01 ntawm 08
Ib qho kev qhia txog qoob loo nyob hauv Barbados
Costumed revelers nquam paj nquam nruas tshaj hauv Barbados thaum lub caij Qhib Qib Hnub Kadav. © Colin Williams rau Barbados Tourism Authority Bridgetown, Barbados yog qhov uas yog Caribbean lub nroog uas nthuav txog nws cov cuab yeej cuab tam colonial ntawm txhua tus tig. Thaum ze li 400 xyoo, lub peev ntawm cov kob hu ua "Little England" -a UNESCO World Heritage Site-yog chock-a-block nrog cov vaj tse historic thiab cov vaj tse, nrog rau cov koom txoos thib peb hauv lub tebchaws thiab ib lub xyoo dhau los pej thuam ntawm Admiral Lord Nelson. Nws txig embodies lub hauv paus-thiab-kom, huag-British vibe tias cov kob yog paub.
Tsuas yog, uas yog, thawj hnub Monday hauv lub 8 hli.
Nyob rau hnub ntawd, txoj kev ntawm Bridgetown saib txhua yam, tiam sis tseem ceeb-thiab-zoo. Meej mom mus rau cua; nyob rau hauv nws qhov chaw tuaj ib yam dab tsi lub npe hu ua "wukking up": blissed-tawm cov txiv neej thiab cov poj niam-decked tawm hauv cov hlaws, bikinis thiab vividly colour headdresses-gyrating lawv lub duav nrog verve. Kev sib tw ua suab paj nruag blaring ntawm cov neeg hais lus hauv kev sib tsoo ntawm kev txav tsheb; Mount Gay ntseeg ntws dawb; Caribbean chij sawv cev rau Islands tuaj ntawm St. Lucia mus rau Jamaica waving hauv lub hnub kub. Tabsis, nws yog tus "Parental Blonde," ua raws li cov cua daj cua dub hauv nws lub nkawm khau. Txawm Bajan pop star Rihanna joins nyob hauv cov festivities, waving nws ntug dej npias rag alongside ecstatic revelers.
Qhov no yog Kadoom Ib Hnub: qhov kev sib daj sib haum rau Barbados's Crop Over, lub caij ntuj sov loj tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv Caribbean.
02 ntawm 08
Barbados Qoob loo dua Success: Wukking Up!
Ob peb 'wukking' ntawm qoob loo nyob hauv Barbados. © Colin Williams rau Barbados Tourism Authority Lub sijhawm tsib lub limtiam uas muaj suab paj nruag, dhia paj paws, kab lis kev cai thiab kev txaus ntseeg ntawm cov kob uas tau lees tias tau tsim tau nws - Qoob loo tshaj li nws cov hauv paus pua xyoo dhau los, thaum qhev ua kev zoo siab kawg ntawm qab zib . Niaj hnub-Hnub Qoob Loj Tshaj dhau commemorates no legacy, txawm li nws nce qib ante nrog ntau contemporary fetes thiab kev tshwm sim; 2011 yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws kawm qoob loo Tshaj tawm, nrog kaum ntawm txhiab tus txhiab ntawm txoj kev ntawm Kadoom Ib Hnub.
Ib tug carnival-phill, Kuv xav ntev muaj qoob loo rau kuv daim ntawv qhia hnub, yog li kuv tuaj txog ntawm Island kom npaj fetting. Kuv tau soj ntsuam nyob hauv lub Courtyard by Marriott (Phau Ntawv Tam Sim No), uas zoo li, thaum pom thawj zaug, tsis txawv txav tsis-Carnival-esque: ib qho chaw so lag luam hauv lub tsev so tau tso rau hauv TV thiab cov computers. Tab sis raws li ntau thiab ntau tshaj Crop Tshaj tuaj xyuas, tsuas yog kev lag luam raug saib xyuas ntawm kev ua lag luam carnival; ib tug tua ntawm revelers los ntawm Trinidad thiab Jamaica tau hloov lub chaw tos txais thiab pas dej daib ntawm no Garrison cov tsev so rau hauv cov pob zeb tsis thooj.
