Ponce Carnival ndi phokoso la Puerto Rico ku Caribbean ku Mardi Gras ndi msuweni wake wotchuka kwambiri ku Rio de Janeiro. Chikondwerero chimene chachitika kwa zaka zoposa 200, ndilo gawo la boricua zonse, komanso pangano la pachaka la anthu a ku Puerto Rico chifukwa chochita mantha ndi zokondwerero.
Zojambulazo zimayang'ana malo opezeka mumzinda wa Ponce. Chikondwererocho chikuchitika mu February, mu masiku omwe akutsogolera ku Ashiti Lachitatu ndi kuyamba kwa Lent.
Zonse Zokhudza Vejigantes
The vejigantes ndi nyenyezi zosayembekezereka zawonetseroyi, koma ndi chiyani kwenikweni? Mwa mawu, iwo ndi ziwanda. Zowonjezereka, vejigante ndi chiwonetsero choyambirira cha mibadwo yakale yomwe ikugwirizana ndi chikhalidwe cha African, Spanish, ndi Caribbean. Dzina limachokera ku vejiga , lomwe limatanthauza "chikhodzodzo" mu Spanish. Ine ndizifotokoza izo pang'ono.
Monga mwatsatanetsatane mu chidule ichi, chovala cha vejigante chimafunikira zigawo zikuluzikulu zitatu: maski, cape, ndi suti. Chigoba ndicho chozizwitsa kwambiri komanso chodabwitsa kwambiri, ndipo ngakhale chili ndi malamulo: Sindiyenera kuona maskiki a vejigante popanda kuphwanya mano ndi nyanga.
Symbolism ya Carnival
Mofanana ndi Mardi Gras, zojambulazo zimayambira mu Chikatolika. The vejigantes, omwe ali ndi ziboliboli (zowonongeka za ng'ombe), amayenda kuzungulira ana ndi ena osalakwa, mosakayikira kuti amenyane ndi mizimu yoipa yomwe ikuyendayenda.
Komabe, atapatsidwa kuti adziwongolera amai okongola, zolinga za uzimu zikhoza kukhala zokayikira.
Phwando limatha ndi Entierro de la Sardina , kapena "Kuikidwa m'manda a Sardine." Manda achikumbutso awa, odzaza ndi bokosi lodzala, akulemekeza nyengo ya Lent. Chophimba ndi zotayika zakhala zikuyaka moto, kuwonetsera kutentha kwa machimo a thupi.
Zimene muyenera kuyembekezera
Kuphatikiza pa kuwononga ndalama za vejigantes, kuyembekezera nyimbo zambiri zamapulogalamu, nyimbo zambiri, kudya ndi kumwa, komanso anthu oimba nyimbo. Palinso mpando wa Mfumu ndi Mfumukazi ya Carnival, ndi "Manda a Sardine" omwe tatchulawa. Ndi phwando lalikulu kwambiri la Puerto Rico, ndipo ndizochitika za m'banja; mudzawona mini vejigantes kulikonse. Yembekezani makamu, nyimbo zomveka, okondwa kwambiri, ndi nthawi yabwino!