Taron Goma: Barbados 'Annual Carnival Celebration

01 na 08

Gabatarwa ga Shuka a Barbados

Bridgetown, Barbados shine irin wannan birni na Caribbean wanda ya nuna tarihin mulkin mallaka a kowane juyi. A kusan kusan shekaru 400, babban birnin tsibirin da aka sani da "Little England" -un UNESCO Heritage Site-shi ne babban katanga da gine-ginen tarihi da kuma tsarin, ciki har da majalisa mafi girma a cikin Commonwealth da tsohuwar shekaru mutum-mutumi na Admiral Lord Nelson. Hakanan ya ƙunshi wutsiya mai kyau, watau Birnin Birtaniya da ake kira tsibirin.

Sai dai, wato, a ranar Litinin na farko a watan Agusta.

A wannan rana, tituna na Bridgetown suna kallon duk wani abu amma fara-da-dace. Tsarki ya shiga iska; a wurinsa ya zo wani abu da aka sani da "wukking up": maza da mata masu jin dadi-daɗaɗɗa a cikin beads, bikinis da masu launin shuɗi masu launin-suna kunyatar da kwatangwalo da tabbacin. Frenetic soca music ƙuƙwarar daga masu launin magana a kan motocin motsa jiki; Gidan Gay Gay yana gudana da yardar kaina; 'Yan kallo na Caribbean suna wakiltar tsibirin St. Lucia zuwa Jamaica suna tserewa a rana mai zafi. Sulɗa ta hanyar babban motsi a cikin kayan ado mai kyau: shine "Mother Sally", wanda yake da kyau, "nunawa a kan bacchanalian nunawa, sa'annan" Kayan Jiki, "ya kaddamar da hadari a cikin jakar jaki. Ko da Bajan pop star Rihanna shiga a cikin bukukuwa, wajaba ta Banks Beer rag tare da masu ban mamaki.

Wannan shi ne ranar Kadooment: Rapturous yana kusa da Barbados Crop Over, mafi girma a lokacin rani na rani a cikin Caribbean.

02 na 08

Barbados Crop Festival: Wukking Up!

Bikin mako biyar da aka cika da kiɗa, rawa, al'adu da yalwar rum - akan tsibirin da ke ikirarin sun kirkiro shi - Crop Over yana da asalinsu a cikin karni na goma sha takwas, lokacin da bayi suka yi karshen ƙarshen girbi . Girbin Yau na yau da kullum yana tunawa da wannan gado, ko da yake yana da mahimmanci tare da ƙwararrun yanayi da abubuwan da suka faru; 2011 shi ne mafi kyawun Crop na yanzu, tare da dubban masu karkawancin hanya a kan hanyar Kadooment Day.

Wani dan lokaci, na dade yana da Crop Over a kan kalandar, don haka sai na isa tsibirin shirye-shirye. Na duba a cikin sabon Courtyard by Marriott (Littafin Yanzu), wanda yake da alama, da farko kallon, un-Carnival-esque: wani sellek hotel din din da ya fita a cikin touch-allon TVs da kwakwalwa. Amma kamar yadda yawancin gonar Crop Over arrivals aka duba, kawai kasuwanci da ake kula da shi ne cinikin kasuwanci; a kashe 'yan majalisa daga Trinidad da Jamaica suka sake gina ɗakin shafe da ɗakin shakatawa na wannan gidan motar Garrison a cikin rukuni.

Crop Over ya riga ya fara makonnin da suka gabata, tare da iznin Can Last Canes da kuma daular Sarki da Sarauniya na bikin, yana tunawa da mafi yawan maza da mata na yanki na kakar wasa. Akwai wasannin kwaikwayo na gargajiya, wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo da kuma nune-nunen wasan kwaikwayo, ciki har da ɗaya a Babban Bankin, wanda na yi mahimmanci na ziyartar.

