IBermuda iphakathi kombhiyozo wayo omkhulu kwimbali, isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-400 yokusekwa kweBermuda. Ngowe-1609, inqanawa yomkhosi wesibini eyathunyelwa eMelika yiNkampani yaseVirginia yaseLondon, ebizwa ngokuba yiSea Venture, yaphulwa kunxweme lwaseBermuda (inika umxholo kaShakespeare othi “The Tempest”). Ukuhlangulwa okwalandelayo kunyaka omnye kamva kwikholoni yaseJamestown eVirginia ngabasindileyo kuloo ngozi yenqanawa, lelinye lawona mabali abalulekileyo ehlabathi lasentshona.
Le ngqungquthela yithuba lokuhlonipha nokubonisa abantu, inkcubeko, kunye neziganeko eziye zanceda ukwakha iBermuda kwiminyaka eyi-400 edlulileyo kwaye yenze ukuba ibe yintoni namhlanje.
“Lo nyaka wombhiyozo awufani nomnye,” utshilo uMhlonitshwa. UDkt. Ewart F. Brown, uJP, i-MP, iNkulumbuso yaseBermuda kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye noThutho. “Simema abantu basekuhlaleni neendwendwe ngokufanayo ukuba beze ‘Yiva Uthando’ baze bathelele ekubhiyozeleni esi siganeko sibalulekileyo.”
Imisitho ezayo kunye nemibhiyozo ibandakanya:
Iinqanawa ezinde ze-Atlantic Challenge 2009: Juni 11-15, 2009
I-Tall Ships Fleet iza kubaleka ukusuka eVigo, eSpain ukuya eHalifax, eNorthern Ireland ngokumisa eBermuda ngoJuni 11-15. Iya kuba yimbali yembali kubo bonke ukuba babone iiNqanawe ezinde zokufika eHamilton Harbour ukubhiyozela isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-400 yeBermuda.
UMnyhadala weQakamba womdlalo weNdebe: Julayi 30-31, 2009
Lo mdlalo weqakamba weentsuku ezimbini phakathi kwamaqela eqakamba aseMonti naseWest End ngowona uthandwayo minyaka le. Isikhumbuzo esifanayo kunye nesibaluleke ngokulinganayo soSuku lwe-Emancipation, i-1834 yokukhululwa kwamakhoboka aseBermuda, kunye noSuku lwe-Somers, olubona ukufunyanwa kweBermuda ngu-Sir George Somers kwi-1609, yenza lo mbhiyozo ube yinto engafanelekanga.
I-PGA Grand Slam yeGalufa: ngo-Okthobha 19-21, 2009
Iindwendwe eziya eBermuda zizakuphinda zibe nethuba lokubona abanye babadlali begalufa ababalaseleyo behlabathi bekhuphisana kwiPGA Grand Slam yeGalufa, umboniso wokuphela kwexesha obonisa inkulumbuso yegalufa abane. Ukubuyela eBermuda okwesithathu, ukhuphiswano oluphezulu luya kubanjwa okokuqala ngqa kwiKhosi yeGalufa yasePort Royal esanda kulungiswa.
UBERMUDA UBHINWE
Ukuhlonipha isikhumbuzo se-400 seBermuda, iSebe lezoKhenketho laseBermuda lalicinga ukuba lixesha lokubeka irekhodi ngqo kwaye uvumele abahambi bazi inyaniso emva konxantathu.
IBermuda ayikho kwiCaribbean. Ngokuchasene nenkolelo ethandwayo, iBermuda ifumaneka kwi-650 yeekhilomitha ukusuka kunxweme lwaseCape Hatteras, NC, kwaye ingaphantsi kweeyure ezimbini zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ukusuka kwisiXeko saseNew York!
IBermuda iya enye ukuya kwenye ngedola yaseMelika. IBermuda ayinayo imali yayo kwaye ayixhomekeke kwiponti.
Iindwendwe azikwazi ukuqesha iimoto eBermuda. Ngenxa yokuzinikela okuqinileyo kokusingqongileyo, abatyeleli abanakuqesha imoto xa betyelele eBermuda, kwaye abahlali banokuba nemoto enye kuphela kwikhaya ngalinye.
IBermuda yeyona ndawo indala yaseBritane kwaye inedemokhrasi yesibini kwakudala emhlabeni (emva kweNgilani).
Abahambi bacoca amasiko kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya eBermuda ngaphambi kokuba inqwelomoya ibuyele eUnited States. Oku kwenza ukuba ukufika ekhaya kube mnandi, kube lula, kwaye kusimahla.
IBermuda ayizivumeli iivenkile zokutyela okanye iivenkile zokutyela esiqithini. Nangona kunjalo, iBermuda inikeza uluhlu olubanzi lweendawo zokutyela ezinabapheki abagqwesileyo abanesiFrentshi, isiTaliyane, nesiJapan, kuzo zonke iindawo zokutya zaseMelika.
IBermuda likhaya leekhosi zegalufa ezininzi nge-square miles kunayo nayiphi na indawo emhlabeni, ngokwenene iyenza ibe yindawo yokudlala igalufa. Kulo nyaka, iPGA Grand Slam yeGalufa iza kubuyela eBermuda okwesithathu kwaye iza kubanjelwa eBermuda's Port Royal Golf Club esanda kulungiswa, nge-20-21 ka-Okthobha, 2009.
I-Tennis yaziswa eMelika yiBermuda. Ngomnyaka we-1874, u-Miss Mary Ewing Outerbridge, umfazi wezemidlalo waseMelika, wathenga izixhobo ze-tennis kumagosa omkhosi waseBrithani eBermuda waza wamisa inkundla yokuqala ye-tennis yase-US kwibala le-Staten Island Cricket Club, eNew York.
Yenziwe kwilinen yaseIreland, iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane zeBermuda zithathwa njengenxalenye eyamkelekileyo ye-wardrobe yemihla ngemihla eBermuda kwaye inokufumaneka kuninzi lwamashishini. Iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane zeBermuda zavela kumkhosi waseBritane xa beza eBermuda besuka eIndiya.
Isiginitsha yesanti epinki yeBermuda ivela kwindibaniselwano yecoral etyumkileyo, calcium carbonate, kunye ne foraminifera.
Ilifa loncwadi elityebileyo laseBermuda litsale umdla kwaye liphefumlele izinto ezithandwa nguMark Twain, uNoel Coward, uJames Thurber, uEugene O'Neill, kunye noJohn Lennon.
Ngaphambi kokupapasha iGadi Eyimfihlo ngowe-1911, uFrances Hodgson Burnett, umbhali oyiNgesi owazalelwa eNgilani, wayehlala eThe Princess Hotel, nto leyo eyabangela amarhe okuba loo myezo ufihlakeleyo ukwindawo ethile eBermuda.
Incwadi kaWilliam Shakespeare ethi “The Tempest” yaphenjelelwa kukwaphukelwa yinqanawa okwenzeka kufutshane neSt. George ngowe-1609, kunyaka ongaphambi kokuba abhale lo mdlalo. IBermuda ikwayeyona ndawo ikhethwayo nguEleanor Roosevelt kunye neNkosana Albert waseMonaco.
Kwaye ekugqibeleni, unxantathu waseBermuda. Unxantathu waseBermuda awuqatshelwa yiBhodi yaMagama eeJografi yase-US. Nangona kunjalo, iBermuda iseyeyona ndawo iphambili yokuntywila emhlabeni.
