A Brief History of Carnival a cikin Caribbean

Caribbean Carnival ya haɓaka asali a al'adun Afirka da Katolika

Da zarar lokaci na Kirsimeti ya kasance a cikin Caribbean, lokaci ya yi da za a gwada takalman fararen ku da kuma fara tunanin Carnival, wannan bikin da ya ƙare akan Fat Talata, ranar kafin Lent fara ranar Laraba. (A {asar Amirka, wannan rana da wannan bikin an san shi ne Mardi Gras.)

Idan kuna shirin tafiya zuwa Caribbean a watan Fabrairun ko Maris, lokacin da Fat Talata ya fadi dangane da shekara, za ku iya kama wannan bikin mai ban sha'awa wanda ke da kwarewa a kowane lokaci.

Trinidad, gidansa na ainihi, har yanzu shine babbar babbar ƙungiya, amma akwai wasu tsibirin da za ku iya samun Carnival , kusan shekara guda.

Tushen Carnival

Carnival a cikin Caribbean yana da matsayi na haihuwa mai wuya: An haɗa shi da mulkin mallaka, rikici na addini, da kuma kyakkyawan 'yanci da kuma biki. Wannan bikin ya samo asalin Italiyanci Katolika a Turai, sannan daga bisani ya yada ga Faransanci da Mutanen Espanya , waɗanda suka kawo al'adar Lenten tare da su lokacin da suka zauna (kuma suka kawo bayi zuwa Trinidad , Dominica , Haiti , Martinique , da sauran tsibirin Caribbean.

Kalmar "Carnival" da kanta ana zaton yana nufin "ban kwana ga nama" ko "ban kwana ga jiki," wanda ya sabawa ka'idar Katolika na kauce wa nama mai nama daga Ash Sharhi har zuwa Easter . Bayanin karshen, yayin da yiwuwar apocryphal, an ce ya zama alamomi na watsi da ra'ayi wanda ya zo don bayyana bikin bikin Caribbean.

Masana tarihi sun ce sun yi imani da cewa "Caribbean Carnival" na farko da aka samo asali ne a Trinidad da Tobago a ƙarshen karni na 18 a lokacin da ambaliyar mutanen Faransa suka kawo Fat Fat din tare da su zuwa tsibirin, kodayake bukukuwan Fat Talata sun kasance suna faruwa kalla karni kafin wannan.

A farkon karni na 18, akwai wasu 'yan fata marasa kyauta a Trinidad tare da' yan gudun hijirar Faransanci, 'yan asalin Mutanen Espanya da na Birtaniya (tsibirin ya kasance karkashin mulkin Birtaniya a 1797). Wannan ya haifar da sauye-sauyen Carnival daga bikin Turai da aka kafa a cikin al'adun al'adu da suka hada da al'adu daga dukkanin kabilun da ke bayar da bikin. Bayan karshen bautar da aka yi a 1834, yanzu yanzu mutanen da ke cikin yanzu suna iya tunawa da al'amuransu na al'ada da haɓaka ta hanyar tufafi, kiɗa, da rawa.

Wadannan abubuwa guda uku-kayan shafawa, musika, da rawa-suna kasancewa cikin tsakiyar bikin Carnival. Yana faruwa ne a bukukuwa masu mahimmanci (al'adun Turai) da kuma tituna (al'adar Afirka), tare da kayan ado, masks, gashin tsuntsaye, wutsiyoyi, rawa, kiɗa, maɗauri na shinge, da kuma drums duk wani ɓangare na wurin, tare da halayyar kullun

Hanyar Juyawa

Daga Trinidad da Tobago, Carnival ya yadu zuwa sauran tsibirin, inda al'adar ta haɗa da al'adun gargajiya na musamman-salsa a kan Antigua, misali, kuma calypso a Dominica. Wasu bukukuwan sun tashi daga kalandar Easter kuma an yi bikin a cikin marigayi marigayi ko rani.

A St. Vincent da Grenadines , akwai Vincy Mas, wani fararen kirki da aka fara a cikin kwanaki kafin Lent amma yanzu a lokacin biki. Vincy Mas ya ƙunshi bukukuwan titin, tituna da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na karfe, kuma mafi mahimmanci, Mardi Gras da J'Ouvert hanyoyin tituna da kuma hanyoyi. Wannan al'adar Carnival ita ce wadda aka yi a wani lokaci daban.

A Martinique , masu tafiya za su iya duba Martinique Carnival, wanda ke faruwa a cikin kwanakin da suka wuce zuwa Lent kuma ya ƙunshi al'amuran gida da yawon shakatawa. Musamman ga Martinique ita ce bikin "King Carnival" a ranar Laraba da ta gabata wanda ya hada da wuta mai tsanani wanda "King Vaval", "Sarkin Carnival," ya yi daga bishiyoyi, itace, da wasu abubuwa masu kayatarwa sannan kuma ya ƙone kamar yadda ake yi a cikin bikin.

A Haiti , mazauna da kuma baƙi suna iya tunawa da "Haitian Defile Kanaval," daya daga cikin manyan tsibiran da ke tsibirin Caribbean wanda ke fadada a cikin manyan biranen Haiti.

Wannan bikin na Carnival yana ɗaukar farin ciki na Fat ranar talata, tare da bukukuwan, kayan ado, kiɗa, da kowane nau'i mai ban sha'awa.

A cikin tsibirin Cayman , Batabano, daya daga cikin ƙananan bikin Carnival a cikin Caribbean, wani shahararrun watan Mayu ne wanda ke murna da tarihin Afirka a Caribbean, da kuma nasarar nasarar Cayman Islanders. "Batabano," mai ban sha'awa, shi ne abin kunya a cikin waƙoƙin da tsuntsaye na teku suka bar a cikin yashi a yayin da suka tashi daga nidansu zuwa rairayin bakin teku, wani lokacin da aka zaba ya zama wakiltar ci gaba da tsibirin Cayman a tsawon tsararraki.