Mutambo Wakawanda Pamutambo: Barbados 'Gore Rokupemberera Carnival

01 ye 08

Nhungamidzo Yokudarika muBarbados

Bridgetown, Bharabhasi ndiro rudzi rweCaribbean guta rinoratidzira mararamiro aro ehurumende panguva dzose. Munenge makore makumi mana emakore, guta guru rechitsuwa ichi chinozivikanwa se "Little England" -Sangano reNESCO World Heritage Site-rakakosha-dzimba dzine zvivakwa zvekare uye zvivako, kusanganisira yeparamende yechitatu yekare muDarewealth uye nemazana emakore chifananidzo cheAdmiral Lord Nelson. Inonyatsoratidza iyo-prim-uye-yakakodzera, oh-so-British vibe kuti chitsuwa ichi chinozivikanwa.

Kunze, ndiko kuti, Muvhuro wekutanga munaAugust.

Pazuva iro, migwagwa yeBridgetown inotarisa chero chinhu kunze kwekuti-uye-yakakodzera. Kukudzwa kunouya kumhepo; munzvimbo yaro inouya chimwe chinhu chinozivikanwa se "wukking up": kufara-varume nevadzimai-vakanamirwa mumabheji, mabhiinis uye zvakajeka mavara-makumbo-vachigunzva mahudyu avo neshoko. Simba resoca rakasununguka blaring kubva kune vanhu vemahombe pamakumbo anofamba; Gomo reGay rum richiyerera zvakasununguka; Caribbean flags inomirira zvitsuwa kubva kuSt. Lucia kuenda kuJamaica kuve muzuva rinopisa. Kuchengetedza muparadhiso huru mumidziyo yekutamba: ndiyo yakapiwa "Amai Sally," cleavage pane kuratidzwa kwebhakanari, inoteverwa ne "Steel Donkey," ichikwira dutu mudhongi rake. Kunyange Bhajan pop star nyaya Rihanna anopinda mumhemberero, achisimudza mabhanhire eBeer Beer pamwe chete nevatasviki vanofara.

Ichi ndicho Kadooment Day: chinonyanya kugadzirisa kusvika kuBarbados's Crop Over, iyo huru yemitambo yechando muCaribbean.

02 of 08

Bharabhasi Dzinokura Kupfuura Mutambo: Wukking Up!

Mhemberero yemavhiki mashanu izere nemimhanzi, kutamba, tsika uye zvakawanda zveRum - pachitsuwa chinonzi chichigadzira - Chirongwa Chazvo chakabva mumakore zana nemasere, apo varanda vaipemberera kuguma kwekohwa . Nhasi-Day Crop Over anoyeuka nhaka iyi, sekunyanya kwarinoenda kune ante nemamwe emakore anoyevedza uye zviitiko; 2011 ndiyo yaive yakakoshesa kukohwa zvakare, uye makumi ezviuru zvevatengesi mumugwagwa weKadooment Day.

Chivako-firi, ndingadai ndave ndiine Muchero Pamusoro pekarenda yangu, saka ndakauya pachitsuwa chakanga change chichida kupera. Ndakatarisa muChivanze chitsva ne Marriott (Book Now), iyo yakaita seyokutanga, zvakananga isina-Carnival-esque: hotera yebhizimisi yakashata yakatorwa mumaTV-screen uye makombiyuta. Asi sezvo kuwanda kweMupinda pamusoro pevatasvi vatsvaga, bhizinesi rega rinotarisirwa bhizinesi rekuita; mumwe akaurayiwa nevatengesi vaibva kuTrinidad neJamaica vakashandura nzvimbo yekuchengetedza uye mudzimba wehotera yehotera yeGarrison ichienda kune dzimwe nhengo dzisina kukwana.

Crop Over yakanga yatotanga mavhiki mashomanana zvisati zvamboitika, pamwe neKuburitswa kweMakumbo Okupedzisira uye korona yaMambo naMambo weMutambo, vachiyeuchidza vanhu vanobudirira zvikuru vanhurume nevadzimai vanochera mativi emwaka. Kwakanga kune vanhu vechikwata, makwikwi e calypso uye unyanzvi hwokuratidzira, kusanganisira imwe kuCentral Bank, iyo yandakaita imwe nzvimbo yekushanyira.

