ʻO ka Hui Hoʻohuʻu: Barbados 'Carnival Carnival Celebration

01 o 08

ʻO ka Hoʻomakaʻana i ka uluʻana i Barbados

ʻO Bridgetown, Barbados keʻano o ke kūlanakauhale Karipia e hōʻike ana i kona hoʻoilina colonial i nā manawa a pau. Ma kahi kokoke i 400 mau makahiki,ʻo ke kapikala o ka moku iʻikeʻiaʻo "Little England" -a kahi UNESCO Heritage Heritage-kahi kuʻikuʻi me nā hale a me nā hale kūikawā, e like me ka pāremeli mua loa ma ka Commonwealth a me nā makahikiʻelemakule. ke kiʻi o Admiral Haku Nelson. ʻO ia me keʻano o ka'ōlohelohe o ka mokupuniʻo Liliʻuokalani.

ʻAeʻole,ʻo ia hoʻi, ma ka Monede muaʻoʻAukake.

I kēlā lā, nānā nā alanui o Bridgetown i nā mea'ē aʻe akā he'ōmua a me ka pololei. Hele ka hanohano i ka makani; Ma kahi o ia wahi i kapaʻia he "wukking up": nā kāne a me nā wahine-i kāheaʻia i loko o nā'alemole, nā huluhulu a me nāʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo-e uhau ana i ko lākou mau pūhaka me kaʻoiaʻiʻo. Hīmeni soca music blaring mai nā mea kala i ka holoʻana i nā kaʻa; ʻO ka Holo Gay Gay e holo maʻamau ana; Nā hae kiʻi Caribbean e hōʻike ana i nā mokupuni mai St. Lucia a hiki i Jamaica eʻimi ana i ka lā wela. ʻO ka ulanaʻana ma o ka pāʻani nui i nāʻaʻahu nani:ʻo ia ka "hoʻohanohano" Sally, "i ka pipili ma ka bacchanalian, a ma muli o ka" Kupa Kupa, "e hoʻoulu ana i kaʻino i loko o kānaʻaʻahu kime. Paʻaʻo Bajan pop hōkūʻo Rihanna e hui pū i nāʻahaʻaina, e hoʻokipa ana i kāna mau pana Waiwai kūkō me nā mea hōʻoluʻolu nui.

ʻO ka lā Kadooment kēia:ʻo ka rapturous e pili ana i ka Barbados Crop Over, ka meaʻai nui loa o ka hōʻoluʻolu ma ka Caribbean.

02 o 08

Hāʻawe Hōʻailona Paʻaʻo Barbados: Wukking Up!

Heʻahaʻaina pule heʻelima i piha i nā mele, ka hula, ka moʻomeheu a me ka nui o ka lama - ma ka mokupuni e'ōlelo nei ua hakuʻia -ʻo Crop Over ke kumu o ka uluʻana i ka makahikiʻumikumamāwalu, i ka wā i hoʻolaha ai nā kauā i ka hopena o kaʻohi . Hoʻomanaʻoʻo Crop Over Modern-Day i kēia hoʻoilina, e like me ka ante me nā manawa a me nā hanana hou aku; ʻO 2011 ka Crop Over Clow Over, aia heʻumi mau tausani o nā mea hōʻailona ma ke alanui ma ka lā Kadooment.

ʻO ka pīpila-phile, ua lōʻihi koʻu nohoʻana ma Crop Over ma kaʻu papalena, no laila ua hiki wau i ka mokupuni e mākaukau. Ua kipa au i loko o ka Hale Hōʻailona e Marriott (Book Now), e like me he mea lā eʻike muaʻia ana, kahiʻikeʻole-Carnival-esque: he hale hoʻolālāʻoihana maikaʻi i hoʻopukaʻia ma nā pāʻani pākuhi me nā kamepiula. Akā, i ka nuiʻana aku o nā huakaʻi ulu'āina i ka makahiki,ʻo ka lawelawe wale nō i kaʻoihana pili waiwai; ʻo ka pepehiʻana o nā mea hoʻolimalima mai Trinidad a me Jamaica i hoʻololi i ka pā hale a me ka papa wai o kēia hale hōkeleʻo Garrison i loko o ka huiʻole.

Ua hoʻomaka muaʻo Crop Over i nā hebedoma i hala aku nei, me ka hoʻolahaʻana o nā Last Canes a me ka lei aliʻi o ka mō'ī a me ka mō'īwahine o kaʻahaʻaina, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i nā mea hōʻoki nui loa o ke kāne. He mau'ahamele kahiko, he hoʻokūkū a me nā hōʻikeʻike kiʻiʻoniʻoni, me kahi ma ke Central Bank, kahi aʻu i kuhikuhi ai.

