Huakaʻi ʻIlani ʻĀkau: ʻO kahi hoʻolauleʻa o ke mele, ke ʻano a me ka hoʻokipa

Ua alakaʻi ʻia kahi hālāwai kūpono i kahi pōkole a me ka leʻaleʻa kipa aku i Belfast. Ua ʻike au iā Geraldine Connon, kekahi o 'O Northern Irelandnā mea hoʻolālā poʻokela, ma kahi hanana hanana Commonwealth ma ka Hale Aliʻi ʻo Buckingham. Hoʻopili mākou a mau mau mahina ma hope mai ua kono ʻo Geraldine iaʻu i kahi hōʻike hoʻoleʻaleʻa a me ka ʻahamele a ua hauʻoli wau e ʻae.

Ma ke ʻano he mea nūpepa e nānā i kekahi iā ʻIrani ʻĀkau ma o nā aniani o nā Troubles. ʻO kaʻu kipa pōkole iaʻu i hoʻomaopopo ai ma hope o nā poʻo manaʻo ke hoʻomau nei ke ola maʻamau. He wahine ʻo Geraldine me ke kuko i ke ʻano a ʻae aku ʻaʻole i ka politika. Ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia iaʻu i kāna mau hoaaloha i ke kaila a me ka ʻoihana mele i kūpaʻa nui i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kā lākou mākaukau i ka hanauna ʻōpio.

Waiwai ʻo Stormont

Ua hoʻomaka koʻu kipa ʻana me ka huakaʻi wikiwiki i nā hale o ka ʻĀkau o ʻIrani ʻĀkau i ka nani o Stormont Estate ka noho o ka ʻAha ʻIlani ʻAkau - ka ʻahaʻōlelo i hoʻopau ʻia no ka ʻāina. Ua kāpae ʻia ka ʻaha mai Ianuali 2017 no ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā ʻaoʻao politika.

ʻO ka nele o ke aupuni e hana nei ʻaʻole ia he hopena i ka nohona o kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka hale keʻokeʻo koʻikoʻi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i nā lau nahele manicured i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā puʻu i uhi ʻia i nā kumulāʻau kekahi o nā ʻāpana kaulana a kaulana loa o ʻIrani ʻAkau. Loaʻa i ka poʻe kipa ka manawa e ʻike ai ma hope o nā hanana a loaʻa ka ʻike i kāna mōʻaukala waiwai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa aku i ka Halelu Nui maikaʻi, ka Chamber Assembly (kahi o nā lālā o ka ʻAhaolelo e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ai i nā pilikia nui o ka lā) a me ka Chambre Senate me kāna mau hiʻohiʻona kumu. Ke nānā nei i ka hale waena kahi kiʻi o James Craig, ke Kuhina Nui mua o ʻIlani ʻIlani. ʻO 6ft 7in ke kiʻi kona kiʻekiʻe maoli. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻole o nā hālāwai e hiki i nā mea kipa ke nānā i nā keʻena, nā lumi nani a me nā alaloa e kū ʻole a mahalo i nā mea hoʻonaninani, nā kiʻi a me nā kiʻi pena o nā hanana hanana.

Ua ukali ʻia ka huakaʻi o Stormont e kahi hoʻokele ma waena o nā wahi Protestant o Belfast. Ua hala mākou i nā lālani maikaʻi o nā hale liʻiliʻi, me nā Union Jacks e lele hele ana ma nā alanui. Hiki i kekahi ke ʻike inā aia kekahi ma nā wahi holomua no ka mea ākea nā ala a me nā hale ākea me nā māla i mālama pono ʻia. He paʻakikī e hoʻohui i kēia mau alanui mālie me ka haunaele a mākou i ʻike ai ma ke kīwī ke hele ke kolohe ma kahi kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO Clandeboye Festival / Camerata ʻIlani

Ua hōʻea koke mākou i ka hale nani o Geraldine ma Larne ma waho o Belfast. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻena o koʻu lā mua ke hele i ka Clandeboye Festival, kahi hoʻolauleʻa o ka hana a nā ʻōpio mele a me nā mea hoʻolālā kiʻi. ʻO ka hoʻolauleʻa, i mālama ʻia e Lady Dufferin, ka mea nona ka Clandeboye Estate, ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka mele o Vienna, e kau ana i nā mele o nā haku mele e pili ana i ke kūlanakauhale e like me Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn a me Brahms. Ua hoʻokomo pū ʻia ka papahana i nā mele kuʻuna nui o ʻIrani ʻĀkau. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka hapa nui o nā mea hoʻokani pila ma ka Clandeboye Academy no nā mea hoʻokani pila ʻōpio. Aia ma waena o nā mea hana ʻōpio nā mea hoʻokani pila Skotlandia, Catriona McKay lāua ʻo Chris Stout, a me ka flautist kūloko nani ʻo Eimear McGeown. ʻO ka luna hoʻolauleʻa, ʻo Barry Douglas, kahi mea hoʻokani piano kaulana a kaulana loa o ka honua, i hoʻokumu i ka orchestra o ke keena, ʻo Camerata ʻIlani, i ka makahiki 1999 e paipai a hānai i nā mea hoʻokani ʻōpio ʻōpio maikaʻi loa mai ʻIrani ʻĀkau a me ka ʻIipelika ʻIlani.

