ʻO ka 70th makahiki hoʻolauleʻa o St. Thomas Carnival he hoʻolauleʻa eclectic o ka moʻomeheu a me ka moʻomeheu. ʻO ke poʻomanaʻo o kēia makahiki "A New Cultural Roogadoo for Carnival 2022" i loaʻa nā hanana manuahi i kēlā me kēia lā no nā keiki, nā mākua, a me nā ʻohana o nā makahiki āpau i hana ʻia e ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Māhele ʻahaʻaina.
Ma hope o ʻelua makahiki o nā hanana virtual, ua hoʻi kino ʻo Carnival i St. ʻO kahi hui o nā kuʻuna lōʻihi e like me ke mele calypso, J'ouvert, Parade, me kahi laina hou o nā mea pena a me nā hanana.
ʻO St. He hana aloha ʻo Thomas Carnival a he ʻanuʻu i ke ala kūpono e hoʻi ai i nā pae ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi," wahi a Ian Turnbull, ka Luna Hoʻokele o nā Festivals. "Makemake mākou e wiwo ʻole a hoʻohui i kekahi o nā mea moʻomeheu kuʻuna e like me ka live band a me ka calypso no kā mākou mau hanauna kahiko, akā mālama pū kekahi i ka hanauna ʻōpio me kekahi mau mea hana kiʻi hou, hou, kūloko. He mea kupanaha ka pane a me ke kākoʻo o ke kaiāulu i ka ʻike ʻana, a ua maopopo ka makemake o Carnival e hoʻi kino mai.
Ua hui pū nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini i ka hoʻolauleʻa no ka papahana i manaʻo nui ʻia e komo pū ana nā leo o nā mele Karipiano e like me calypso, soca, a me reggae bands, nā pāʻina i kēlā me kēia lā a me nā hōʻike no ka poʻe aloha mele. No ʻelima mau pō kauhale, ua paʻi nā mea pena kaulana kūloko a me ka honua i ke kahua e like me Kes the Band, Beres Hammond, Spectrum, Rock City, a me Adam O, e inoa i kekahi.
ʻO ka poʻe puni meaʻai i hele i ka Food Fair makahiki, i mālama mau ʻia ma Emancipation Garden, akā i kēia makahiki i mālama ʻia ma Crown Bay kahi i hālāwai ai ka poʻe kamaʻāina e ka poʻe malihini i ku mai ma luna o nā moku huakaʻi. Ua hana nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe o Shamang Straun ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Charlotte Amalie i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka hoʻolālā ʻāina kūpono e hiki ai i kahi ʻike hoʻāʻo manuahi a hoʻonohonoho ʻia o nā kīʻaha kūloko a me ka moʻomeheu. Hiki ke loaʻa nā mea ʻono Karipiano hou aku ma ka pā kauhale i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻAʻole paʻa ka ʻike o Carnival me ka ʻole o nā parade kahi e hui pū ai nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini o nā makahiki āpau i nā lole ʻulaʻula i ka wā e hele ana a hulahula ma nā alanui me nā pūʻali ola, nā pahu kila a me nā jumbies mocko hoʻohiwahiwa, ka mākaʻikaʻi o ka mea hula stilted o nā alakaʻi ʻuhane ma. na mokupuni. I kēia makahiki, ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Ms. Carmen Sibilly a ua kau hou ʻia ʻo Carnival Queen o 1952.
"ʻIke ʻia ka hopena maikaʻi o Carnival i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ko mākou ʻāina. He hanana waiwai a aloha ia no nā mea a pau, a ʻo kā mākou mokulele a me ka hiki ke hōkele i ka pule i hala aku nei e hōʻoia i kēia, wahi a ke Komisina o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Joseph Boschulte. “Ma waena o nā hanana, hiki i nā malihini ke hauʻoli i ko mākou mau kahakai nani, nā meaʻai ʻono, nā ola kai, nā mokupuni kaikuahine o St. Croix a me St. John a me nā mea hou aku. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻomau i kēia kuʻuna lōʻihi a me ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā malihini e hauʻoli i kā mākou moʻomeheu no nā kenekulia he nui e hiki mai ana.
He mea hou aku e hiki mai ana no Carnival. Kūʻokoʻa i ka USVI, ʻekolu mau hoʻolauleʻa Carnival i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Mamuli o ka holomua o St. Thomas, Aia nā maka a pau i ka St. John Festival e hiki mai ana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka hopena o Iune a Iulai a me St. Croix Christmas Festival i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no Dekemaba.