Hoʻopilikiaʻia e kaʻokoʻa o ke 'ano o nā kiʻi i hōʻike - hōʻikeʻia kekahi mau mea'akaʻani o ka' āina i ka hoʻokele waiwai hauʻoli; ʻO kekahi poʻe i hoʻomana i ka hoʻolālā a me ka pōʻino ma mua o ka hanaʻenehana - ua hoʻohana au i hoʻokahi hola e lawe ana i loko, a laila hele au i loko o ka Bridgetown Market, e hoʻololi ana, i nā lā ma mua o ka hoʻolālā nui, i loko o kahi pāʻina o nā alanui āpau. Ua kūʻai akuʻo Stalls i nā mea kālepa lele a me nā iʻa iʻa maikaʻi. Hoʻokaniʻia ke mele ma nā wahi āpau: nā bandi calypso e hoʻokani ana i nā'ōleʻa, nā mea haʻihaʻi e hoʻokala i nā CD soca hou loa. ʻO kekahi kanaka e kūʻai ana i nā pīni a me nā hua hou - "e kapa wale iaʻuʻo Nut Man," i'ōleloʻo ia-ʻo Crop Overʻaʻole i kapaʻia he "ʻahaʻaina hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa" no kaʻole. "ʻO kēia manawa o ka makahiki, heʻono wale nō ka poʻe Bajan," wahi āna.

03 o 08

Hālāwai Hōʻailona Pālahalaha: Pic-O-De-Crop

He mau pō - aʻo wau no ka lōʻihi, nā pō pō; keʻano o nā pō i lilo i kakahiaka - ua hoʻohanaʻia ma nā huina a me nā hōʻike. ʻAʻole wau iʻike i kaʻikeʻole i kahi mau hanana nui loa o Crop Over: Pic-O-De-Crop and Cohobblopot.

Ma Pic-O-De-Crop, ua hoʻokūkū nā kenekulia o ka'āina no ka inoa i makemakeʻia o Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Monarch. Mai kaʻu pahu i ka Kensington Oval, kahi papa hoʻokani pila, ua aʻo wau i loko o nā'ūlala ma loko o nā mele mele, a hauʻoli loa i ka lanakilaʻana o ka poʻe lanakila: Popsicle, he mea hou i huki i ka moʻolelo e pili ana i nā pōʻino me ka pōʻino politika ma o ke mele pīkani e pili ana i ka hoki (ka holoholona,ʻo ia!).

"ʻO Calypso i loko o nā lima palekana: ke noho nei ka poʻe'ōpio me ka'ōlelo pili aupuni," i ho'ākākaʻiaʻo Red Plastic Bag, he mea hilinaʻi nuiʻo Bajan calypsonian no ka laweʻana i nā nūnē i nā mea kālai'āina o ka wā. "Mālama ka mālama i kā mākou mau kauka. ʻO Calypsonians nā mea kākau moʻolelo,ʻikeʻoe. "

04 o 08

ʻO Hōʻailona HōʻailonaʻO Barbados: Cohobblopot

Ma Cohobblopot - ka pana o ka'āina no "kahi kalo mai nā mea likeʻole" -ʻo ka paila ka meaʻai a pau: nā kālepa a me nā mea hao e hōʻike ana i kā lākou lole a hana i ka poʻe lohe. ʻO ka hōʻike 2011 he hōʻike ikaikaʻo ia ma keʻanoʻo Trinidadian soca star Machel Montano, ka mea iʻikeʻia no kona pūhaka puʻupuʻu a me nā hula hula hoʻomalu (supercaturally supple backup backup) ("Naʻo ia wale nō e hana i kēlā mea-maka?"ʻo ke kanaka e pili ana iaʻu e pane aku iā ia iho e like me Montano. hana ka hui i ka makahiki 2011 "Bend Over").

05 o 08

Nā Hōʻailona Hoʻohanohano Barbados: Nā pua

Ma hope o ka hōʻikeʻikeʻana i ke kuʻuna maʻamau ka hōʻikeʻia mai ka Crop Over fetes. ʻO ke kāheaʻana iā lākou he mea kūponoʻole; ua wehe lākou i ka'ahuʻula, nā manawa e hoʻopau pinepine i kaʻai, nā hana a nā mea hana o ka'āina, a me kahi poʻe eʻaʻahu ana i nā nino. Ua lawe au i nā mea a pau e hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻohui i waena o nā manawa o kekahi manawa (ʻaʻohe mea hiamoe i loko o Crop Over, hoʻokahi mea aʻelua paha i ka manawa a me ka manawa).

Ma Ke Glow, ua keʻokeʻo ka lehulehu i kaʻaʻahu keʻokeʻo a ua hoʻopauʻia ka pō i ka hana a Bajan soca star Edwin Yearwood, nona ka manawa i hoʻokipa maikaʻiʻia ai nā mele. A ma ka hoʻokipa, kahi i kūkuluʻia i ka papa nani o Porters Nui House, kahi'āpana waiwai o ke kenekulia 17, ua hele wau i kahi nani o nā meaʻai a me ka inu e lawelaweʻia nā mea a pau mai ka martinis i ka meaʻai Thai, ʻO ke kao kao.

