Kusondele emini ngoLwesibini kaJanuwari kwiKota yesiFrentshi. Umculo weBrass uphalala ezitratweni. Umngcelele ovuthayo wesibini weelay struts by. Indawo ayisiyonto ukuba ayisiyonto intsha eNew Orleans; nokuba awuzange ube, unokuba nomfanekiso ngqondweni. Nangona iMardi Gras iphawula ukuqala okungafanelekanga kwentwasahlobo kule nxalenye yehlabathi- kunye nayo, ukuqala kwexesha labakhenkethi eliphezulu-uninzi lwabantu balapha balangazelela elinye ixesha lonyaka. Kuyavela, xa iintsuku zifutshane, amaqela amade. Kwaye i-Big Easy iba yimimangaliso yasebusika.
Uninzi lwasebusika lixesha lokulala, kodwa hayi thina bahlala eNew Orleans, uyachaza uSean Cummings, umnini Ihotele yeNdlu yeHlabathi KwiSithili soShishino esiPhakathi. Iphawula ixesha lokubhiyozela izithethe zethu zalapha ekhaya, ebonisa indlela eyiyo yokubonisa isixeko. E I-Loa Bar Ngokumanyana nendawo yokwamkela iindwendwe, iindwendwe zikaCummings ziphathwa ngee tipples ezingcamla ngokwenyani njengexesha lonyaka.
Iibhotile eIoa Ityala: U-Eugenia UhlEwe, uninzi lwedolophu iincasa zobusika zibalasele kwimenyu. Ekhokelela kwiKrisimesi, iivenkile zokutyela zigcina isithethe sakudala senkulungwane Ngaphambi kweNyibiDyala izidlo. Ekuqaleni kwakhawulwa njengomthendeleko ukonwabela emva kobunzima bobusuku, ngoku isiko liye landa ukuya kuDisemba. Ngeli xesha iindwendwe zinokujonga imikhosi yomlilo ephezulu phezu kwemigangatho, ngaphambi kokuthatha inxaxheba kolunye lombhiyozo woNyaka oMtsha omkhulu eMzantsi.
Kwaye ngelixa intsalela yelizwe ixhomekeke kwizisombululo kunye nokubhengezwa kwenyanga yonke ukuba bayeke, apha abaze baphoswe. Emva kweeholide isixeko sivunyelwe kuphela iintsuku ezimbalwa zokuphumla ngaphambi kokuba siphila ngoSuku lweKumkani, ngoJanuwari 6, yongeza uCummings. Itheko liyaqhubeka de kube sentwasahlobo ngamandla ngakumbi, intshisakalo ngakumbi, kunye nokonwaba ngakumbi kumbhiyozo ekulindeleke wonke umntu: iMardi Gras.
Kodwa kubemi, ukunyuka ukuya kwi-Fat ngoLwesibili kukhethwa kakhulu kumthendeleko we-ballyhooed uqobo. Elona candelo lililo kuxa abahlali besenza into yabo kwiintsuku kunye neeveki ngaphambili, ngokukaDenver Nicks, wasekhaya, kunye nombhali weSizwe seShushu eshushu. Abantu banamaqela endlu kwaye bayayivala imicimbi. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba ungabalekeli kubantu kwiiwigi kunye nezinxibo. Esihogweni, unokugqibela ngokunxiba enye.
Iibhotile eIoa Ityala: U-Eugenia Uhl