Akashamiswa nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzehudhi hunoratidzika - vamwe vanyori vemunharaunda vairatidzira vafadzi vemitambo yemafaro; vamwe vakakotamira kuuranda uye zvakapfuura zvinorwadza kuburikidza nebasa retimtimedia - ndakapedza awa imwe ndichiitora, ndokubva ndayenderera mberi neBridgetown Market, iyo inoshandura, mumazuva masikati asati apera, kusvika kune rimwe zuva remugwagwa. Dzimba dzinotengeswa dzichibhururuka hove dzinokanganisa uye dzinonaka dzakabikwa zvehove. Mimhanzi yakanga iri kwose kwose: ma-calypso maitiro anoita mararamiro, vatauri vanotsvaga ma CDs emazuva ano. Mumwe murume akatengesa marangi nemichero matsva- "ingondidana ini Nut Man," akadaro-akatsanangura kuti Crop Over hainzi "mutambo wakanaka wezhizha" pasina. "Nguva ino yegore, vanhu veBhajan vanongotapira," akadaro vakataura.

03 of 08

Bharabhasi Dzinokura Mutambo: Pic-O-De-Crop

Nzivi - uye ndinoreva nguva, nguva dzekupedzisira; rudzi rweusiku hwakava mambakwedza - hwakashandiswa pamashure uye zviratidzo. Ndakanga ndisingazivi kupotsa Murape Pane zviitiko zviviri zvakakonzerana: Pic-O-De-Crop uye Cohobblopot.

PaPi-O-De-Crop, vanhu veku calypsoni vemunharaunda vanoita nharo yechinyorwa chinochiva cha Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Monarch. Kubva mubhokisi rangu kuKensington Oval, nhandare yakasarudzwa, ndakadzidza mune zvematongerwe enyika neyimboti, uye ndakafara apo uyo akakunda aidiwa nevanhu: Popsicle, mutambi watsva uyo akatora rondedzero pamusoro pedambudziko rezvemari uye uori hwezvematongerwe enyika kuburikidza nenziyo inoridza pamusoro pembongoro (mhuka, zvirokwazvo!).

"Calypso iri mumaoko akachengetedzeka: vechidiki vari kugara nehurukuro yevanhu," akatsanangura Red Plastic Bag, anonzi Bajan calypsonian inonzi yakakosha kuputika kwemajabs kune vezvematongerwo enyika. "Inoita kuti vashumiri vedu vaone. Calypsonians ndivo vanyori vezvakaitika kare, munoona. "

04 of 08

Bharabhasi Inokura Mutambo: Cohobblopot

PaChobobblopot - slang inzvimbo ye "nzvimbo yakasiyana-siyana kubva kune zvakasiyana-siyana" - iyo musanganiswa yaiva zvinhu zvose zvekudya: makarypsonian uye mabhendi anoisa nguo dzavo uye vachiita kune vanhu vakazara. Mutsara wegore ra2011 waiva chiratidzo chinoshamisa neTrinidadian soca nyenyeri Machel Montano, anozivikanwa nokuda kwechikwama chake chebhora raRabber-nechekare ("Akanyatsoita izvozvi-zvakadzika pasi here?" Murume ari pedyo neni akazviti iye se Montano uye kambani yakaita yavo yakagumburwa 2011 "Bend Over").

05 of 08

Bharabhasi Anodyara Kupfuura Mutambo: Anotora

Mushure mokunge mhemberero dzepamutemo dzinoratidza zvinouya Chibage Pamashure. Kuvadana kuti mapato ndeyekunyanyisa pasi; iyo inowedzera mhepo yakawanda, inowanzozadzwa nezvokudya, maitiro nevanharaunda vemo, uye boka rakapfekedzwa kumiti. Ndakatora vakawanda sezvandaikwanise kuwirirana pakati penguva imwechete (imwe haina kurara panguva yekutarisa; mumwe anobata awa kana maviri pane imwe nguva iye zvino).

Pakajeka, boka revanhu rakange risina kuchena uye usiku rakabviswa pamwe nekushanda naBajan soca nyota Edwin Yearwood, iyo catchy groovy soca inonzi "Good Time" yaiva yakanyatsorongeka yemhemberero. Uye kuBliss, yakabatanidzwa pazvikonzero zvinoshamisa zvePorters Great House, soro yezana remakore rechi17, ndakashambadza mushure-wuk-up kudya spree: zvigadzirwa zvekudya zvakawanda nezvimwe zvinodhaka zvakashanda zvose kubva martinis kuenda kuThai cuisine, shrimp pasta uye curried goat.

Makumbo akadai akadaro anowanzoyeuchidza kukuru kweCaribbean, muTrinidad , uko mazuva nemausiku anoshandiswa pane imwe fete kana imwe. Asi izvo Bharbados zvaive pamusoro peTrinidad zvaive zvakanaka kunze kwemukova wangu, zvichiita kuti mazamu emasikati asakosha: mamwe emakungwa akaisvonaka-ejecha machena munharaunda. Ndakatambudza mazuva mazhinji ipapo, ndichidzoka kubva usiku huripo pakati pemapoka evanhu uye kudimbudzira kuAccra Beach, chimwe chezviwi zvakakurumbira zvikuru zvechikwata. Ndakanga ndinewo mukana wekuzviwana ndichibata mamwe mazai uye kuti iyo inowanikwa isina kumbopinda mumatende kuSandy Lane , nzvimbo yeBarbados inonyanya kushandiswa.

