Ngexesha lokuqala iinyawo zam ezibetha i-pavement ePort of Spain, UBathathu Emnye , ilanga lalingabonisi nceba. Kodwa obu bushushu baseCaribbean babungeyonto xa buthelekiswa namandla ombane aloo mzuzu: ulwandle lwe-neon kunye neentsiba ze-pastel ezibetha umculo, izandla zifikelela esibhakabhakeni kunye neenyawo zingqengqana ngazwinye, abasemzini bangana ngokungathi ngabahlobo bakudala. Ubushushu abunangxaki, kuba ekuphela kwento endandiyiva luvuyo.
Qho ngonyaka, kanye phambi kweLente, amawaka abantu abavela kwihlabathi liphela alinde lo mzuzu: NgoLwesibini weCarnival, isiphelo seentsuku zamaqela amakhulu abizwa ngokuba yimveku. Ngaphezulu kweveki, umzimba wam uthanjisiwe ngepeyinti, ioyile kunye nodaka, kwaye ushukuma kwizikhundla ezinokwenza abanye abantu babe neentloni. Ndiyasamkela isiselo kwaye ndiyabuyeka ubuthongo, emva koko ndiphinde. E-Trinidad, iintsuku zam ziphela e-Maracas Beach kunye nobhiya obandayo beCarib kunye nembono yolwandle engagqithisi sigwebo kuthi ngokusebenzisa isanti efudumeleyo njengendawo yokulala-de siqale kwakhona. Isiphelo sombhiyozo omkhulu ngumbhiyozo ongathintelwanga ophenjelelwa yirum, umculo weSoca, kunye nomnqweno 'wokuziphatha kakubi.' Ngamanye amagama, ukuba simahla.
Kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo, I & apos sibhiyozele iCarnival eTrinidad, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Anguilla, Grenada nase London. Ngalo lonke ixesha, imvakalelo yenkululeko endiva ngayo iya isomelela ngakumbi. Buyela ekhaya eLos Angeles, izinto zenziwe ngokunxulumene nexesha: amaxesha abekiweyo omsebenzi, ukubekelwa indawo yokutyela, iminxeba. Kodwa ngexesha leCarnival, akukho siqalo okanye isiphelo. Akukho zikhowudi zokunxiba, imigaqo okanye isohlwayo sokubonisa kanye njengokuba unjalo
Ngexesha leCarnival, akukho siqalo okanye isiphelo. Akukho zihlwayo zokubonisa kanye njengokuba unjalo.
Ngelixa abantu bangaphandle banokubona kuphela iimpahla ezinqabileyo, iCarnival isekelwe kwimvukelo yembali. Ngenkulungwane ye-18, abantu baseNtshona Afrika ababengamakhoboka kwaye bekhulula abaNtsundu eTrinidad babengavunyelwanga ukuba bajoyine iibhola zokuzilungisa ezazibanjwe ngabanini bamasimi baseFrance abakhokelela kwiLente. Ke ngaphandle emasimini, batsalele kwiinkcubeko zabo ezahlukeneyo-kunye nobukrelekrele babo - ukuyila umbhiyozo wabo, obizwa ngokuba yiCanboulay, malunga nokuvunwa nokutshiswa kweswekile.
Ukususela ekukhululweni kweTrinidadian ngo-1838, uCanboulay uguqukele kwinto esiyaziyo njengeCarnival. Ezo zidlo zidumileyo ziphefumlelwe ziimbali zembali, ngoku ezaziwa ngokuba zi-mas. (Amaqela acwangcisiweyo athatha inxaxheba aziwa njengeebhendi.) Kwaye emva koko kukho ii-J & apos; Jika, okanye 'ukusa' eCreole. Iphawula ukuqala okusemthethweni kweCarnival, kwaye mhlawumbi ngowona mbhiyozo udelelekileyo kubo bonke. Ngexesha lesi siko singcwele, ndivuka ngaphambi kwelanga kwaye ndijoyine amawaka amatheko sele ehlanganisene ezitratweni. Sinxiba iminqwazi yokuhlamba kunye nee-bandannas kunye nempahla esingakhathazeki ngayo. Ungcolile kakhulu. Ngexesha lokuphumla kwemini, ndiyonwabile, ndigqunywe nge-glitter kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukutshiza okuncinci kweramu. Iintsimbi zeenkomo kunye negubu lensimbi, ipeyinti ye-neon kunye nomgubo, amatyathanga akhululekileyo axhonywe emizimbeni kunye neempondo zedemon entloko- zonke ezi zizimpawu zabantu abakhe baba ngamakhoboka bathatha inkululeko ezandleni zabo.