Akā he aha ka moʻolelo no Guyana Carnival? ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa kēia ʻāina mai ka Caribbean holoʻokoʻa kahi moʻolelo o nā kuʻuna karnivalesque. ʻAʻole i loaʻa ka carnivalesque i ka carnival wale nō, akā he ʻano maʻamau ka loaʻa o nā kuʻuna a me nā leʻaleʻa e pili ana i nā masquerades, nā mele a nā ʻōiwi a me nā kāʻei kapa, a ʻo ia mau ʻāina ma waho o ke kāʻei karnival.

He karnival kūʻokoʻa ko Guyana i nā makahiki 1960. ʻO ke kūʻokoʻa i 1966 i kahakaha ʻia me kahi ʻano carnival i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā Jaycees. Ua huki like kēia mau leʻaleʻa i ka hana ma ka ʻāina mai ka wā ma mua o ke kūʻokoʻa. Hoʻopili lākou i ka hao kila, calypso, parade float, ka Band of the Year (nā kāʻei kapa me nā makana a me nā poʻo inoa no nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi) a me nā leʻaleʻa alanui i kapa ʻia ʻo "tramping". Aia kekahi ʻano kahiko o kahi like Jʻouvert - "lele mua i ke ao" me nā mea hulahula e hulahula ana (e hehi ana) ma hope o nā kaula kila ma ke ala.

Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia kēia mai Georgetown a Linden e nā Jaycees. ʻO ia kēlā hanana makahiki i hoʻololi ʻia a hana hou ʻia i Mashramani ma ke ʻano he hoʻolauleʻa o ka Lā Lepupalika ʻo Guyana i ka makahiki 1970. ʻO kekahi o nā mea ʻoniʻoni ʻo ia ka poʻe i ʻimi e wehe i nā mea o ka hoʻohālike a me nā hōʻaiʻē mai ka karnaval Trinidad. Ua hoʻololi ʻia kekahi mau mea, a ua hoʻopili ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe, a ua manaʻo lākou he kūpono kūpono no kahi repubalika kūʻokoʻa i kahi kūlana post-colonial me kāna inoa 'ʻōiwi' hou ʻo Mashramani. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ua hele mai kēia a puni, a ke lawe nei ʻo Guyana i ka nui, ua hoʻoliʻiliʻi ʻia ke ʻano karnival i ka makahiki 1970. Ua hoʻi ka karnival kūʻokoʻa.

Aia kekahi mau mea hao ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hoʻolauleʻa Guyanese 48 makahiki o Mashramani i kēia manawa me he mea lā he mea liʻiliʻi iki ia ma ka pae aupuni o nā mea nui ma mua o ka hanana hōʻaiʻē hou. I ka 2016, ka huakaʻi ala ʻo Mashramani Day me ka parade o nā hui ʻo ia ka piko a ʻo ka mea nui loa o ka hoʻolauleʻa i ʻoki ʻia a kanu ʻia i mea e kūkulu ai i kahi kumu no ka karnival kūʻokoʻa e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka 50th anniversary.

He aha hou aʻe, ke alakaʻi nei i nā mea hīmeni ʻo Guyana Carnival i ʻike nui ʻia i kēia manawa i ka karnival 2018, ke hana nei i nā pāʻoihana a hōʻike ʻia i nā hōʻike. ʻO Tamika Marshall, Kwasi 'Ace' Edmundson, Adrian Dutchin, Jumo Primo, Michelle 'Big Red' King a me Natural Black ka mea nui i ka ʻoihana kūloko akā ua nalowale mai Mashramani. ʻOiai ʻo ka poʻe e hoʻokūkū ana no ka Mashramani Soca Monarchy e hana hou ʻole pēlā. Me he mea lā ʻaʻole lākou e ʻike he mea nui ia i kā lākou ʻoihana, ko lākou kaulana, kā lākou mau pahuhopu hoʻokō, kā lākou loaʻa kālā a me kā lākou CV e hoʻokūkū ai ma Mashramani. Akā ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻokaʻulua e lilo i mau mea nani i ka lei o ka karnival hou.

I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kūleʻa ʻole kahi mea lanakila Soca Monarchy e pale aku i kāna lei aliʻi. Ua ʻōlelo aʻe kekahi e haʻalele ana ʻo ia i ka hoʻokūkū e ʻae ai i nā mea hoʻopunipuni hou aʻe e hiki ke lanakila i ka hoʻokūkū. ʻIke nō, ua hōʻea ʻo ia. ʻO ka mea hoʻohenehene loa ʻo kēia mau mea i kū ʻole i loko o ka karnival Trinidad e hoʻohālikelike ʻia nei. Hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i ka hōʻino nui a me ka huhū ma Trinidad inā ʻaʻole i hopohopo ʻo Machel Montano e huli e pale aku i kāna Soca Crown? ʻAʻohe mea hīmeni ʻo Trinidadian Soca, ʻaʻole ʻo nā hōkū ʻoi loa o ka honua, manaʻo iā ia he nui a nui paha e hoʻokūkū i nā hoʻokūkū karnival i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

ʻO ka mea koa kahiko o 45 a ʻoi mau makahiki, ʻo The Mighty Chalkdust, ua lanakila i ka lei kalepona i ka makahiki 2018. ʻAʻohe kamaʻilio, ʻoiai mai kēlā ʻano kaʻao, no ka haʻalele ʻana i nā mea komo hou. Nui ka haʻaheo, ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokō a me ka ʻuhane hoʻokūkū kuni i waena o nā mea ʻoi loa o ke kula e like me Fay Ann Lyons, Bunji Garlin, Montano, Destra a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hoʻokūkū ai i nā hoʻokūkū karnival.

ʻAʻole manaʻo ka Guyanese iā Mashramani ma ke ʻano he mea nui. ʻAʻole i manaʻo nā luna he mea nui ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Soca Monarchy no kekahi mau makahiki. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike he mea kūpono e mālama i ke kūlike a me nā kuʻuna e hana i ka ʻahaʻaina. ʻO ka ikaika i kēia manawa e ʻaʻā e hoʻā i kēia karnival he mau lanahu ʻōpala i ka mahina o Pepeluali i hala ka manawa ʻo Mashramani. Inā hoʻohana ʻia kēia aloha āpau ma ka pāʻina kuhina nui i kēlā me kēia makahiki e kōkua ʻole ia.

ʻO ke ohohia, ka fiva ma Guyana Carnival, hiki ke loaʻa pono i ka hoʻokele kālā e hoʻokele nei i kēia karnival e hoʻoulu iā Mashramani. ʻO ka mea nui i hoʻopili ʻia i ka karnival Trinidad ka mea a Guyana e ʻimi nei e hoʻohua ma kahi ʻano superficial. Akā ua ʻae ʻo Trinidad i kāna karnival e ulu i loko o nā makahiki he nui o ka haunaele a me ka hakakā e ulu i kona noho aliʻi o ka hanohano, ʻoiai ʻo Guyana i waiho i kāna kuʻuna ponoʻī i mea e hoʻonani ai a kūkulu ai i kahi mea i hōʻaiʻē ʻia.