Umbhiyozo wonyaka wama-70 weSt. Thomas Carnival yayingumbhiyozo wenkcubeko nesithethe. Umxholo walo nyaka othi “A New Cultural Roogadoo for Carnival 2022” uquka imisitho yasimahla yemihla ngemihla yabantwana, abantu abadala, kunye neentsapho zayo yonke iminyaka eveliswe liCandelo leMinyhadala yeSebe lezoKhenketho.
Ukulandela iminyaka emibini yeziganeko ezibonakalayo, iCarnival yabuyela kumntu eSt. Thomas iintsuku ezintlanu ezifinyeziweyo zokutya, umculo, kunye nenkcubeko. Ukudityaniswa kwezithethe ekudala zikhona njengomculo wecalypso, iJ'outvert, iParade, kunye noluhlu lwangoku oluhlaziyiweyo lwamagcisa kunye nemisitho.
“ISt. UThomas Carnival ibingumsebenzi wothando kunye nenyathelo eliya kwicala elifanelekileyo lokubuyela kumanqanaba angaphambi kobhubhani, utshilo u-Ian Turnbull, uMlawuli weCandelo leMinyhadala. “Besifuna ukuba nesibindi kwaye sidibanise ezinye zezinto zenkcubeko zemveli ezinje ngebhendi ezidlalwayo kunye necalypso kwizizukulwana zethu ezindala, kodwa sijonge isizukulwana esitsha ngamagcisa amatsha, ale mihla, asekuhlaleni. Indlela abantu abasabela ngayo kunye nenkxaso yabo yayimangalisa, kwaye kwakucacile ukuba kukho umnqweno wokuba iCarnival ibuye ngokoqobo. "
Abahlali kunye neendwendwe ngokufanayo baye badibana kunye ekubhiyozeleni inkqubo ebilindelwe kakhulu equka izandi zomculo weCaribbean ezifana necalypso, i-soca, kunye namabhendi ereggae, imibhiyozo yemihla ngemihla kunye nemiboniso yabathandi bomculo. Kubusuku obuhlanu obulandelelanayo beelali, amagcisa asekhaya nakwihlabathi abetha iqonga elinjengeKes the Band, Beres Hammond, Spectrum, Rock City, kunye noAdam O, ukukhankanya abambalwa.
Abathandi bokutya baye bathontelana ukuya kuMbono woKutya waminyaka le, owawubanjelwe e-Emancipation Garden, kodwa kulo nyaka ubuqhubeka eCrown Bay apho abantu balapha bahlangatyezwana neendwendwe ezimise kwiinqanawe zabakhenkethi. Abafundi besikolo samabanga aphakamileyo sasekuhlaleni beklasi yezokwakha kaShamang Straun kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo iCharlotte Amalie bathathe umsebenzi wokuyila ibala leendibano ukuze kuvumeleke ukungcamla okukhululekileyo nokucwangcisiweyo kokutya kwengingqi nezenkcubeko. Izidlo ezongezelelekileyo zeCaribbean zasekhaya zinokufumaneka kwilali yonke imihla.
Amava eCarnival awagqibekanga ngaphandle kweparades apho abantu balapha kunye neendwendwe zayo yonke iminyaka zidibana kunye kwiingubo ezimibalabala ngelixa bematsha kwaye bedanisa ezitratweni ecaleni kwebhendi ephilayo, amagubu entsimbi kunye neJumbies ekhangayo ye-mocko, ummeli womdanisi oqinileyo wabakhokeli bomoya iziqithi. Kulo nyaka, uNksz Carmen Sibilly wawongwa waphinda wathweswa isithsaba njengoKumkanikazi weCarnival ka-1952.
“Impembelelo entle yeCarnival enayo kukhenketho kwintsimi yethu iyabonakala. Sisiganeko esixatyiswayo nesithandekayo kumntu wonke, kwaye ukuhamba kwethu ngenqwelomoya kunye nomthamo weehotele kule veki iphelileyo kuyangqina oku, utsho uMkomishinala wezoKhenketho, uJoseph Boschulte. “Phakathi kwemisitho, abakhenkethi bangonwabela iilwandle zethu ezintle ezicocekileyo, ukutya okumnandi, ubomi baselwandle, iziqithi zaseSt. Croix naseSt. John nokunye okuninzi. Sijonge phambili ekuqhubekeni nesi siko kudala kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe ukuba zizonwabele inkcubeko yethu kwiinkulungwane ezininzi ezizayo. ”
Kuninzi okuzayo kwiCarnival. Eyodwa kwi I-USVI, kukho imibhiyozo emithathu yeCarnival minyaka le. Ukulandela impumelelo ye St. Thomas, Onke amehlo akwiSt. John Festival ezayo emiselwe ukuphela kukaJuni ukuya kuJulayi kunye noMnyhadala weKrisimesi waseSt. Croix omiselwe uDisemba.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The experience of Carnival is not complete without the parades where locals and visitors of all ages band together in colorful costumes while marching and dancing through the streets alongside live bands, steel drums and the alluring mocko jumbies, the stilted dancer's representative of the spirit guides in the islands.
- Local high school students of Shamang Straun's architectural class at Charlotte Amalie High School took on the task of designing the fairgrounds layout to allow a more free flowing and organized tasting experience of local and cultural dishes.
- Thomas Carnival was a labor of love and a step in the right direction to returning to pre pandemic levels”, says Ian Turnbull, Division of Festivals Director.
