ʻO Jackson Heights: he kūpanapuniʻoʻAmelika Hema

ʻO Nānā India, Bollywood a me nā Kānaka - Ke nānāʻana ma ka'Apau

ʻO ka moku nuiʻo Queens eʻikeʻia ana no nā kaona o nā lāhui polyglot. I ka manawa pinepine i nā lālā malihini a pau ma Queens, he mākahi o lākou ma luna o kahi'āpana. Akā, heʻokoʻa ka'āpana India India ma kahi o Queens e pili ana i Jackson Heights .

He kanahikukumamāhā Pākuʻi ma waena o Roosevelt Avenue a me 37th Avenue a me nā poʻomuni e hoʻopuni ana i ka puʻuwai o ka'āpana o nā Ākau Hema.

ʻO nā Indians, Bangladesh, a me Pakistanis e kāhea i kēia wahi home a hele mai iʻaneʻi e kūʻai aʻai. ʻO kahi kahi o nā meaʻai maikaʻi loa ma ka'Iina'Ilani ma New York City; Nā lole komohana o nā kaikamāhine Hema; Nā kiʻi o Bollywood; a me nā poʻe kahikoʻeleʻele-nānā. He wahi kaiāulu nui kēia no ka holoholoʻana a me ka laweʻana ia mea i loko.

Pehea e hele ai ma laila

Loaʻa ka maʻalahi o ke kaiāulu ma ke alahaka (V, R, G, E, F, 7) ma o ka keʻenaʻo Roosevelt Avenue. ʻO ka E a me F he mau kaʻa pololei - aiaʻekolu wale nō mai Midtown Manhattan - akāʻo ka laina 7 he leʻaleʻa loa.

ʻO ka kaʻaʻaʻoleʻo ia ka mea kūpono loa e hōʻoki ai i nā alanui o Jackson Heights. Ināʻoe e kāohi i ka hoʻokele,ʻo Brooklyn-Queens Expressway a me Northern Boulevard nā alaʻoi loa. E pale i ka hoʻokele (aka "e pili ana") ma ke alanui Roosevelt ma nā koina a pau, a ho'āʻo i 37th Avenue no kahi kaʻawale.

ʻO ka Jackson Diner

ʻO ka Jackson Diner ua liloʻo ia i hale hana o New York.

Akā, mai hōʻinoʻoe i ka inoa. Ua loaʻa ka inoa o ka haleʻaina i kona inoa ma mua i loko o ka mea i piha i ke koko. ʻAʻole i luhi iki kāna digs punahele i ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai.

ʻO ka haleʻaina ka mea maʻamau o nā'enekau'ākau o Northern Indian - nā pīkole a me nā pīkora - e hoʻopihapiha ana i nā kukui,ʻaʻole e lana ana i ke kai o ka ghee,ʻo ka wai māmā i hoʻomaopopoʻia ke kumu o kaʻaila nui.

E nānā pono i ka menu. Aia kekahi mau meaʻoluʻolu loa i hoʻopauʻia - e like me ka lāʻauʻula māne.

Hāʻawi wale ka Jackson Diner i ke kālā, no laila e hele a hoʻomākaukau.

Bollywood

ʻO Jackson Heights kahi'āpana nui loa no ke kālepaʻana i nā kiʻi kiʻi a me nā mele a Bollywood. ʻO Bollywood ka inoa no kaʻoihana'iliʻoni India a me nā hua'ōlelo nui e huaʻia ana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO ia ka lua o kaʻoihana kiʻi kiʻi nui loa ma ka honua, aʻo kona mau kiʻiʻimi masalahi he nui nā mele a me ka hula.

E hoʻomaka pono ma kaʻikeʻana i ka pāʻani paʻi ma ka Palace Theatre ma ke alanui 37. Ma kahi mua he wahi uliuli, ua hūnāʻia ka waho o waho i kahi hale kiʻi'oniʻoli nani i hoʻolakoʻia i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni Bollywood . ʻO ka pahu nui ka wahi maikaʻi loa eʻike ai i ka hula a me nā hula, nā hula-hula a pau, ma luna o nā mea nui o nā hula masalas Hindi.

