ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Kuhina Hon. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Edmund Bartlett i kēia lā e haʻalele ana ʻo Carnival i nā mea hoʻonohonoho i Jamaica i kāna huakaʻi ala makahiki a me nā hana e pili ana a hiki i ka lā 11 ʻApelila 2021.
"I ke komo ʻana o ka ʻāina i ka mahele hoʻoili kaiāulu o ka maʻi virus COVID-19, manaʻo nui mākou he mea ia no ka pono o ko mākou poʻe, e haʻalele ʻole i kā mākou hoʻolauleʻa makahiki makahiki no kēia makahiki," i ʻōlelo ʻia e Kuhina Bartlett.
"Hoʻomanaʻo mākou i ka pohō nui o ka hoʻokele waiwai e loaʻa i ko mākou ʻāina, ʻoiai ke hoʻonui nei kēia hanana i nā piliona o kēlā me kēia makahiki, me nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me waena e loaʻa pono ana i nā hoʻolauleʻa. Eia nō naʻe, pono ke aupuni o Jamaica e hoʻomau i ke kau ʻana i nā ana ikaika i mea e pale aku ai i ka hōʻike kūpono ʻole ʻia o kā mākou poʻe a me nā mea kipa i ka maʻi make, "i ʻōlelo ʻia e Kuhina Bartlett.
Ua hoʻoneʻe mua ʻia ke ala hele wāwae no ka Lāpule, ʻApelila 19 i ka Lāpule, ʻOkakopa 25, ma muli o ka hoʻoweliweli o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka coronavirus. ʻO ka hoʻoholo e haʻalele i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka hanana ma 2020 i hoʻoholo ʻia ma hope o ke kūkākūkā ʻana me nā mea hoʻonohonoho hanana a me nā lālā o ke Aupuni a ke mālama nei me nā ana paʻa o kēia manawa.
"Ma muli o nā ʻōlelo aʻo a pau e pili ana i ka olakino olakino, e noʻonoʻo nei ʻaʻole ka karnival he wahi wale nō akā he huahana hoʻokipa hoʻokipa kūwaho hoʻi, ʻaʻohe a mākou koho ʻē aʻe e hoʻoponopono hou i ke kahua o kā mākou Carnival ma Jamaica Road Parade mai ʻOkakopa 25th 2020 a ʻApelila 11th 2021. E ʻae kēia iā mākou i ka manawa e hana ai i nā mea e pono ai mākou e hana e loaʻa ai kahi Carnival palekana a leʻaleʻa hoʻi i 2021, "i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna o ka Carnival ma ke kōmike kuleana o Jamaica, ʻo Kamal Bankay.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia e hoʻohanohano nā band a me nā pēpē āpau i nā likiki a me nā lole i kūʻai ʻia ma 2020 no ka 2021 staging.
ʻO kahi Carnival i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia ma ka kalena ʻo Jamaica, me nā fetes nui āpau e ukali i nā lā e hiki mai ana.
ʻO nā nūhou hou aʻe e pili ana iā Jamaica.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Based on all of the professional healthcare advice, taking into account that carnival is not only a local but also an international tourism entertainment product, we have no choice but to reschedule the staging of our Carnival in Jamaica Road Parade from October 25th 2020 to April 11th 2021.
- "I ke komo ʻana o ka ʻāina i ka mahele hoʻoili kaiāulu o ka maʻi virus COVID-19, manaʻo nui mākou he mea ia no ka pono o ko mākou poʻe, e haʻalele ʻole i kā mākou hoʻolauleʻa makahiki makahiki no kēia makahiki," i ʻōlelo ʻia e Kuhina Bartlett.
- This will allow us the time to do what we need to do to have a safe and enjoyable Carnival in 2021,” said Chairman of the Carnival in Jamaica stakeholders committee, Kamal Bankay.
