Kana iwe wakamboenda kuPuerto Rico , zvimwe wakamboona vejigante masks. Aya maskishi akajeka, ane fantastically whimsical anoshongedza masvingo ezvitoro zvisingaverengeki zvekuyeuchidza muSan Juan uye zvakapoteredza chitsuwa. Iyo yakanamatira parusvingo rwangu yakasviba uye yakatsvuka, ine shanu shanu huru uye muromo wakapinza.
Asi chii, uye vanobva kupi? Mhinduro yacho inoratidzwa munhoroondo yePuerto Rico, uye mutsika yekutendeuka yakabudisa tsika dzakasiyana.
Ive vejigante ndeye munhu wepolkloric uyo anotangira kumashure muSpanish yekare. Nhoroondo yacho inofanirwa kuti vejigante inomirira vaMorid infidel vakakundwa muhondo yakatungamirirwa naSaint James. Kuti akudze mutsvene, vanhu vakafuka semadhimoni vakatora kumugwagwa mumutambo wegore negore. Nokufamba kwenguva, vejigante yakava sorudzi rwemadhimoni, asi muPuerto Rico, zvakatora humwe hutsva nehutauriri hweAfrica uye chizvarwa cheTaíno tsika. Vanhu veAfrica vakapa mimhanzi inorema yeBomba y plena , asi Taíno yakapa zvizvarwa zvekuzvarwa kune chikamu chakakosha chesjigante costume: mask. Sezvo zvakadaro, chiPuerto Rico vejigante chimiro chisingatauri kuPuerto Rico.
The Careta Mask
Iyo maski ye vejigante inozivikanwa seCalta. Yakagadzirwa kubva papier-mâché kana kokonati husks (kunyange zvazvo ndakaonawo masikisi akawanda akaitwa nemupata), zvinowanzoita mitambo inotyisa yehwamanda, fangs nemaberere, uye inowanzove yakaputika.
Masikiti akaiswa paoko uye akabatanidzwa nevanogadzira nzvimbo. Kunyange zvazvo "wechokwadi" Careta zviri pachena kuti yakakura zvokuti inogona kupfeka, uchaona kuti masikirwo emasikiti acho kubva pane zvisikwa zviduku zvokuti iwe unogona kutakura nyore kudzokera kumba kuChinese-Dragon-like-masterpieces. Saizvozvowo, mutengo unotanga pamadhora madhora gumi uye unosvika kune zviuru.
Kunze kweMask
Vejigante inobatanidza mazwi maviri echiSpanish: vejiga , kana mhou yemhou, uye gigante , kana giant. Zita racho rinoreva mavjigas ayo vanhu vanonyanya kutakura nawo. Chidimbu, icho chakaomeswa, chakasvibiswa, chizere nembeu uye zvakavezwa, ndicho chivimbo chekuvimba chevharo. Munguva yePonce Carnival , chiitiko chikuru kupfuura zvose muPuerto Rico uye gore rega rega ye vejigante kuti aite zvinhu zvake, vanhu vacho vanofara vachipinda pakati pemapoka evanhu, vachiimba, vachiimba, uye vachinge vachinge vachinge vachinge vaenda nevanenge vachienda. (Usanetseka, ichi hachisi chiitiko chinorwadza kana chinorwadza ... zvishoma, hazvifananidzi kuva!) Bhanter pakati pevjigantes nemapoka evanhu vose chikamu chinofadza.
Iyo maskiti inongova chikamu chimwechete chetendi. Mukuwedzera, mitambo ye vejigante inoyerera, iyo yakafanana nesutu ye clown asi ine mapapiro emakona akapararira semapapiro apo vejiga inoparadzira maoko ake.
Iwe haufaniri kumirira Carnival kuti uwane vejigantes. Inogona kuwanikwa mune zvakasiyana-siyana zvezviitiko nemitambo - Ndakaona imwe yakanamatira kuSaborea! - asi kuti uwane ruzivo rwakakwana, hapana chakafanana nePonce Carnival uye Fiesta de Santiago Apostól , kana Mutambo weSt James, wakaitwa muLoíza mumwe weJuly.
Iyi miviri miviri ndiyo mizinda isina kukodzera yemitemo ye vejigante muPuerto Rico, uye apo vazhinji vezvitsuwa zvakanakisisa zvechitsuwa nevaski-vanoita vanogona kuwanikwa.
Ndinowana rakanaka, risina kujairika uye rine simba vejigante mask kuti rive rinomiririra uye rinonakidza kutaura kwePuerto Rico younyanzvi netsika dzemhizha. Kunyange zvazvo zvichitarisa zvakanyanya muhutano (kunyanya zviduku, izvo zvandiri kuona hazvina kutora mweya wemasikisi), hazvina kuoma kuwana chimiro chakanaka kuti utone iwe pachako. Uye kana vasina kunyatsopindirana, yeuka kuti izvi hazvisi zviyeuchidzo zvekufekitari, asi mabasa anoitwa nemaoko. Asymmetry chikamu chekunaka kwayo!