Abubuwan da ake nunawa a cikin fasaha sun nuna damuwa - wasu masu fasaha a gida sun nuna masu jin dadi na murna; wasu sun ba da girmamawa ga bautar da kuma mai raɗaɗi ta hanyar aiki na multimedia - Na ciyar da sa'a ɗaya, sannan na shiga cikin Bridgetown Market, wanda ke canzawa, a cikin kwanaki kafin babban fararen, a cikin wata titin titi. Stalls sayar da kifaye kifaye kifi da kuma mai dadi soyayyen fishcakes. Kiɗa ya kasance a ko'ina: ƙirar calypso yana yin rayuwa, masu magana suna ƙwaƙwalwa ƙwaƙwalwar CD ɗin. Wani mutumin da yake sayar da kirki da 'ya'yan itace mai ma'ana - "kawai ki kira ni Nut Man," in ji shi-ya bayyana cewa Crop Over ba a sanya shi "kyauta mai zafi" ba. "Wannan lokacin wannan shekara, Bajan mutane ne kawai masu jin dadi," inji shi sosai.

03 na 08

Barbados Crop Festival: Cikin Tsuntsu-Pic

Night - kuma na nufi marigayi, marigayi dare; irin dare da suka zama safiya - an kashe su a tayi da kuma nuna. Na san kada ku manta da manyan abubuwan wasanni na biyu a Crop Over: Pic-O-De-Crop da Cohobblopot.

A Pic-O-De-Crop, ƙananan calypsonians suna gasa saboda sunan da ake buƙata na Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Sarkin. Daga akwatin na a Kensington Oval, filin wasa na wasan kwaikwayo, an yi karatun a cikin 'yan siyasa ta gida ta hanyar waƙa, kuma na yi farin ciki lokacin da mai nasara ya fi son mutane: Popsicle, wani sabon bidiyon wanda ya ba da labari game da rashawa da kuma cin hanci da rashawa. ta hanyar raira waƙa game da jaki (dabba, ba shakka!).

"Calypso yana cikin hannaye masu aminci: matasa suna zama tare da sharhin zamantakewa," in ji Red Plastic Bag, wani shahararren dan wasan Bajan wanda aka sani da shi don shan jigilar magungunan 'yan siyasar gida. "Yana rike da ma'aikatanmu a cikin binciken. Calypsonians ne masana tarihi, ka gani. "

04 na 08

Barbados Crop Festival: Cohobblopot

A Cohobblopot - lafazin yanki don "stew daga nau'o'in nau'i-nau'i" - cakuda shi ne duk abincin jiki: calypsonians da magoya suna nuna tufafin su da yin aiki don kunshe masu sauraro. Bisa ga alama ta 2011, wani hoto ne mai ban mamaki da Trinidadian soca star Machel Montano, wanda aka san shi don kunnen doki mai tsalle-tsalle da kuma karfin zuciya mai zurfi. "Mutumin da yake kusa da ni ya ce ya kasance Montano da Kamfanin ya yi wasan 2011 "Bend Over").

05 na 08

Barbados Crop Festival: Yara

Bayan bayanan sirri ya nuna nuna yawan amfanin gona a cikin tarin. Don kiran su jam'iyyun su ne mummunar furci; suna bude sararin samaniya, sau da yawa suna cike da abinci, wasan kwaikwayon da masu sana'a na gida, da kuma taron da ke da tufafi. Na dauka kamar yadda zan iya shiga tsakani tsakanin lokaci (wanda ba ya barci a lokacin Crop Over, daya ya sa sa'a daya ko biyu duk yanzu).

A Glow, taron ya fara fito da farar fata kuma daren da aka yi da dare da aka yi da Bajan soca star Edwin Yearwood, wanda kullun soca tune "Good Time" ya kasance cikakkiyar ƙayyadaddun bukukuwan. Kuma a Birnin Bliss, wanda aka kera a kan babban ɗakin manyan gidaje mai suna Porters, wanda ya kasance a cikin karni na 17, sai na ci gaba da cin abinci mai yawa. Abincin da aka sha daga abin da yake da shi daga Martinis zuwa Thai cuisine, shrimp pasta da curried goat.