Cov Qoob Loo Tshaj tau pib pib lub lis piam ua ntej, nrog lub koob tsheej ntawm Lub Xeem Canes thiab lub Vaj Ntxwv thiab Tus Poj Vaj Pej Xeem ntawm lub Festival, commemorating tshaj plaws txiv neej thiab poj niam pas nrig cutters ntawm lub caij. Muaj kev ua yeeb yaj kiab, cov kev sib tw hauv calypso thiab kev ua yeeb yam, suav txog ib qho ntawm Central Bank, uas kuv tau ua ib qho kev mus xyuas.
Impressed los ntawm ntau haiv neeg ntawm cov kos duab rau zaub - qee qhov kev ua yeeb yam hauv zos qhia txog kev lom zem carnival revelers; lwm leej lwm tus tau muab homage rau qhev thiab mob dhau los ntawm kev ua haujlwm hauv multimedia - Kuv siv ib teev los ntawm nws, tom qab ntawd tom qab ntawm Bridgetown Market, uas tau hloov, nyob rau hnub ua ntej lub rooj sib txoos loj, rau hauv kev sib txoos txhua hnub. Cov chaw muag muag ntses cutters thiab cua kib ntses. Suab paj nruag yog txhua yam: calypso bands ua neej nyob, cov neeg hais lus blasting qhov kawg kev sib caum CDs. Ib tug txiv neej muag peanuts thiab txiv hmab txiv ntoo tshiab- "cia li hu kuv txiv neej txiv neej," nws hais tias-Qoob loo dhau tsis yog dubbed "qhov zoo tshaj plaws caij ntuj sov Success" rau tsis muaj dab tsi. "Lub sij hawm no ntawm xyoo, Bajan neeg yog sweeter xwb," nws tshaj tawm hais meej.
03 ntawm 08
Barbados Qoob loo Tshaj Lawm: Pic-O-De-Crop
Bajan Calypso lub hnub qub Popsicle ua yeeb yam ntawm Pic O De Crop kev hais kwv txhiaj thaum lub sij hawm 2011 Crop Over Festival rau Barbados. © Colin Williams rau Barbados Tourism Authority Nights - thiab kuv txhais lig, lig hmo; hom hmo ntuj uas dhau los ua tshav ntuj - tau siv rau hauv cov kab mob thiab pom. Kuv paub tias tsis tuaj yeem mob qoob loo li ob lub rooj sib txig sib luag loj: Pic-O-De-Crop thiab Cohobblopot.
Ntawm Pic-O-De-Crop, cov neeg calypsonians hauv zos tau sib tw rau lub npe ntawm Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Monarch. Los ntawm kuv lub thawv ntawm Kensington Oval, ib qho chaw sib tw ntawm qhov chaw qiv qis, Kuv tau kawm hauv zos txoj cai ntawm zaj nkauj zaj nkauj, thiab tau zoo siab thaum neeg khiav dej num yog cov neeg nyiam: Popsicle, tus neeg tuaj tshiab uas tau tawm tswv yim txog kev poob siab thiab kev cai ntawm ib zaj nkauj playful txog ib lub nroog Yeiuxalees (tus tsiaj, ntawm chav kawm!).
"Calypso yog nyob rau hauv kev nyab xeeb txhais tes: cov tub ntxhais hluas nyob nrog cov kev tawm tswv yim," piav txog Red Plastic Bag, yog ib tus neeg paub Bajan calypsonian uas paub txog kev tsim kev kub ntxhov nyob hauv zos cov kws lij choj. "Nws ua rau peb cov nom tswv nyob rau hauv daim tshev. Calyphone yog cov keeb kwm, koj pom. "
04 ntawm 08
Barbados Qoob loo dua Success: Cohobblopot
Koom Haum Soca Alison Hinds ua yeeb yam hauv Cohobblopot, ib feem ntawm Barbados Qoob Lawm Zaj Tshaj 2011. © Colin Williams rau Barbados Tourism Authority Ntawm Cohobblopot - lub zos kev sib tw rau "stew los ntawm ntau yam khoom xyaw" - qhov sib xyaw kom haum yog txhua yam khoom qub: calypsonians thiab bands tso lawv cov ris tsho thiab ua tau zoo rau cov neeg tuaj saib. Lub ntsiab lus 2011 yog qhov qhia tau zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Trinidadian lub hnub qub Machel Montano, paub txog nws lub hnab tawv nqaij thiab cov supernaturally supple backup dancers ("Puas yog nws cia li ua li-upside cia?" Tus txiv neej ntawm kuv qw qws rau nws tus kheej li Montano thiab tuam txhab ua lawv cov 2011 ntaus "Khoov Tshaj").
