Caribbean Carnival ili ndi miyambo yosiyanasiyana mu chikhalidwe cha ku Africa ndi Chikatolika
Mwezi wa Khirisimasi ukakhala wovomerezeka ku Caribbean, ndi nthawi yokonza nsapato zanu ndikuyamba kuganizira za zikondwerero, kuti zikondwerero zamakono zomwe zimafika pa Fat Lachiwiri, tsiku loyamba Lent liyamba pa Ash Lachitatu. (Ku United States, tsiku limenelo ndi chikondwerero chimenechi amadziwika kuti Mardi Gras.)
Ngati mukukonzekera ulendo wopita ku Caribbean mu February kapena March, pamene Fat Lachiwiri likugwa malinga ndi chaka, mungathe kutenga chikondwerero chimenechi chomwe chimakhalapo nthawi imodzi.
Trinidad, nyumba yake yoyambirira, ndiyo phwando lalikulu kwambiri komanso lapamwamba kwambiri, koma palizilumba zina zambiri zomwe mungathe kuwona Carnival , pafupifupi chaka chonse.
Mizu ya Carnival
Mapwando ku Caribbean ali ndi ufulu wobadwira wovuta kubadwa: Umamangirizidwa ku chikomyunizimu, kutembenuka kwachipembedzo, ndipo potsiriza ufulu ndi chikondwerero. Chikondwererocho chinachokera ku Akatolika a ku Italy ku Ulaya, ndipo kenaka chinafalikira kwa Achifalansa ndi Chisipanishi , omwe anabweretsa chikhalidwe chawo chisanafikeko (ndipo anabweretsa akapolo ku Trinidad , Dominica , Haiti , Martinique , ndi zilumba zina za Caribbean).
Liwu lakuti "Carnival" palokha limatanthauza kutanthauza kuti "kugonana ndi nyama" kapena "kugonjera thupi," zomwe poyamba zimatchulidwa mwambo wa Katolika wosiya nyama zofiira kuchokera ku Ash Lachitatu kufikira Pasitala . Mfundo yomalizayi, mwina mwina yosavomerezeka, imati ndi chizindikiro cha kutaya mtima komwe kunabwera kufotokozera mwambo wa Caribbean wa holideyo.
Akatswiri a mbiri yakale amanena kuti amakhulupirira kuti Caribbean Carnival yoyamba idayambira ku Trinidad ndi Tobago chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800 pamene anthu ambiri a ku France anabweretsa Fat yachiwiri kuti azichita nawo chikondwererochi ndi chilumbachi, ngakhale kuti zikondwerero za Fat Lachiwiri zinkachitika zaka zisanafike izo.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 18, kunali kale anthu ambiri akuda a ku Free Trinidad ophatikiza ndi a French othawa kwawo, oyamba ku Spain, ndi anthu a ku Britain (chilumbachi chinagonjetsedwa ndi Britain mu 1797). Izi zinachititsa kusintha kwa Carnival kuchokera ku chikondwerero cha ku Ulaya chomwe chinakhazikitsidwa kupita ku chikhalidwe chosiyana kwambiri chomwe chimaphatikizapo miyambo yochokera kumitundu yonse yomwe imachita chikondwererochi. Pomwe mapeto a ukapolo adatha mu 1834, anthu amitundu yonse tsopano amatha kukondwerera chikhalidwe chawo komanso kumasulidwa kwawo kudzera muvalidwe, nyimbo, ndi kuvina.
Zinthu zitatu izi-kuvala mumasewero, nyimbo, ndi kuvina-khalani pakati pa zikondwerero za zikondwerero. Zikuchitika pa mipira yambiri (miyambo ya ku Ulaya) ndi m'misewu (mwambo wa ku Africa), ndi zovala, masks, nthenga, kumutu, kuvina, nyimbo, zitsulo, ndi ndodo zonse zomwe zimachitika, pamodzi ndi khalidwe lachiwawa
Chikhalidwe Chotsatira
Kuchokera ku Trinidad ndi Tobago, Carnival inafalikira kuzilumba zina zambiri, kumene chikhalidwecho chinkagwirizana ndi zikhalidwe zapachikhalidwe zapadera-salsa zowonekera ku Antigua, mwachitsanzo, ndi calypso ku Dominica. Zikondwerero zina zachoka pa kalendala ya Isitala ndipo zimakondwerera kumapeto kwa nyengo kapena chilimwe.
Ku St. Vincent ndi ku Grenadines , pali Vincy Mas, omwe ankachita masewera oyambirira m'masiku oyamba Lentse koma tsopano ndi chikondwerero cha chilimwe. Vincy Mas amaphatikizapo zikondwerero za pamsewu, ma calypso ndi masewero a zitsulo, ndipo ambiri amodzi, Mardi Gras ndi maphwando a msewu wa J'Ouvert ndi mapepala. Ndizofanana ndi miyambo ya Carnival koma inagwiritsidwa nthawi yosiyana.
Ku Martinique , oyendayenda amatha kukawona Martinique Carnival, yomwe ikuchitika masiku omwe akutsogolera Kuphulika ndipo ili ndi zochitika zonse zapanyumba ndi zokaona. Mwapadera ku Martinique ndi "Mfumu Carnival" yomwe ikumakondwerera pa Ash Lachitatu yomwe imaphatikizapo moto wamoto umene "Mfumu Vaval," "mfumu ya Carnival," imapangidwa ndi bango, nkhuni, ndi zinthu zina zotenthedwa ndikuwotchedwa ngati pa chikondwerero.
Ku Haiti , anthu amtundu ndi alendo amatha kukondwerera "Haiti Choipitsa Kanaval," chimodzi mwa zikuluzikulu zomwe zimachitika kuzilumba za Caribbean zomwe zimadutsa mizinda yambiri ya Haiti.
Izi zikondwerero za Carnival zimatengera zikondwerero za Fat Lachiwiri mwakuya, ndi zikondwerero, zovala, nyimbo, ndi mitundu yonse yosangalatsa.
Ku Cayman Islands , Batabano, imodzi mwa maphwando aang'ono kwambiri a Carnival ku Caribbean, ndi phwando lotchuka la May lomwe limakondwerera mbiri ya Africa ku Caribbean, komanso kupambana kwa anthu omwe ali ndi Cayman Island. "Batabano," mochititsa chidwi, ndi mkokomo wa njira zomwe mafunde a m'nyanja amachoka mumchenga pamene amachokera ku zisa zawo kupita ku gombe, akuti mawu ena akuti anasankhidwa kuimira kukula kwa zilumba za Cayman mibadwo yonse.