Hōʻike Manaʻo

Hele pū nā mea hoʻokani pila i ka hōʻike hiʻohiʻona e hōʻike ana i ke kālena o nā mea hoʻolālā ʻōpio hoʻokumu a me nā ʻōpio mai ʻIlelani. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona i lele i ka catwalk e hōʻike ana i kahi ākea o ka lole maʻamau a me ka lole maʻamau. ʻO ka laulā o ka hoʻolālā a me nā lole i weliweli. Aia kekahi mau lole i hihiu a hoʻowahāwahā i kahi haunaele o ke kala e like me ka confectionery. ʻO nā hoʻolālā ʻē aʻe i kahakaha ʻia i nā kala hoʻoheheʻe, nā brown brown, ka popo a me ka ʻalani ʻoki ʻia. ʻO nā lole mai ka denim, ka lilina i ka organza, ka pulupulu i ka siliki i nā kala alohilohi. ʻO nā mea nui i hana ʻia ʻo Geraldine Connon. ʻO Maureen Martin ka hōʻike hiʻohiʻona i hana ʻia e kāna ʻoihana i hoʻolako i nā mamana.

ʻO Titanic Quarter

Ma mua o koʻu kipa ʻana ʻaʻole wau i ʻike ua hoʻolālā ʻia a kūkulu ʻia ka Titanic maʻi ʻole ma Belfast. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo kahi ʻāpana holoʻokoʻa o ke kūlanakauhale e ka wai wai i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka Titanic. Hiki i kekahi ke mākaʻikaʻi i ka hana hou ʻana o ka moku a ʻike i ke keʻena o Harland Woolf i hoʻolālā i ka Titanic a me kona moku kaikuahine, ka ʻĀlapa. Hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i nā keʻena kahi i hui ai nā luna a me ke kūkaʻa kelepona ʻana i hea mai ai ka pilikia ma loko o ka Titanic.

Ua lilo ka nui o ka pōpilikia i mea ʻino loa ke ʻike kekahi i ʻoi aku ma mua o 30,000 poʻe i hana i 10 mau hola i ka lā, 6 mau lā i ka pule ma ka moku. He hana huikau kēia a me kahi kumu haʻaheo no Belfast. Ua hele a lehulehu ka poʻe e hoʻohauʻoli i ka moku i holo aku i ʻApelila 2, 1912. Hiki i kekahi ke noʻonoʻo i ka wāwahi ʻana o ka pōʻino i nā poʻe o Belfast.

ʻO Larne

ʻO Larne, kahi o Geraldine kona home, ʻo ka mea nui Protestant. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao hikina o Belfast kahi home o ia kaiāulu. Ua haʻi ʻia mai iaʻu aia kekahi mau hōʻailona o ka wehewehe ākea i kēia mau lā. ʻO Geraldine, ʻoiai i hānau ʻia i loko o ka hoʻomana Katolika, hele mai ia mai kahi ʻohana nui o nā hoʻomana hoʻomana, e komo pū ana me nā Scottish Presbyterians a me nā Iudaio Iudaio Lūkini. Me kēia kūpuna like ʻole i koho ʻo ia e hōʻalo i ka manaʻo politika.

ʻO Larne ke awa nui e hele ana i Sekotia, no laila ka pilina ikaika ʻo Ulster Scots. I loko o kekahi mau minuke o ka hemo ʻana mai ke kaona ʻo Larne, i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he Gateway to the Glens, ke hele nei mākou ma ke ala kai, e pili ʻia e ke kai ʻIlelani ma kā mākou ʻaoʻao ʻākau. Me nā hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona nani loa ma hope o ka hala ʻana o nā wahi kai liʻiliʻi he nui ua mālama mākou iā mākou iho i kahi ʻaina awakea maikaʻi i loko o nā lumi keaka ʻo Glenarm Castle. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Glenarm Village kahi wahi mālama e ka Princes Trust 8 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻoholo ʻia ka hoʻoholo me ka huakaʻi aliʻi mai Prince Charles a me Camilla.

Ua hoʻopuni ʻia kā mākou lā leʻaleʻa loa e ke kipa ʻana ma nā puʻu o Kilwaughter i ka hale mahiʻai o ko kaikuaʻana ʻo Geraldine i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma waenakonu o nā māla uliuli a me nā kauhale nui hou aku. Kupanaha ka lohe ʻana iā Geraldine, kona makuahine, a me ke kaikunāne e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kā lākou ʻohana pūnaewele a me nā ʻano kala like ʻole mai ka wā i hala.