05 ntawm 08
Barbados Qoob loo dua Success: Fetes
Bliss fete ntawm Porter lub Great Tsev thaum Barbados Qoob loo tshaj 2011. © Anthony Maugee rau TriniJungleJuice.com Tom qab txoj haujlwm carnival qhia cov qoob loo tshaj cov kabmob. Kom hu rau lawv cov tog neeg yog qhov tsis txaus siab; lawv qhib-huab cua extravaganzas, feem ntau ua tiav nrog cov zaub mov, ua yeeb yam los ntawm lub zos ntxias, thiab ib tug neeg hnav khaub ncaws rau lub nines. Kuv tau ua ntau yam li kuv yuav haum ntawm nruab nrab naps (ib tug tsis pw thaum qoob loo dhau; ib tug steals ib teev los yog ob zaug tam sim no thiab tom qab ntawd).
Ntawm Glow, pawg neeg tau ploj zuj zus nyob hauv cov neeg dawb thiab hmo ntuj tau raug tua nrog kev ua yeeb yam los ntawm Bajan soca lub hnub qub Edwin Yearwood, nws lub ntsej muag uas muaj lub ntsej muag zoo "Tawm Zoo" yog lub ntsiab lus xaus ntawm cov festivities. Thiab ntawm Bliss, muaj nyob rau ntawm cov neeg Nyab Laj Zoo Tsev, Lub Tsev Thoob Plaws 17 xyoo dhau los, kuv tau mus noj mov tom qab noj mov: cov zaub mov thiab dej haus tau ua txhua yam ntawm martinis rau Thaib teb, curried tshis.
Cov kws kho mob zoo li no yog cov neeg Caribbean qhov loj tshaj plaws hauv lub nroog Carnival, hauv Trinidad , hnub thiab hmo yog siv ib qho fete los yog lwm qhov. Tab sis Cas Barbados muaj tshaj Trinidad yog sab nraud kuv lub qhov rooj, ua qhov nruab hnub tsis muaj teeb meem: ib txhia ntawm cov xim av zoo nkauj tshaj plaws hauv cheeb tsam. Kuv whiled tseg ob peb hnub, recovering los ntawm qhov tsaus ntuj ua ntej amid cov neeg coob thiab txias ntawm Accra Beach, yog ib tus kob nrov tshaj plaws liming scenes. Kuv kuj muaj hmoo txaus los nrhiav kuv tus kheej ntes qee cov duab thiab nws tsis tshua pw luv hauv npuaj av mus rau Sandy Lane , Barbados qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj yog qhov chaw.
06 ntawm 08
Barbados Qoob loo dua Success: Lub Booze Cruise
Lub koomhaum yog nyob rau xyoo 2011 hauv Barbados Crop Over Booze Cruise. © Kwesi Marcano Thiab tom qab ntawd nws tau muaj qhov Booze Cruise. Tag nrho kuv cov phooj ywg Bajan rov qab mus tsev tau hais tias yog kuv tuaj koom nrog ib qho Kev Tsiaj Qus Tshaj, cia nws yog Booze Cruise nrov. Tag nrho ntawm Barbados ciali tau txais tib daim ntawv tseem ceeb: Thaum kuv tuaj txog ntawm lub rooj muag khoom thaum 10 sawv ntxov, cov kab khiav nkaum thiab lub tog tau pib; ib lub lauj kaub rau hauv hlau yog cov dej ntws thiab haus dej haus. Revelers piled rau ib qho ntawm peb lub nkoj thiab, zoo, boozed thiab cruised-thaum seev cev rau Bajan soca, tau kawg.
