Nkhani Pambuyo Mmasikiti a Vejigante a Puerto Rico

Ngati mwakhalapo ku Puerto Rico , mwinamwake munawona masjigu a vejigante . Masks awa okongola, okongola kwambiri amakongoletsa makoma a masitolo ambirimbiri okumbukira ku San Juan ndi kuzungulira chilumbachi. Wopachikidwa pakhoma langa ndi wakuda ndi pinki, ali ndi nyanga zisanu zazikulu ndi chingwe chakuthwa.

Koma kodi iwo ndi ati, ndipo amachokera kuti? Yankho lagona mu mbiri ya Puerto Rico, ndi chikhalidwe cha convergence chomwe chinapanga miyambo yapadera.

Vejigante ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu omwe amachokera ku Spain zakale. Nthano imapita kuti vejigante imayimirira aamuna achikunja omwe adagonjetsedwa pankhondo yotsogozedwa ndi Saint James. Kulemekeza woyera mtima, anthu ovekedwa ndi ziwanda adatuluka mumsewu paulendo wapachaka. Patapita nthawi, vejigante inakhala ngati mdierekezi, koma ku Puerto Rico, zinayambanso kutsogolo ndi chiyambi cha chikhalidwe cha Afirika komanso chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe cha Taíno. Anthu a ku Africa amavomereza nyimbo ya heavy drum ya bomba y plena , pamene Taíno inapereka gawo lofunika kwambiri pa chovala cha vejigante: chigoba. Motero, Puerto Rico vejigante ndi chikhalidwe chodziwika ku Puerto Rico.

The Careta Mask

Chigoba cha vejigante chimadziwika kuti Careta. Zopangidwa kuchokera ku mapepala a papier-mâché kapena kokonati (ngakhale ine ndawonanso masikiti ambiri opangidwa ndi mimba), nthawi zambiri amasewera nyanga zoopsya, nyanga ndi zikopa, ndipo nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi mapepala.

Masks ali opangidwa ndi manja ndipo amasonkhanitsidwa ndi akatswiri amisiri. Ngakhale kuti "Careta" yowona ndi yayikulu yokwanira, mudzapeza kukula kwa maski kuchokera kuzinthu zochepa zomwe mungakwanitse kubwerera kunyumba ku Chinese-Dragon-like-master. Mofananamo, mitengo imayambira pafupifupi $ 10 ndikufikira zikwi.

Pambuyo pa Mask

Vejigante ndi mgwirizano wa mau awiri a Chisipanishi: vejiga , kapena chikhodzodzo cha ng'ombe, ndi gigante , kapena chimphona. Dzina limatanthawuza ma vjigas omwe anthu omwe amawatchula amakhala nawo. Chikhodzodzo, chomwe chauma, chonyowa, chodzazidwa ndi mbewu ndi zojambula, ndicho chida chodalirika cha vejigante. Panthawi ya Ponce Carnival , chikhalidwe chachikulu kwambiri ku Puerto Rico ndi gawo la pachaka la vejigante kuti apange zinthu zake, anthu omwe adakondwera nawo akuyenda mosangalala pakati pa magulu a anthu, akuimba, akuimba, ndikuwombera anthu omwe akudutsa. (Musati mudandaule, izi sizowopsa kapena zopweteka ... osati, sizinayenere kukhala!) Banter pakati pa vejigantes ndi makamu onse ndi gawo la zosangalatsa.

Chigoba ndicho gawo limodzi chabe. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, masewera a vejigante ndi chikho chozungulira, ngati suti ya clown koma ndi mbali zina zomwe zimatuluka ngati mapiko pamene vejiga imatambasula manja ake.

Simukuyenera kudikirira Carnival kuti mupeze vejigantes. Iwo amapezeka mu zochitika zosiyanasiyana ndi zikondwerero - Ndinawona imodzi ikuwonekera ku Saborea! - koma kuti tipeze zowonjezera, palibe chomwe chiri ngati Ponce Carnival ndi Fiesta de Santiago Apostól , kapena Chikondwerero cha Saint James, chomwe chinachitikira ku Loíza pa July aliyense.

Mizinda iwiriyi ndi mitu yodziwika bwino ya chikhalidwe cha vejigante ku Puerto Rico, ndipo kumene amapepala ambiri opanga masewera ndi ojambula amapezeka.

Ndimawona maskigante okongola, osadziwika komanso osangalatsa kuti akhale ovomerezeka komanso ochititsa chidwi a chikhalidwe cha Puerto Rico ndi zamisiri. Ngakhale kuti zimakhala zovuta kwambiri (makamaka zazing'ono, zomwe ndimaziona sizimagwira mzimu wa masks), zimakhala zovuta kupeza masakiti okongola kuti mutchule nokha. Ndipo ngati iwo sali ofanana kwambiri, kumbukirani kuti izi sizinthu zopangidwa ndi mafakitale, koma ntchito zopangidwa ndi manja. Asymmetry ndi mbali ya kukongola kwake!