ʻO Kalikimaka a me nā makahiki hou he wahi wale nō ia o ka hoʻonaneaʻo Kekemapa
ʻO kaʻu mau koho no nā hana maikaʻi loa o Dekemapa, nāʻahaʻaina a me nā hana hoʻokipa ma ka Caribbean, ma ka papa mele Kalikimaka a me ka makahiki hou , akā e komo pū kekahi i nā hanana no nā hana moʻomeheu e pono ai i kēlā me kēia mahina.
01 o 09
St. Lucia Makahiki Lahui
St. Lucia ka hae. © Wikipedia Hoʻohui ka poʻe a me nā pāʻani i ka'Āina Makahiki ma St. Lucia,ʻo ia hoʻi nā hanana hoʻolālā, ka Hōkū Lā, nā'ahamele, kaʻahaʻaina kūkala, a me nāʻahaʻaina. ʻO ka lā āpau ka lāʻo Dec. 13, akā hele nui ka pāʻina i ka hapanui o ka mahina, e hui pū me ka hauʻoli no ka Kalikimaka a me ka makahiki hou.
02 o 09
Hāʻawi 'ia nā International Film Festival
ʻO ka Festival Film Festivalʻo Bahamas. © BIFF ʻAʻole kēiaʻo kāu hui maʻamau e pili ana i ka "hoʻokūkū manawa":ʻO ka BIFF kahi mea hoʻolaha kaulana i kaulana i ka honua e hoʻolālā ai i nā hui kaulanaʻo Hollywood e like me Nicolas Cage a me Sean Connery a me nā luna e hiki mai ana e hōʻikeʻike i kā lākou mau kiʻiʻoniʻoni. E holo nei ma ka lā 6 o Dekemaba 6-13 a komo i nā hōʻike, nā kūkākūkā panel, a me nā hanana gala a ma'ō a puniʻo Nassau a me nā mokupuni'ē aʻe .
03 o 09
ʻO St. Nicholas Day ma ka moku Karipiano
Sinterklaas a me Zwarte Piet ma Curacao. © Bob Curley E mālama iā St. Nicholas (Sinter Klaas) e noho ana ma luna o kona lio keʻokeʻo a hoʻopioʻia e kāna mau Zwarte Pete mines ma Dec. 5, St. Nicholas Eve, Curacao ,' Aruba , St. Maarten , a me Bonaire . ʻO kēia ka lā e manaʻo ai nā keiki Kelani maikai eʻike i ko lākou mau kāmaʻa piha me nā makana,ʻoiai ka maka makaʻuʻole i kaʻeke na Zwarte Pete a lawe aku i Sepania.
04 o 09
Waimanalo Junkanoo
Bahamas Junkanoo hula. © Bahamas Ka 'Oihana Hoʻokena Ma keʻano maʻamau i ka Pōʻalimaʻelua i Kekemapa, hōʻike ka Junior Junkanoo Parade i nā tālena o ka hanauna hou o ka poʻe hula'anikani Bahamian. Akāʻaʻole kēia mea keiki maʻalahi: aʻo nā keiki i ka Junkanoo ma nā Bahamas ma nā'ā'ī o ko lākou mau mākua mai kahi'ōpiopio, aʻo nā mea hula o Junior Junkanoo e hoʻokipa i nā malihini kipa me ko lākou mau akamai.
ʻO Dekemaba 26 ka lā nui nui (non-religious) i nā Bahamas, no ka meaʻo ia ka wā e hoʻokūkūʻia ai ka huiʻo Boxing Day Junoooo ma nā mokupuni a pau o nā Bahamas, e hōʻike ana i nā hui junkanoo maikaʻi loa i loko o kā lākou mau lole nani e hula nei. Hoʻomaka nā'ōpiopio i ka hola 2, ma hope o ka waenakonu o ke kauʻana o ka Christmas Mass, aʻo ka hoʻomanaʻoʻana i ka hānauʻana o Kristo, hiki i ka hauʻoli nui.
05 o 09
ʻO Grenada's Carriacou Parang Festival
Uaʻikeʻiaʻo Santa Claus i ka 2010 Parang Festival. © Grenada Carriacou Paʻaʻina Kūkā Hoʻokomoʻia ma ka lā 14 o Dec. 14-16, hoʻokipa kēia hoʻolaha pūʻulu makahiki i nā pūʻulu kaiaulu a me nā'āpana no ka hoʻokūkū makahiki no ka hoʻohanohanoʻana i ka mele kahiko o ka mokuʻo Carriacou, ma kahi o ke kahakaiʻo Grenada. Me kona pili kokoke i ka Mele Kalikimaka, uaʻikeʻia nā mele puʻupuʻu i ka pahu no nā mele mele no kekahi manawa. Akā aia nā hua'ōlelo hoʻolālā, e hele nui - e hele i ka helu.
06 o 09
ʻO kaʻanuʻu o St. Kitts National
Nā loleʻaʻahuʻaʻahu ma ka St. Kitts National Carnival. © St. Kitts Tourism Authority Aia nā mokupuniʻo Kipiaka i kekahiʻano Carnival ; He kū hoʻokahiʻo St. Kitts ma o ka mele Kalikimaka a me nā makahiki hou (ma waena o Dekemaba-Jan 2) a he lāʻahaʻaina ia a me ka hoʻohanohanoʻana i ka haʻaheo aupuni. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i nā pakuhi, ke mele i nā mele, nā meaʻai, a me nāʻaoʻao alanui.
07 o 09
Ka Cayman Jazz Festival
E hoʻokaniʻo Alicia Keys i ka 2009 Cayman Jazz Festival. © Cayman Jazz Festival ʻAʻole i ka Cayman Jazz Festival ka moʻolelo lōʻihi o kekahi mau mele'ē aʻe ma ka Caribbean, akā naʻeʻoi aku kaʻoi aku o nā papa mele me nā poʻo poʻokela,ʻo Alicia Keys, Peabo Bryson, a me Oleta Adams. Ua neʻe koke aku kaʻahaʻaina i kahi kikowaena hou ma ka haleʻo Camana Bay ma Grand Cayman .
08 o 09
ʻO Eve Eve,ʻo Jost Van Dyke, nā Mokupuni Mīlani Pelekāne
ʻO ka'ahamele o Foxy o Foxy,ʻo Jost Van Dyke, nā Mokupuniʻo Beritania. © Ke Kumukānāwai o ka Moku'āinaʻoʻAmelika ʻO ka poʻe a me ke hula no nā lā a me nā pō ponoʻelua, eʻahaʻaina i nā mea palahalaha a me ka bale, a laila e hiamoe loa i kahakai. ʻO ia ka nui o ka uku makahiki o Dec. 30-31 Old Year's Party - kahi pōkale ma ka Puzz's Bar ma luna o Jost Van Dyke ma nā mokupuni Virginia .
09 o 09
Festival de las Mascaras, Puerto Rico
Festival de las Mascaras, Hatillo, Puerto Rioc. © Oscalito ma Flickr ʻO ke kauhale o Hatillo ma Puerto Rico ma ka'ākau'ākau e hoʻokau ana i kēiaʻahaʻaina makahiki i ka lā 28 o Dekemaba, kahi e hana ai i nā mea hoʻokani mele ma ka papa mele style Mardi Gras. Ke kumu o kaʻahaʻaina i loko o ka mokupuni kahikoʻo Canary e like me ka hoʻohanohanoʻana i ka lukuʻiaʻana o Herode o ka poʻe halaʻole i ke kupapaʻu e pepehi iā Iesu Kristo.