Pāʻina Lā ʻalani

Ua hoʻopili ʻia kaʻu kipa i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke kuʻuna. Ma ka Pōʻaono, ua lawe māua ʻo Geraldine i ka manawa kūpono i ke kakahiaka kope ma Drumalis Retreat House, e holo ʻia e nā nuna, e hoʻolilo i hoʻokahi hola a e kamaʻilio pū paha me nā kamaʻāina kūloko. I loko o mau minuke o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hale konikona ua hele mākou i ke kikowaena o ke kaona e nānā i ka paina o Orange Day. I ka manawa hou ma ka kīwī ma ke kiʻekiʻe o nā pilikia sectarian ua ʻike kekahi i nā parade e nā ʻenemi kūʻē. I kēia manawa aia kahi ea leʻaleʻa ma ke ʻano he mau haneli o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, 80 mau pūʻulu, me kā lākou mau paipu a me nā pahu, nā keiki ʻōpio, nā ʻelemakule waena a me nā ʻelemākule āpau i kā lākou ʻaʻahu akamai i hele i waena o Larne. Ua nīnau wau i kekahi o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā poʻe e kū ana i ke ʻano o ka manaʻo o nā parade iā lākou. ʻLelo lākou ua hauʻoli lākou i ke mele a me ka lewa karnival. Ua paʻakikī loa ka ʻaoʻao politika iaʻu e nīnau i nā pono a me nā hewa o ka hanana. He mea puʻuwai wale nō ke ʻike aku i ka nele o ka inaina hāmama, ʻoiai e mau ana ka huhū o ka noho hohonu i lalo o ka ʻili.

E Aloha Ana

I ka lā hope o kaʻu kipa pōkole, ua hōʻike ʻia wau e pili ana i kahi mahiʻai na Campbell lāua ʻo Isabel Tweed. ʻO Campbell ka muli loa o Pelekikena Pelekikena o ka Union Farmers Union no ʻelua mau manawa kau. Ua huli ke aniau me ka noe māmā a me ka ua nui ʻo Campbell e hoʻokele iā mākou a puni kāna wahi mahiʻai nui i kāna Land Rover ikaika. Ua ʻike mākou i nā wahi like ʻole o ka hoihoi nui e like me kahi pūnaewele archeological i paʻi ʻia e ka TIME TEAM a me nā ʻāina keu i hoʻohana ʻia i ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni he miliona miliona, ʻo Game of Thrones. Ma kāna ʻāina Campbell a me Isobel i hoʻopukapuka ʻia i ka turbine makani e hāʻawi ana i ka uila no ko lākou hale a hana i ka uila no ka mākia lahui. ʻO kēia mau pōpō i kēia manawa he hiʻohiʻona hou hou ia ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻIrika Hema. Ua aʻo wau i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi turbine ʻaʻole mika, hiki ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o, £ 500,000. Ma hope o kā mākou holo lauoho ʻana ma luna o ka puʻu a me ke dale, ua mālama ʻia mākou i kahi ʻaina kakahiaka i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e Isobel. ʻO nā huahana a pau mai ka mahiʻai, nā hua, ka puaʻa a me nā sausages. Na Isobel nō i hana ka jam iā ia iho.

Ma hope o ka hoʻokele hope loa ma kahakai ua haʻalele ʻo Geraldine iaʻu ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Belfast no ka lele ʻana i Ladana. I kona kono ʻana iaʻu ua ʻōlelo ʻo Geraldine ua makemake ʻo ia iaʻu e ʻike i ka ʻaoʻao maikaʻi o Northern Ireland. Ua kūpaʻa ʻo ia i kāna hoʻohiki. Ua hele mai wau mai kaʻu huakaʻi pōkole me nā hoʻomanaʻo pumehana o ka hoʻokipa o ka poʻe aʻu i launa ai a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ʻaʻole hōʻike ʻia nā poʻo nūpepa i nā hopohopo o ka poʻe maʻamau e makemake nei e hoʻomaka i ko lākou ola me ka ʻole o nā haunaele a me ka inaina e hōʻike ana i ka nohona politika. .

He makahiki kēia mai koʻu wā i ʻIrika ʻAkau a ʻo Geraldine, Maureen Martin a me kā lākou mau kime hoʻolaʻa i kēia manawa i ka ʻeha o ka hoʻomākaukau no kēia makahiki Camerata Festival ma Clandeboye Estate. E kala mai iaʻu no ka hiki ʻole ke hui pū me lākou akā makemake wau e kūleʻa lākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka waiwai o ke tālena a me ka hoʻouluulu e kū nei ma Northern Ireland a me ka mahanahana a me ka ikaika o ka poʻe.