"Ngomnyaka we-1492, uColumbus wanyuka ulwandle olwandle." Sonke siyakhumbula le ngqungquthela esikolweni, kodwa ngonyaka, abantu baseItali-Amerika baseNew York City babonisa ukuziqhenya kwabo "ngeqhawe labo" baseChristopher Columbus kunye nenye yezona zikhulu zonyaka.
Ngo-Oktobha ngo-12 ngowesi siganeko esisemthethweni sokufika kukaColumbus kumanxweme ase-Amerika, kodwa e-United States, iholide igujwa ngoMvulo wesibili ngo-Oktobha.
Ngethuba i -Parade ye - Stanley Day kunye ne- Thanksgiving Day Parade idonsa izihlwele ezinkulu kwaye yenza kube nzima ukujikeleza i-parade, i-Columbus Day Parade inayo yonke into ebalulekileyo ye- NYC ngaphandle kokufuna ukucwangcisa okukhulu okanye ukujongana nezihlwele ezininzi kunye neengxabano.
I-Columbus Day Parade ihlelwe yiColumbus Citizens Foundation eNew York ukususela ngo-1929. Abantu abangaphezu kwama-35,000 bathatha inxaxheba kwiColumbus Day Parade kwisixeko saseNew York unyaka ngamnye, kubandakanywa amaqela angaphezu kwe-100, kunye namagxa, ukuthamba, kunye neengxabano. I-parade idonsa phantse i-spectators eyodwa yezigidi kwaye iyona mkhosi omkhulu kunazo zonke zaseNtaliyane naseMelika emhlabeni.
Ingcaciso ka-2017 ye-NYC Columbus Day Parade
I-Columbus Day Parade iya kwenzeka ngoMsombuluko, Oktobha 9, 2017. I-parade iqala ngobusuku ize idlule kude kube ngu-3 ntambama Umzila uqala ngomhla weFifth Avenue kwi-47 Street Street uze uqhubeke ngasenyakatho kunye neFifth Avenue ukuya kwi-72nd Street.
Iindlunkulu ziya kuvela kwi-Fifth Avenue phakathi kwama-67 ne-69th Streets.
Lapho ukhetha kwipapasho yokujonga kufuneka kuqinisekiswe yintliziyo. Iindawo ezibalaseleyo zokubukela zikufutshane neCentral Park, eqinisweni, kodwa kuninzi-eNew York nee-suburbanites ngokufanayo-iMidtown iyasebenza njengethabhu lokuthutha, kwaye unyaka ngamnye kukho imibukiso ebonakalayo kufuphi ne-67th Street, ngoko kungakhathaliseki ukuba uphela nini, baya kuba yinto ekhethekileyo endleleni.
Ngaphambi kokuba kuqhutywe umkhosi, ubuninzi buya kubanjelwa eStrat Patrick Cathedral (50th Street / Fifth Avenue) ngo-9: 30 am. Amatikiti ayadingeka ukuba angene phambi kwe-9: 15, kodwa ngo-9: 15 avule i-cathedral ibe ngabanye abangezelelweyo njengendawo vumela. Inkonzo yokuqala iya kuvumela ixesha elaneleyo lokukhusela indawo oyithandayo kwindlela yokuhambisa xa ubunzima bugqityiwe.
Emva kwe-parade, bulisa uChristopher Columbus kwakhona ngokuzonwabisa nokutya kwe-Italiya kwenye yezona ndlela ezininzi ezikhethiweyo malunga nesixeko. Ubhedu bakho obuhle kukuhamba ukuya e-Little Italy ngenxa yokuhamba, ukunyaniseka, kunye neendawo ezininzi zokutyela.
Ngesisu esipheleleyo, indlela yokugqibela (kunye neyona ndlela ibhetele) yokumhlonela uMnu Columbus yayiza kuhlolisisa, kunjalo! Ngoko ke, phuma waya "elwandle oluvulekileyo" lwe-Hudson okanye iMlambo eMpuma ukuya kwisikhephe okanye isikebhe, kwaye ufumanisa ukuba ummelwane omtsha unokunikela!