ʻO kēiaʻano mele e pili ana i ka mele nui o ka Caribbean, aia ma Trinidad , kahi e hoʻomahaʻia ai nā lā a me nā pō ma kahi aiʻole. Akāʻo Barbados ma luna o Trinidad, aia ma waho o ka puka o koʻu puka,ʻaʻole e kūpono i ke ao: kekahi o nā kahakai keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo loa ma ka'āina. Ua lele au i kekahi mau lā ma laila, e ala hou mai ana mai ka pō ma mua o ka lehulehu a me nā mea hōʻoluʻolu ma Accra Beach, kahi o nāʻoihana limo kaulana loa o ka mokupuni. Ua hauʻoli nui wau i kaʻikeʻana iaʻu e hopu ana i kekahi mau kukui aʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa ma luna o kahi catamaran iā Sandy Lane ,ʻo Barbados kahiʻoi loa o nā wahi.

06 o 08

Hāʻawe Hōʻailona Barbados:ʻO ke alanuiʻo Booze

A laila aia ma laila ke alanui hoʻohoho. Ua koi aku koʻu mau hoa Bajan i ka home inā e hele au i kahi hananaʻo Crop Over, e lilo ia i ke kaulanaʻo Booze Cruise. ʻO ka Barbados e like me ka mea i loaʻa iā ia ka memo hoʻokahi: I koʻu hōʻeaʻana i ka moku i ka 10 o ke kakahiaka, ua kaheʻia nā laina i lalo o ka moku a ua hoʻomaka ka pāʻina. ua hoʻopuniʻia ka pahu kila a me ka inu. Hoʻopiliʻia nā Revelers ma luna o kekahi o nā mokuʻekolu a maikaʻi, hoʻokipa a hoʻokumuʻia i ka hoʻokaniʻana iā Bajan soca.

Ua hele au ma luna o Jolly Roger, kahi moku pīpī piraete, me kahi mea kaulana: Bajan soca kiʻi kiʻi Rupee,ʻo Wendy Fitzwilliam i ka wā ma mua o Trinity, ke kipa mai mai Trinidad, a me keʻano o ka'enela TV Trinidadiaʻo Jeanille Bonterre. Ma mua o ka liʻiliʻi a me kekahi mau kapuaʻi mauna ma hope mai,ʻo mākou nā wāhineʻekolu e lele mai ana i nā kaula a komo i ke kai Caribbean. A i ka manawa a mākou i huki hou ai i luna o ka papa, hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha, ua hanaʻo Rupee i kahi kūpikipiki, e mele ana ma kahi o Crop Over hit "ʻO wauʻo Bajan."

"ʻAʻole wau he Bajan, akā, he poʻe Bajana mākou a pau i ka manawa o ka ulu lāʻau!" I'ōleloʻo Fitzwilliam me ka leʻaleʻa.

07 o 08

Nā PaʻiʻAna Hoʻohanohano Barbados: Nā lā lā kakahiaka

Ua hele mai koʻu "I a Bajan" manawa i nā hola, ma kekahi o nā mea kiʻekiʻe loa o Crop Over. ʻO ka Foreday Morning ka mea Barbadian o nā meaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe i kapa aku iā JʻOvert:ʻo ke pīkole e piʻi mai ke kakahiakaʻekolu a hiki i ka pukaʻana o ka lā, kahi e uhi ai nā mea hoʻoweliweli i nā mea a pau mai ka lepo a me ka pena i ka koko. Ua komo wau i kahi hui ma kahi o 4 am, a ma mua o koʻuʻikeʻana e hele ana wau a hui pū me kahi poʻe malihini,ʻike maopopo i nā hua'ōlelo a pau i nā mele aʻu i lohe ai no ka manawa mua wale nō i ka lā ma mua.

ʻOiai ua uhiʻia wau i ka koko; Ma hope koke iho ma hope iho, e hula ana au ma lalo o ka wai wai ma Oval, kahi home Foreday Morning's, e nānā ana i ka lā e piʻi mai, e hauʻoli ana i ka hauʻoli a me ke kahaha nui ma kahi kahua pāʻani piha i ka lepo -ʻoiaʻiʻo! - Bajans a me Trinis a me nā poʻe Kanada a me nāʻAmelika, e hula like me he mea mākou a pau, e like me ka'ōlelo, hoʻokahi.

08 o 08

Nā PaʻiʻAna Hoʻohanohano Barbados: Kadooment Day

Ma ka manawa o Kadooment Day e holo a puni, hiki wale i ka hōʻailona ma luna o ka pōpō. Ua pāʻani wau i ka mas (ʻo ia ka hua'ōlelo i kapaʻiaʻo Baje International,ʻo ia ka hōʻailona o ka makahiki:ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa iā Rupee a me Rihanna ua lawaʻiʻo nō ia iaʻu.

I ka halaʻana o ka lā a hele au i ka lā a me ka ua, ka hulaʻana i waena o nā kahawai a hoʻopau i ka Spring Garden, kahi pā nui, ua kali wau i kēia manawa a me ka mahalo i ka Barbadosʻaʻole wau iʻike mua ma mua: hoʻokahi ua hoʻololiʻia ma ka haʻaleleʻole, e hoʻoweliweli ana mākou i kēlā me kēia hāʻule hope loa o kaʻahaʻaina maikaʻi ma mua o ka maikaʻi,ʻo ke kō.