamaso pa pakati pausiku. Ambiri omwe amabwera kumene ku Mardi Gras mwina samadziwa izi kapena samakhulupirira ndikugwidwa. Zikhulupirire, phwando limatha pakati pausiku.
Kotero, bwerani ku Mardi Gras ndipo musawope kukhala ndi nthawi yabwino. Kumbukirani, mukhoza kubwera nokha ndikuwona malo pa Bourbon Street, kapena kubweretsa ana ndikukhala pa St. Charles Avenue.