Kungcono kwi Bhahamas, kwaye iJunkanoo sesinye sezizathu ezininzi.
Kuhlala kukho isizathu sokuhamba ukuya eBahamas, kodwa ngeKrisimesi kunye noNyaka omtsha - akukho nto inomdla kwinkcubeko, imikhosi kunye nokuzonwabisa kufuneka iphoswe.
eGoombay ngumculo osemthethweni kunye nomdaniso waseBahamas. Idibanisa iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zomculo, kuquka iR&B, ijazz, imento yesintu, kunye nomculo wecalypso. Unokuyichonga ireggae ngebhess yayo enzima kunye nezingqisho ze-offbeat. IReggae ibandakanya izixhobo zomculo ezininzi, kubandakanya igubu, iibass, isiginci, iimpondo, kunye namazwi. Zilungiselele ukudanisa kuyo kumnyhadala ozayo weJunkanoo.
Iindwendwe zinokusebenzisana nabahlali ukonwabela iminyhadala eNassau, eGrand Bahama Island, Bimini, Eleuthera, Abaco, Long Island, Cat Island, Inagua, kunye Andros.
Umbhiyozo weJunkanoo udibanisa abantu abavela kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi. Nabani na wamkelekile ukuba athathe inxaxheba, ukuba nje ethobela imithetho ye-National Junkanoo Association. Iindwendwe zingenza amalungiselelo ngehotele yazo ukuze zijoyine umthendeleko.
Ukususela kwisinxibo esimibalabala ukusa kumngqungqo ochwayitisayo, abo bathabatha inxaxheba bachitha iinyanga belungiselela umboniso walo mboniso wasesitratweni okhatshwa kukubethwa kwamakhwelo, iintsimbi zenkomo, amaxilongo namagubu eebhokhwe aqala emva kweeyure ezinzulwini zobusuku.
Umbutho weGenesis Junakoo ucacisa igunya lawo:
Ukukhuthaza ubugcisa, inkcubeko, uphuhliso loluntu, uphuhliso lwamashishini, uqeqesho, kunye nemfundo kuluntu lwethu lwengingqi.
Ukuqinisekisa umsebenzi wokhathalelo kuwo onke amalungu ngokumisela izicwangciso; ukuba ngokwasentlalweni, kwezoqoqosho, nasemzimbeni ziphucule kwaye zityebise ubomi belungu ngalinye.
Ukubonelela zonke iinkonzo ngendlela efanelekileyo kuwo onke amalungu ombutho. Ukuphuhlisa iingqondo ezibukhali, isimilo esihle, kunye nemizimba esempilweni ngaphakathi kumbutho kunye noluntu.
Thatha lo mbhiyozo wenkcubeko yaseBahamian kunye nembali ngoSuku lweBhokisi-ngosuku emva kweKrisimesi-kunye noSuku loNyaka omtsha kunye neMigqibelo emininzi kulo lonke ihlobo.
Owona mbhiyozo mkhulu weJunkanoo useBay Street kwidolophu yaseNassau, kodwa abantu baseBahamas ngaphaya kweziqithi ezili-16 babhiyozela esi siko sivuyisayo.
Lo mnyhadala ukwabhiyozelwa ngoSuku lweNkululeko, iJunkanoo Summer Fest, kunye nezinye iiholide ezincinci.
Nangona imvelaphi yomthendeleko ingaziwa, zininzi iithiyori.
Abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba yasekwa nguJohn Canoe, iNkosana yaseNtshona Afrika yaseAfrika eyawoyisa amaNgesi yaza yaba ligorha lasekuhlaleni.
Noko ke, eyona nkolelo idumileyo yeyokuba yavela kwimihla yobukhoboka.
Abanyanisekileyo abafudukela eBahamas ngasekupheleni kwe18th Century beza namakhoboka abo aseAfrika. Amakhoboka ayenikwa iintsuku ezintathu zekhefu ebudeni bexesha leKrismesi, awayedla ngokuzibhiyozela ngokucula nangokudanisa enxibe izigqubuthelo zobuso ezimibalabala, nokuhamba kwindlu ngendlu, ngokufuthi exhonywe ngezibonda.
Ukungaqiniseki ngemvelaphi yayo kuphela kubonisa ukuba abantu baseBahamas abafuni isizathu sokuphosa umbhiyozo omangalisayo.
Imibhiyozo yoMthendeleko weJunkanoo iye yavela eBahamas ukususela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1900, kodwa namhlanje, isebenza ngaphantsi komnyhadala wesitrato kwaye ngakumbi njengeparade enkulu yokubhiyozela inkcubeko yaseBahamian.
Amaqela alungelelanisiweyo ukuya kutsho kwi-1000 yabantu achitha phantse unyaka wonke elungiselela izinxibo kunye nokuzonwabisa kulo msitho, kwaye kubo, sisiqingatha solonwabo.
Abakhenkethi banokonwabela amatheko asemva kwemini kwiihotele ezininzi, njenge Amaxesha amane okhetho, ICove, Eleuthera, IParadesi yaseAtlantis, Rithengisa iBimini yehlabathi, i Club Med Columbus Isle in San Salvador, okanye iSandals Resorts, inkosi yemibhiyozo kuyo yonke indawo kwiCaribbean.
