Phagwah, ko Holi, shine bikin Hindu na Indo-Caribbean na sabuwar shekara. A duk lokacin bazara, ranar Lahadi bayan wata watannin farko na kalandar Hindu, Phagwah yana nuna launi a matsayin yara da iyalansu "launi" juna tare da yatsun ( abrac ) da foda kuma suna kaucewa 'yan hunturu. Ruhun - da kuma jinkirin jinkirin - suna kama da Carnival. (Lura - babu wani fenti ko foda da aka bari a kan titin ko gefen hanya, kawai a wurin shakatawa.)
Kamfanin Pharanth Parade a Richmond Hill, Queens, shine babban bikin da ke Arewacin Amirka.
Hanyar zuwa ga Phagwah Parade
Yi tafiye-tafiye na jama'a kuma ajiye kanka da ciwon kai. Kayan ajiye motoci yana da iyakancewa a unguwar.
- Car : Van Wyck zuwa Liberty Avenue fita ko Atlantic Avenue fita (mafi alhẽri). Kai yamma zuwa Richmond Hill.
- Gidan ajiye motoci : Gwada filin ajiye motoci a kan titin gefen Liberty da Atlantic, kusa da Park na Okey, ko kuma a kan Atlantic. Kayan ajiye motoci a Liberty ba wani zaɓi ba ne. Da tsakar rana gano wani wuri zai zama matukar wuya, idan ba a ci gaba da ciwon kai ba.
- Hanyar hanya : A zuwa Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard a Liberty Avenue. Yi tafiya gabas tare da Liberty.
- Bus : Q8, Q10, Q41, da Q112
Mene ne Sakamakon?
Phagwah shine bikin Holi , wani bikin Hindu . Indo-Caribbeans baƙi daga Guyana da Trinidad sun kawo bikin zuwa Queens, sun fara fararen ne a 1990.
Yana da wata al'ada ta gari. Floats na dauke da masu kyau, masu cin kasuwa, da kuma shugabannin siyasa da shugabannin siyasa a Liberty Avenue da kuma zuwa Smokey Oval Park, inda akwai wasan kwaikwayo.
Bambanci shine mai haske ja, purple, orange, da kuma kayan dindindin da kuma kayan da ke cike da iska da kuma gashi da tufafin fararen tufafi.
Tsararran Tsaro da Launi
Bayan 9/11 wasu sun ji tsoron cewa bikin Firakin na musamman, tare da foda, zai iya zama manufa don ta'addanci. Abin godiya, ba a damu ba.
Ya kasance mai aminci, kwanan rana.
Iyakar matsalar shine ga wadanda suke so su kiyaye tufafinsu tsabta. Ko da idan kun tsaya a kan titin, yana da mahimmanci don samun yatsa a jikin tufafin ku. Kuma idan kun shiga cikin titin, kun zama wasa mai kyau ga yara tare da manyan ɗakuna masu cike da mulu.
Dokokin Dokar Hukuma
Dokokin da za a bi da su a karkashin kwamitin kwamiti na Pharanth:
- Ba abun shan barasa;
- Ba za a sami wani babban mashahuri ba;
- An ƙuntata foda da dye ga Park na Okey Park na Smokey da kuma wurin zama;
- Sai kawai wa] ansu addinai (Songs da Chowtals na Phagwah) da za a yi suna;
- Masu zama zasu kasance a gaban ko a baya na Floats, kuma ba a gefe ba;
- Ba a yarda da banner siyasa a hanya ta Parade ko a filin Park na Smokey;
- Ba wanda ya jefa wani abrac ko foda akan 'yan sanda.
Tarihin Firama
Phagwah (wanda ake kira Phagwa) shi ne bikin Indo-Caribbean na hutu na Hindu wanda ake kira Holi a Indiya. Yana da bikin Hindu na al'ada da kuma sabuwar shekara ta kalandar rana.
Domin shekaru dubbai a Indiya , 'yan Hindu sun yi murna da Holi a matsayin nasarar nasara a kan mummuna, da kuma sabunta lokutan aikin gona. (Harshen haɗuwa a cikin Hindu shekara shi ne Diwali, Likin Haske.) Zama na gida ya bambanta, kuma yawancin launi yana taka rawar gani.
Phagwah a cikin Caribbean
Indiyawan da suka tafi Caribbean kamar yadda ma'aikata suka yi a karni na 19 da farkon karni na 20 suka kawo hutu zuwa Guyana, Surinam, da Trinidad.
Ranar ya ci gaba kuma ya sami sunan Phagwah. A Guyana da Surinam, Phagwah ya zama babban muhimmin bukukuwan kasa, kuma kowa yana da rana daga aiki.
Tun cikin shekarun 1970s, yawancin mutanen Guyana sun yi hijira zuwa Amurka, musamman zuwa Richmond Hill da Jamaica a Queens, kuma sun kawo al'adun Phagwah zuwa gidansu.
Ƙarin albarkatu a kan Phagwah da Holi
Cibiyar Al'adu ta Rajkumari (718-805-8068) mai zaman kansa ne mai sadaukar da kai ga koyarwa da kiyaye al'adu da al'adun Indo-Caribbean a NYC.
The About Guide to Hinduism yana da ƙarin bayani game da Holi.