Imvelaphi yoSuku lweGroundhog, i-Punxsutawney Phil, kunye namanye amaGroundhogs aBaziwayo
Isiko saseJamani sigxininisa ukuba xa ilanga liphuma kwi-Candlemas, i-precursor ukuya kwiGroundhog Day, i-hedgehog (okanye ibhegi) iya kubona isithunzi sayo kunye neeveki ezintandathu zebusika ziya kulandela. Xa abemi baseJamani beza ePennsylvania baqhubeka le nkcubeko, basebenzisa i-groundhogs endaweni yee-hedgehogs ukuqikelela imozulu.
Usuku lokuqala lwaseburhulumenteni lweGroundhog lugubha ngoFebruwari 2, 1886, ePunxsutawney, ePennsylvania, ngokumemezela kuMoya we-Punxsutawney ngoMhleli wephephandaba, u-Clymer Freas: "Namhla umhla wobunzima uze ufike ngexesha lokunyanzela iilwanyana ayiboni isithunzi sayo. " Uhambo lokuqala lweSuku lweGroundhog ukuya kwi-Gobbler kaKobob lwenziwa ngumnyaka olandelayo ngeqela labazingeli abavuthayo abazitshilo "Iqela lePunxsutawney Groundhog." UClymer, ilungu lebhulabhu, wasebenzisa umxholo wakhe wokuhlela ukuvakalisa ukuba uPhil, i-Punxsutawney Groundhog, yiyodwa kunye nesimo sezulu esisigxina.
Udumo lukaPhil lwaqala ukusasazeka kwaye amaphephandaba avela kwihlabathi lonke aqala ukuxela iziprofeto zakhe. Iinqwelo ezikhulayo zabalandeli zaqala ukuhamba ukuya ePunxsutawney yonke imihla kaFebruwari 2, kwaye ngokukhutshwa kwee-movie ze- Groundhog Day ka-1993, kunye noCill Bill Murray, izihlwele zaqala ukubala ngamashumi amawaka. Ukubikezelwa kweSuku sePround Grounds sikaPhileni ngokuqinisekileyo kungena kwiCrowressional Record!
Kuphi igama elithi Punxsutawney livela?
I-Punxsutawney yaqala ukuhlaliswa yi-Indiya yaseDelaware ngo-1723 kwaye igama layo livela kwigama laseNdiya endaweni ethi "ponksad-uteney" oku kuthetha "idolophu yase-sandflies." Igama le- woodchuck linemvelaphi yaseNdiya, evela kumgca we "Wojak, umququ."
Kuphi i-Punxsutawney ngokuthe ngqo?
I-Punxsutawney itholakala eNtshona Pennsylvania, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-80 kumpuma-mpuma wePittsburgh.
UPhil wafumana njani igama lakhe?
Igama elipheleleyo le-groundhog empeleni "i-Punxsutawney Phil, Umbonisi waboni, uSage of Wisters, Umcebisi weNgcebiso kunye nomProfethi weMozulu." Kwaye kwavakaliswa yi-"Punxsutawney Groundhog Club" ngowe-1887, ngaloo nyaka bavakalisa iPunxsutawney ukuba likhulu lezulu lehlabathi.
Uyazi njani ukuba nguPhilly Phil kwiGobbler's Knob?
Kwiminyaka emininzi yeminyaka, uPhil uhlala kwikhaya elilawulwa yimozulu kwiLibrari yasePunxsutawney. Uya kuthathwa kwiGobbler's Knob aze afakwe emgodini ovuthayo ngaphantsi kwesigxina somthi esicatshulwa kwisigaba ngaphambi kokukhishwa ngo-7: 25 ekuseni ngomhla we-Groundhog, ngoFebruwari 2, ukuze enze ukubikezela kwakhe.
Uneminyaka emdala kangakanani uPhil Anyway?
UPhil uhlonelwa ngabantu basezidolophini ukuba babe ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-100 ubudala, bephila ngaphaya kwexesha eliqhelekileyo lobomi bemarmot babulela umgaqo-siseko oqinileyo womfazi wakhe, uPhyllis, kunye nokutya okuzinzileyo kweGroundhog Punch.
Ngaba i-Film Film Groundhog yowe -1993 yayicatshulwa ngokwenene ePunxsutawney?
Ngelishwa, impendulo ayikho. I-Columbia Pictures yagqiba ukubonisa i-movie kwindawo efikeleleke kwiziko elikhulu. I-Punxsutawney isendaweni yasemaphandleni eneendlela ezimbalwa, ngoko i-Woodstock, e-Illinois yonyulwa njengeziko le-movie. Ngenxa yoko, kufuneka kwenziwe utshintsho kumveliso. I-Gobbler kaNobob yintaba ephakamileyo enemibala enhle; I-Gobbler kaKobob kwi-movie idluliselwa kwisikwere sedolophu nakuba iphinda iphinda isilinganiswe ngokusekelwe kumanqaku athile kunye namavidiyo abasebenzi ababenziweyo ekutyeleleni ePunxsutawney.
Andikwazi ukuyenza ku-Knob Gobbler kulo nyaka. Ngaba Umkhosi Oya Ku-TV?
Uninzi lwezikhululo zikamabonwakude kulo lonke ilizwe, kunye neskrini esikhulu kwi-Times Square, ukusasaza isiganeko esisemthethweni seSuku soMhlaba.
Yintoni endiyilindeleyo kwiPunxsutawney Celebration Day Day?
Cwangcisa ukufika ePunxsutawney ngaphaya kwe-6 ekuseni ngexesha lokubamba enye ye-shuttles enikezela ukuthutha ukuya kwi-Gobbler yase Knob (akukho ndawo yokupaka kwi-Knob).
Okanye, kufika usuku okanye ezimbini ngaphambi kweveki yeevenkile eziqhutywe ngamanyathelo ezibandakanya ukupheka kwe-chili, imibala ye-ice carving, imincintiswano yee-trivia, i-Prognosticators Ball, imitshato ye-groundhog, i-crawling, i-snowwich whittling, i-Phil Phind i-Scavenger Hunt, umculo, ukutya, kumnandi, kunye nemidlalo. Ukuba kwenzeka ukubhiyozela umhla wokuzalwa ngomhla kaFebhuwari wesi-2, ngoko umenywa ukuba ujoyine abanye abelana ngolunye usuku olukhethekileyo lweSikhumbuzo sokuzalwa sikaPhils kunye nesikhumbuzo samahhala.
Kuthekani Ngaloo Mnye Ulo Mnye Umoya Wokubikezela Iingqungquthela Zaso?
U-Alan Freed, u-Webmaster we-Punxsutawneyphil.com kunye ne-Groundhog.org, uthi "Siza kuthatha i-em embi kakhulu nje ngokukhawuleza ukuba imifanekiso eshukumisayo yenziwe ngokuhlonipha kwabo!"