IiVikings, iikiliti kunye nomlilo-oh!
Xa ucinga ngemibhiyozo yoNyaka omtsha wokuzonwabisa , kukho ezimbalwa eziza engqondweni: kwisixeko saseNew York; ESydney; kunye neRio de Janeiro, ukubiza igama elibalaseleyo. Enye yeendlela ezithandekayo kakhulu zokungena kuMnyaka omtsha, nangona kunjalo, yinto eningayicingi ngayo.
I-Dubbed eHogmanay, eguqulela malunga "noNyaka Omtsha" ngo-Gaelic, lo mcimbi wendabuko, kodwa unamhlanje uqhutyelwa lonke iScotland, kodwa uninzi kakhulu kwisixeko saseScotland sase-Edinburgh.
Ukuba ukhangele indlela engayibalekiyo yokwamkela i-2018-okanye nayiphi na enye eminye, ngenxa yolu hlobo-ungaboni.
Imvelaphi yeHogmanay
IHogmanay yaqala eSkotland kwiklasi ye-8 okanye ye-9 njengesiko seViking-ngaphezulu kwimizuzu ukuba kutheni oku kungabalulekanga kuphela, kodwa kufanelekile. Nangona i-Scots sele iguqulwe ngoHogmanay ngokuqhubekayo ukususela ngaloo mini, imibhiyozo yeHogmanay yanamhlanje yaqala kuphela ngo-1977.
Ngoku, unokuzama ukucinga ukuba ukususela ngo-2017 iHogmanay ibonisa iminyaka engama-40 yomthendeleko wanamhlanje, abanye bangabonakala bebala xa beqhathaniswa, bade bade bhiyozele ijubane layo legolide ngowe-2027. Enyanisweni, yonke iHogmanay enye ihamba phambili yangaphambili kwezinye indlela, nokuba ngaba uvakatye ngo-2018, 2019 okanye ngaphaya kwexesha, uyaqiniseka ukuba uya kupheliswa!
I-Torchlight Procession
I-Contemporary Hogmanay, ngokuqinisekileyo, ngumtshato wesithethe kunye nosuku-nangona isithethe siza kuqala. Iqala ngoDisemba 30, kwi-Royal Mile, e-Edinburgh, kunye neqela labadlali be-bagpipe, landelwa yinkampu yamavikings enezibane ezinkulu.
Baye baseScotland-bahlala eSiktland Islands i-Shetland-kodwa banegazi laseScandinavia. Uyazi ukuba abantu abahamba ngeentlanzi bahlala njani ... basasazeka.
Ngombulelo (okanye mhlawumbi akunjalo, kuxhomekeka kwindlela othanda ngayo umlilo), ayiyi kuba nayiphi na into evuthayo yokubeka imizimba yamanzi, kwaye i-parade ayihlose ekukholeni abathathi-nxaxheba ngokuphumelelayo kuValhalla.
Nangona ngokuqinisekileyo kukho ukuphefumlelwa kweViking eHogmanay, oku kuseSkotland emva koko, kungekhona eSweden.
Nangona kunjalo, ukuhamba kwemimoya kuhamba phakathi kwidolophu, kubangele ukutshitshiswa kwabangaphezu kwama-40,000 abantu (ngo-2015) ehamba ngendlela yonke nge-Princes Street (e-Edinburgh idolophu "entsha" yase-Edinburgh eyi-300 ubudala) ukuya kuCalton Hill, Okubizwa ngokuba yiSizwe seMonument esiye senze impendulo yeScotland kwi-Acropolis, kwaye isizathu sokuba i- Edinburgh ngezinye iibizwa ngokuthi "iAthens yaseNyakatho."
Hogmanay Night
NgoDisemba 31, nangona kunjalo, xa iqela liqala ngokwenene. Kwakhona xa i-juxtaposition yamandulo neyenamhlanje iqala ukubonakalisa ngendlela ekhangayo. Kuyahluka konyaka, kodwa ngokubanzi, kukho izinto ezimbalwa onokuqiniseka ukuba ziya kwenzeka.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, iikhonsathi ezinkulu ezichazwe yiinkwenkwezi zaseScotland ezishisa kakhulu ziza kuthatha isigaba esiyintloko, kwaye ungalindela umdaniso waseCzech Scottish Ceilidh ukuba uyenze -mhlawumbi ngaphezulu kweyodwa. Indlu enkulu yase-Edinburgh Castle, malunga ne-Millennium ubudala kunye ne-volcano engapheliyo i-volcano engapheliyo kwixesha elidlulileyo eliphindwe kwisigidi ngaphezulu kwelo xesha, iya kubhalwa kwindawo ebonakalayo ebomvu.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba unyaka oya kutyelela ngawo, uya kuguqulwa ukunyusa umkhosi wokuguga unyaka wonke-kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ezinye iimbumbi nazo, zanikwa ingxelo yexesha elide lase-Edinburgh-ingabhekiseli kwiintatheli zeendaba, abantu abadumileyo kunye nabantu abavela kuyo yonke indawo EScotland, kunye nehlabathi.
I-Hogmanay ayikho into yokuba kungeyiyo imithendeleko yokubandakanya, ngoko kungakhathaliseki ukuba uhamba phi ubomi obusuka kuyo, uya kuqiniseka ukuba uzive uthanda ukubhiyozela kwakho njengabantu bonke. Kwaye, ngokwenene, ngaba kukho umyalezo wokuhlaziywa owanelisayo okanye ophezulu kunoko?
Ngaphantsi
I-Hogmanay ayiyiyo yoNyaka yoNyaka kaNtshontsho kaNyaka omtsha, akukho namnye owake wakuva ngayo, ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba awuveli eScotland. Kodwa mhlawumbi ibe yindawo ekhethekileyo kakhulu yokunyaka kuNyaka omtsha, nangona ungekho nkalipho ngokwaneleyo ukunika i-kilt phakathi nobusika baseScotland.
Kwaye xa abantu abathile baseScotland besaziwa ngokunyaniseka ukuba ukumahluko phakathi kwamaqondo okushisa ehlobo nasebusika kwilizwe akuncinci, kufuneka uhlale unqabile kwisithambo xa u tyelela kwiHogmanay-sonke isizathu sokuba uqiniseke ukuba unayo i-flask ye-Scotch whiskey eqinile kufuphi!