Phagwah, kapena Holi, ndi chikondwerero cha Hindu cha Indo-Caribbean chaka chatsopano. Masika onse, Lamlungu pambuyo pa mwezi woyamba wa kalendala ya Hindu, Phagwah kwenikweni imapanga misewu monga ana ndi mabanja "amitundu" ndi dye ( abrac ) ndi ufa ndi kuthamangitsa mabala a chisanu. Mzimu - ndi-mkulu-jinks - ali ngati wa Carnival. (Dziwani - palibe dawuni kapena ufa womwe umaloledwa pamsewu kapena kumsewu, paki basi.)
Phiri la Phagwah ku Richmond Hill, Queens, ndi chikondwerero chachikulu ku North America.
Malangizo kupita ku Phagwah Parade
Pezani maulendo apamtunda ndikudzipulumutsa mutu. Kuyimitsa malo kuli kochepa kwambiri m'dera lanu.
- Galimoto : Van Wyck kupita ku Liberty Avenue kuchoka kapena ku Atlantic Avenue (bwino). Yendani kumadzulo kumka ku Richmond Hill.
- Mapaki : Yesetsani kuyima pamsewu wammbali pakati pa Liberty ndi Atlantic, pafupi ndi Smokey Oval Park, kapena ku Atlantic. Kuyimika pa Ufulu sizosankha. Masanasana kupeza malo adzakhala ovuta kwambiri, ngati osati kupweteka mutu.
- Sitima yapamsewu : A ku Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard ku Liberty Avenue. Yendani kummawa motsatira Ufulu.
- Basi : Q8, Q10, Q41, ndi Q112
Kodi Phagwa ndi chiyani?
Phagwah ndi chikondwerero cha Holi , chikondwerero chachihindu . Anthu a ku Indo-Caribbean ochokera ku Guyana ndi Trinidad anabweretsa chikondwerero ku Queens, kuyambira mu 1990.
Ndiwowonongeka wamba. Zinyamulira zimanyamula okongola a pageant beauty, amuna amalonda, ndi atsogoleri achipembedzo ndi ndale pansi Liberty Avenue ndi kupita ku Smokey Oval Park, kumene kuli msonkhano.
Kusiyanitsa ndi kofiira, kofiirira, lalanje, ndi mtundu wobiriwira wa dzira ndi ufa womwe umadzaza mlengalenga ndi kuvala zovala zoyera za ovina.
Mtetezi wa Phagwah ndi Mtundu
Pambuyo pa 9/11 anthu ena ankaopa kuti zikondwerero za Phagwah, makamaka ndi ufa, zikhoza kukhala zofuna za mantha. Mwamwayi, chowonetserocho sichinasokonezedwe.
Zakhala nthawi yotsimikizika, yosangalatsa.
Vuto lokha ndilo kwa iwo amene akufuna kusunga zovala zawo zoyera. Ngakhale mutayima pamsewu, zimakhala zofala kuti zovala zikhale zoyera. Ndipo ngati mutapita mumsewu, muli masewera okongola kwa ana omwe ali ndi masewera odzaza ndi utoto wofiirira.
Malamulo ovomerezeka a Parada
Komitiyi imayendera malinga ndi Komiti ya Phagwah Parade:
- Sikudzakhala kumwa mowa;
- Sipadzakhalanso wopamwamba kwambiri;
- Powder ndi utoto zimangokhala ku Smokey Oval Park ndi malo apangidwe;
- Nyimbo zokha zachipembedzo (nyimbo za Phagwah ndi Chowtals) ziyenera kuimbidwa;
- Ophunzira ayenera kukhala patsogolo kapena kumbuyo kwa Zinyumba, osati kumbali;
- Palibe mgwirizano wa ndale womwe umaloledwa pa njira ya Parada kapena pa Smokey Oval Park;
- Palibe amene ayenera kuponyera Apolisi anyama kapena ufa.
Mbiri ya Phagwah
Phagwah (yomwe imatchulidwanso Phagwa) ndi chikondwerero cha Indo-Caribbean cha holide yachihindu ya ku India yotchedwa Holi ku India. Ndiwo chikondwerero cha Chihindu chachikunja cha masika ndi chaka chatsopano cha kalendala yake ya mwezi.
Kwa zaka zikwi zambiri ku India , Ahindu adakondwerera Holi monga kupambana kwabwino pa zoipa, komanso nyengo yowonjezera nyengo. (Mapasa ake ogwa m'chaka cha Chihindu ndi Diwali, Phwando la Kuwala.) Zikondwerero zapanyumba zimasiyana, ndipo nthawi zonse mtundu umakhala ndi gawo lalikulu.
Phagwah ku Caribbean
Amwenye amene anapita ku Caribbean monga antchito osadziwika m'zaka za zana la 19 ndi kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 20 adabweretsa tchuthi ku Guyana, Surinam, ndi Trinidad.
Phirili linakula ndipo linatchedwa Phagwah. Ku Guyana ndi Surinam, Phagwah inakhala yofunika kwambiri yamaulendo a dziko lonse, ndipo aliyense adachoka kuntchito.
Kuyambira m'ma 1970 ma Guyanese ambiri adasamukira ku United States, makamaka ku Richmond Hill ndi Jamaica ku Queens, ndipo anabweretsa chikhalidwe cha Phagwa kunyumba yawo yatsopano.
Zida Zambiri pa Phagwah ndi Holi
Rajkumari Cultural Center (718-805-8068) ndi bungwe la anthu a Richmond Hill lomwe laperekedwa kuti liphunzitse ndi kusunga chikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe cha Indo-Caribbean ku NYC.
Buku Lopatulika la Chihindu lili ndi zambiri zokhudza Holi.