06 of 08

Bharabhasi Anodyara Kupfuura Mutambo: The Booze Cruise

Uye ipapo pakanga pane Cruo Booze. Vose vevanzanga veBajan pamba vainge vatsigira kuti kana ndikaenda kune imwechete yeChirongwa Pamusoro, ngaive iyo inonzi yakakurumbira Booze Cruise. Vose veBarbados vaiita kunge vakawana memo imwecheteyo: Pandakasvika pachikepe chechikepe pa10 mangwanani, mitsara yakawira pasi pasi uye bato racho rakatanga; rimwe resimbi-pani rakanga riri kuputika uye kunwa kwaiyerera. Vaifurati vakaendeswa pane chimwe chezvikepe zvitatu uye, zvakanaka, vakakwidziridzwa uye vakatasva-vachitamba vaBhajan soca, hongu.

Ndakatarisa kuJolly Roger, chikepe chepirate, pamwe chete nemukurumbira: Bhabhu rainzi Bajan soca Rupee, aichimbova Miss Universe anowanikwa muWendy Fitzwilliam, achishanyira kubva kuTrinidad, uye munhu weTyidadhidhi terevhizheni, Jeanille Bonterre. Pasina nguva uye mashoma Gomo raGays gare gare, isu isu vatatu vakadzi takanga tichisunungura tambo uye tiri muGungwa reCaribbean. Uye patakakoromera kumashure pamatonhorera, raifara uye razorodzwa, Rupee yakanga ichiita sarudzo yepromptu, ichiimba yake yose yakapararira Crop Over yakarova "Ini ndiri Bhajan."

"Ndingave ndisiri Bhajan asi isu tose tiri vaJudan munguva yekudyara!" Fitzwilliam akazivisa nekumwemwerera.

07 of 08

Bharabhasi Anodyara Kupfuura Mutambo: Nhasi Muvhuro

Yangu "Ndiri muBajan" yakauya munguva yemaawa, pane chimwe chezvinhu zvakakosha zveRock Over. Foreday Morning ishanduro yeBarbadian yezvimwe zvipfeko zvinonzi J'Ouvert: chimiro chinotanga kubva 3 mangwanani kusvikira zuva rikwira, apo vatasvi vemabhiza vanozvifukidza ivo pachavo kubva mumatope nekupenda kusvika kucocoa. Ndakazviwana ndakagamuchirwa muchikwata kune imwe nzvimbo maawa mana, uye ndisati ndaziva kuti ndakanga ndichifamba uye ndichikwira neboka revasingazivi, ndichiita zvemashiripiti ndichiziva mazwi ose kuimba nandakange ndanzwa kwekutanga kokutanga zuva rakapfuura.

Pasina nguva ndakange ndakafukidzwa mukocoa; Nguva pfupi mushure mekunge ndakanga ndichitamba pasi peseji yemvura paOval, musha kusvika Preday Morning mushure mokufamba, ndichiona zuva richiuya, rinofadza muchitonhora-pasi uye rinoshamisa kune yese yemitambo yakazara yakasviba - chaizvoizvo! - Bajans neTrinis neCanadia neAmerica, vachitamba pamwechete sekunge isu tose taive zvechokwadi, sezvinoreva shoko iri, rimwe.

08 we 08

Bharabhasi Dzinokura Kupfuura Mutambo: Kadooment Day

Nenguva iyo Kadooment Day yakauya kuzere, iyo inogona kungova icing pakike. Ndakatamba mas (mune mamwe mazwi, ndakabatanidzwa mubasa racho) neboka rainzi Baje International, iro raive rakajeka gore iro band: Chii chakanga chakanaka kuti Rupee naRahanna vaite zvakanaka kwandiri.

Sezvo zuva raipfuura uye ini ndaifamba muzuva nemvura, kutamba pakati pemvura yekumvura uye kuguma mu Spring Garden, paki huru, ndakagara nguva dzose nguva nenguva uye ndichiyemura vaBarbados ndakanga ndisina kumboona: imwe iyo inoshongedza yakatsiviwa nekusununguka kusununguka, isu tose tinoshuva kugadzika kwekupedzisira kwemutambo unotapira kupfuura, zvakare, shuga pachayo.