Irin wadannan ƙwararru suna nuna damuwa ne game da babbar ƙungiya na Caribbean, a Trinidad , inda ake amfani da rana da dare a kowane lokaci ko wani. Amma abin da Barbados ya yi a kan Trinidad ya kasance a waje na kofa, yana yin bazara ba tare da wani abu ba: wasu daga cikin manyan rairayin bakin teku a yankin. Na yi kwashe kwanaki da yawa a can, na dawowa daga dare kafin a cikin taron jama'a da masu shayarwa a Accra Beach, daya daga cikin wuraren da ya fi sananne a tsibirin. Har ila yau, na yi farin cikin ganin kaina na kama wasu haskoki kuma waccan bazarar ta kasance a cikin wani catamaran zuwa Sandy Lane , Barbados mafi kyawun wuri.

06 na 08

Barbados Crop Festival: Booze Cruise

Kuma a nan akwai Booze Cruise. Dukan abokan abokina na Bajan da ke gida sun nace cewa idan na halarci wani taron Crop, wanda zai kasance ya zama shahararren Booze Cruise. Dukan Barbados sun yi kama da wannan labari: Lokacin da na isa jirgi a cikin 10 na safe, fitina sun sauko cikin shingen kuma jam'iyyar ta fara; wani rukuni mai nau'i-nau'i mai nauyin karfe yana motsawa da abin sha yana gudana. Masu zanga-zanga suna tarawa kan daya daga cikin jiragen ruwa guda uku kuma, da kyau, suna da kyau kuma suna cike da hanzari-yayin da suke yi wa Bajan soca wasa, ba shakka.

Na sauka a kan Jolly Roger, wani jirgi mai cin gashin kai, tare da zane mai ban sha'awa: Bajan soca artist Rupee, tsohon kyaftin Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam, ziyartar Trinidad, da kuma ɗan gidan talabijin Trinidadian Jeanille Bonterre. Kafin kwanan nan da kuma 'yan Gundun Dutsen Kwanan baya, mu mata uku suna motsa igiyoyi da kuma cikin teku na Caribbean. Kuma a lokacin da muka sake komawa baya, muyi sanyi da kuma hutawa, Rupee yana yin wani abu da ba shi da kyau, yana raira waƙoƙinsa na Crop Over "Ba ni Bajan" ba.

"Ba zan zama Bajan ba, amma duk muna Bajans a lokacin Crop!" Fitzwilliam ya bayyana tare da murmushi.

07 na 08

Barbados Crop Festival: Litinin ranar Litinin

My "Ni Bajan" lokacin ya zo a cikin kwanan nan, a daya daga cikin manyan bayanai na Crop Over. Foreday Morning shi ne bayanin Barbadian abin da wasu mahaukaci ke kira J'Ouvert: fasalin da ke gudana daga 3 na safe har sai rana ta tashi, inda masu karuwa suka rufe kansu a cikin komai daga laka da fenti ga koko. Na sami kaina maraba a cikin wani sashi a cikin karfe 4 na safe, kuma kafin in san cewa ina tafiya ne kuma ina tare da ƙungiyar baƙo, da ma'anar sihiri na san duk kalmomin zuwa waƙoƙin da na ji a karo na farko kawai ranar da ta gabata.

Ba da dadewa an rufe ni cikin koko; Ba da daɗewa ba zan yi rawa a ƙarƙashin ruwa a Oval, gidan gida na Foreday Morning, kallon rana ta taso, yana jin dadi sosai a cikin filin wasa mai cike da datti - a zahiri! - Bajans da Trinis da Kanada da Amirkawa, suna rawa kamar dai dukanmu mun kasance, kamar yadda kalma ta ke, daya.

08 na 08

Barbados Crop Festival: Kadooment Day

Da lokacin Kadooment Day ya zo, zai iya kasancewa ne kawai a kan cake. Na buga mas (a wasu kalmomi, na shiga cikin farar) tare da wata ƙungiyar da ake kira Baje International, wadda ta kasance a shekara ta ƙungiyar: Abin da ya dace don Rupee kuma Rihanna ya cancanci inganci.

Yayinda rana ta wuce, sai na yi tafiya a rana da ruwan sama, da rawa tsakanin rafuka da kuma ƙarewa a cikin Spring Garden, wani filin shakatawa, Na dakata a yanzu kuma in yi sha'awar Barbados da ban taɓa ganin ba: daya daga cikinsu an maye gurbinsu da kyauta na kyauta, dukkanmu yana shafe kowane tsakar rana na wani biki da kyau, da kyau, sukari kanta.