Kuv nyiam nyob rau hauv Jolly Roger, tus faux pirate nkoj, nrog rau ib tug celebrity posse: Bajan soca artist Rupee, qub Miss Universe khiav Wendy Fitzwilliam, mus xyuas los ntawm Trinidad, thiab Trinidadian TV tus cwj pwm Jeanille Bonterre. Ua ntej ntev thiab ob peb Mount Gays tom qab, peb cov poj niam tau tawm ntawm cov hlua thiab mus rau hauv hiav txwv Caribbean. Thiab thaum peb clambered rov qab rau lub lawj, txias thiab refreshed, Rupee tau ua ib qho impromptu teem, hu nws omnipresent Crop Tsoo "Kuv yog ib tug Bajan."
"Kuv yuav tsis yog Bajan, tiam sis peb txhua tus yog Bajans Thaum Qoob Ntiaj Teb!" Fitzwilliam hais tias luag nyav.
07 ntawm 08
Barbados Qoob Lawm dua Success: Foreday Hnub Monday
Cov neeg plaw hnyav tau nyiam rau Foreday Monday thaum lub sijhawm Barbados 'Crop Over Festival. © Colin Williams rau Barbados Tourism Authority Kuv "Kuv yog Bajan" lub sij hawm tuaj nyob rau hauv lub sij hawm wee, nyob rau hauv ib qho ntawm cov highlights ntawm qoob loo tshaj. Foreday Morning yog Barbadian version dab tsi lwm carnivals hu rau J'Ouvert: lub parade uas sau los ntawm 3 thaum sawv ntxov kom txog rau thaum lub hnub los, thaum twg revelers npog lawv tus kheej ntawm txhua yam ntawm cov av nkos thiab xim rau cocoa. Kuv pom kuv tus kheej txais tos mus rau hauv ib qho khoom kaw ib ncig ntawm 4 sawv ntxov, thiab ua ntej kuv paub tias kuv tau tawm mus thiab tau nrog cov qhab pej xeem, paub cov lus txhua zaj rau zaj nkauj kuv tau hnov thawj zaug tsuas yog hnub ua ntej.
Tsis ntev kuv tau them rau hauv cocoa; tsis ntev tom qab ntawd kuv tau dancing nyob rau hauv dej hose ntawm lub hnub, lub tsev rau Foreday Morning's afterparty, saib lub hnub tuaj, reveling nyob rau hauv lub cool-down thiab marveling ntawm ib tug tag nrho chaw ntau puv ntawm qias neeg - lus! - Bajans thiab Trinis thiab Canadians thiab Asmeskas, dhia ua ke li yog hais tias txhua yam peb tau tseeb, raws li cov lus hais mus, ib qho.
08 ntawm 08
Barbados Qoob loo dua Success: Kadooment Hnub
Celebrating Kadooment Hnub thaum Barbados Qoob loo Tshaj. © Colin Williams rau Barbados Tourism Authority Los ntawm lub sijhawm Kadooment Hnub tuaj ncig, nws tsuas yog qhov ci ntawm lub ncuav mog qab zib. Kuv tau ua si (ua lwm lo lus, kuv tau koom nrog lub rooj sib txig) nrog ib pawg hu ua Baje International, uas tau qhia meej meej rau xyoo band: Qhov zoo txaus rau Rupee thiab Rihanna yog qhov zoo txaus rau kuv.
Raws li hnub dhau los thiab kuv tau mus rau hauv lub hnub thiab nag, dancing ntawm lub nag thiab xaus rau hauv lub Vaj Pob, qhov chaw nres tsheb loj, kuv tau nres txhua txhua tam sim no thiab tom qab ntawd mus qhuas ib Barbados kuv tsis pom ua ntej: ib qho hauv qhov decorum twb hloov los ntawm dawb tso tseg, tag nrho cov ntawm peb imbibing txhua txhua xeem poob ntawm ib tug zoo nkauj sweeter dua, zoo, qab zib nws tus kheej.