Ināʻaʻole e holo nei nā hōʻike i kāu manawa e kipa ai, e kū i kaʻaoʻao ma kahi kokoke i ka hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi Melody Stop, kahi e hoʻomau ai nā hīmeni ma ke wikiō, DVD, a me CD. Mai hoʻokuʻu i kahi kāpena puaʻaleʻaʻole mai kahi pilina. Hiki ke mele a heʻoluʻolu nā kumukūʻai.

No kahi mākaʻikaʻi nui aʻe, e pili ana i ke kihi o ka 74th Street a piʻi i luna i kahi poʻemanaʻo i Raaga Super Store me ka koho ākea a me ka ākea nui loa.

Ma waho aʻe o nā kiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni, eʻimi i kāna kohoʻana o "Bhangra," i ka mele pop pop-pop-pop-Indian i kāpena i kahi leo hip-hop i nā mele folk Punjabi. Ma ke ala e hele ai i ke kahua kūʻai, ua lohe muaʻoe i nā kani hou loa e pā ana i ke kaʻa o nā kaʻa e huki ana i ko lākou alanui i ke alanui 74th.

Kūʻai

Hoʻokumu i kekahi mau hale kūʻai i Butala Emporium, he wahi kūpono loa eʻimi ai i kahi makana Indian. ʻAe,ʻo Ganesh, Durga, Shiva a me nā akua'ē aʻe ma kahi paʻi a me ke kiʻi, me ka meaʻala, nā lole, nā peʻa a me nā aloha hoʻomalu i nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi. Ma ke kihi, aia kahi pūnaewele hoʻolaha maikaʻi me nā wiki weekly a me nā mahina o ka hema a me nā mea'ē aʻe i paʻiʻia -ʻo ia hoʻi nā puke puke puke mele a me nā mēma opera pūnaewele. Ma hope aku, ua hoʻopaʻaʻia nā paia i nā'ōlelo Pelekānia ma ke aʻoʻana i ka subcontinent South Asian.

Ma lalo,ʻike i nā lako lāʻau i kālaiʻia i nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi. Aia kekahi mau meaʻoihana Indian loa, e like me ka pahu tabla, dholak, sitar, a harmonium. ʻO Butala kahi kahi āu e hiki ai ke hoʻolilo i kahi hapahā a hoʻokahi tausani dala a waiho me kahi waiwai.

E hele ma kahi o 74th Street a me nā hale kūʻai'ē aʻe, kekahi me ka nani. Loaʻa nā hale kūʻai'ē aʻe he hale kūʻai mea kūʻai kahi i nui ai ke gula ma ka 22-karat. ʻAʻole like me ka 142, he kaumaha kēia gula waiwai,ʻanoʻeleʻele i hanaʻia no kona nele i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo me kona nani, nani a me ka wiwoʻole, e hiki ai ke hoʻonui i nā manaʻo hiʻona. ʻO nā mea kūʻaiʻo Lona a me Sona Chandi he mauʻano o nā hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi.

Ināʻoe e hōʻiliʻili i nā mea maikaʻi, ponoʻoe e hoʻonui i nā mea a pau. He nui nā hoʻolima nani, e like me Gulzar Beauty Salon, kahi e pili ana i ka tattooing henna kahiko, i kapaʻia mehndi, a me ka weheʻana i ka lauoho i (threadless pain) threading,ʻaʻole ka palauaha a me ke kala. Hiki paha iāʻoe ke huki mai me kahi sari e hele ai me ke gula a me ka henna? Ke lawe nei i ke kūlana kūponoʻole. ʻO ka hale kūʻai ma ka liʻiliʻi loa no ka hale kūʻai ma nā hale loleʻaʻahu like Neena Sari Palace a iʻole ka ISP (ka'āinaʻo Sari Sari).