I-Ponce Carnival yiPuerto Rico yaseCaribbean imemeza ku-Mardi Gras kunye nomzala wayo odumile eRio de Janeiro. Umthendeleko oye waqhutyelwa iminyaka engaphezu kwe-200, yiyona nto epitome yazo zonke izinto ze- boricua , kunye nomxholo wonyaka wePuerto Ricans amandla okwenza i-whimsy kunye nokuzonwabisa.
I-carnival ilawula indawo esembindini yedolophu esikuloo dolophu kwisixeko sasePonce. Ukubhiyozelwa kwenzeka ngoFebhuwari, kwiintsuku ezikhokelela kwi-Ash ngoLwesithathu kunye nokuqala kweLente.
Zonke ngeVeigigantes
I- vejigantes yiinkwenkwezi ezingabonakaliyo kulo mboniso, kodwa yintoni na? Ngelizwi, ziidemon. Okugqithiseleyo kwinqanaba, i-vejigante ibonisa ngokucacileyo kwimbali yamashumi amabini anesibini edibanisa iAfrika, iSpeyin, neCaribbean. Igama livela kwi- vejiga , elithetha "isilwanyana" ngesiSpanish. Ndiza kuchaza oko.
Njengoko kucacisiwe kule sishwankathelo esihle, iingubo zemveli zendoda zifuna izixhobo ezintathu ezisisiseko: i-mask, i-Cape ne-suit. I-mask iyona nto ibonakalayo kunye nebalabala yezinto eziyimfuneko, kwaye kwaye ineemigaqo nemimiselo: andisayi kubona i-masjigante mask ngaphandle kokugquma kwamazinyo neempondo.
I Symbolism yeCarnival
NjengaMardi Gras, umkhosi uvela kwiKatolika. I-vejigantes, enezixhobo ze- vejigas (i-cow bladders), hamba ujikeleza abantwana kunye nabanye abangenacala, ngokuqinisekileyo ukubetha naluphi na omoya ababi abajikelezayo.
Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokuba bayaziwa ukuba bajolise kwabasetyhini abanomdla, ezi zizathu zomoya zingabakrokreli.
Umthendeleko uphela ngo- Entierro de la Sardina , okanye "Ukungcwaba kweSardine." Le ngcungcuthela yomngcwabo, epheleleyo kunye nebhokisi, ihloniphe ixesha elizayo leLente. I-Coffin kunye ne-dummy ifakwe ngomlilo, ukufuzisela ukutshiswa kwezono zenyama.
Yintoni ongayilindela
Ukongeza kwindleko zokuhlawulela i-costume vejigantes, lindela uninzi lomculo we- bomba y plena , ukutya okuninzi nokusela, kunye nesandi esixubileyo. Kukho umkhosi kaKumkani noKumkanikazi weCarnival, kwaye "ukucwatywa kweSardine" okukhankanywe ngasentla. Iqela elikhulu lasePuerto Rico, kwaye yintsapho yenzeke; Uya kubona i-mini vejigantes kuyo yonke indawo. Lindela izihlwele, umculo ovakalayo, abavuli belizwi, kunye nexesha elihle!