Asi ndeipi nhoroondo yeGuyana Carnival? Nyika ino haina kusiyana neCaribbean yese iyo ine nhoroondo yetsika dze carnivalesque. Iyo carnivalesque haina kungowanikwa mumitambo, asi itsika yekuve netsika nemafaro zvakavakirwa pamasquerade, mimhanzi yemuno inozivikanwa uye mabhendi anodhura, kunyangwe mune dzimwe nyika dziri kunze kwebhandi remitambo.

Guyana yaive nemitambo yekuzvimiririra muma1960. Kuzvimiririra muna 1966 kwakaratidzirwa necarnival yakadai yakaitwa naJaycees. Mhemberero idzi dzakaunganidza pamwechete zvaiitwa munyika kubva nyika isati yawana kuzvitonga. Ivo vaisanganisira simbi bhendi, calypso, ichiyangarara mafaro, iyo Bhendi yeGore (mabhendi anodhura ane mibairo nemazita evakagadziri vakanaka) uye mafaro emigwagwa anozivikanwa se "kutsika-tsika". Ikoko kwaive zvechokwadi nechinyakare chimiro cheiyo J'ouvert yakaenzana - "pamberi-zuva mangwanani kusvetuka-kumusoro" nevapembere vachitamba (kutsika-tsika) kuseri kwesimbi mabhendi mumugwagwa.

Izvi zvakachinjwa kubva kuGeorgetown kuenda kuLinden nemaJaycees. Chakanga chiri chiitiko chegore negore icho chakashandurwa uye kuumbwazve kuMashramani semhemberero yeGuyana's Republic Day muna 1970. Chimwe chezvinhu zvinoshamisa ndechekuti vafraya vakatsvaga kubvisa zvinhu zvekutevedzera nekukwereta kubva kumutambo weTrinidad. Zvinhu zvinoverengeka zvakagadziridzwa, uye zvimwe zvakasanganisirwa, izvo zvavaifunga kuti zvaive zvakakodzera nyika yakazvimiririra mune yepashure pechikoloni zita rayo idzva 'remuno' Mashramani. Zvinotoshamisa ndezvokuti izvi zvakazara, uye Guyana ikozvino yave kutora zvinhu zvakawanda, kutevedzera zvemitambo kwakadzivirirwa muna 1970. Mhemberero yemhemberero yakadzoka.

Kune zvimwe zvinonetsa. Mutambo wemakore makumi mana nemasere weGuyanese mutambo weMashramani izvozvi unoratidzika kunge une runyararo padanho repasirese kupfuura chiitiko chitsva chakakweretwa. Muna 48, Mashramani Day mugwagwa unofora neparade yemabhendi inova iyo yepamusoro uye chiyeuchidzo chikuru chemutambo chakatemwa nekuiswa patsva kuitira kuvaka musimboti weiyo rusununguko carnival yekupemberera makore makumi mashanu.

Uyezve, kutungamira vaimbi veGuyana Carnival vava kunyatso kuoneka mumitambo 2018, vachiita zvekushambadzira uye vachionekwa mumitambo. Tamika Marshall, Kwasi 'Ace' Edmundson, Adrian Dutchin, Jumo Primo, Michelle 'Big Red' King uye Natural Black ndivo vari pamberi muindasitiri yemuno asi vakashaikwa kuMashramani. Kunyangwe avo vaimbokwikwidza Mashramani Soca Monarchy havachadaro. Zvinoita sekunge havawone sechakakosha kumabasa avo, mukurumbira wavo, vavariro dzavo dzekubudirira, mihoro yavo yemari kana CV yavo kukwikwidza kuMashramani. Asi ivo havana kuzeza kuve zvishongo mukorona yemutambo mutsva.

Makore mashoma apfuura, mukunda weSoca Monarchy akatadza kuuya kuzodzivirira korona yake. Mumwe akataura chirevo chekuti aibuda mumakwikwi kubvumidza vatsva, vanouya vanonyepedzera kuwana mukana wekuhwina mumakwikwi. Zviripachena, aive asvika. Kusava nehanya kwakadzama ndekwekuti zvinhu izvi hazvimboitike muTrinidad carnival ikozvino iri kuteedzerwa. Unogona here kufungidzira kunyongana kukuru uye kutsamwa muTrinidad dai Machel Montano asina kunetseka nekuuya kuzodzivirira Soca Crown yake? Hapana muimbi weTrinidadian Soca, kunyangwe nyenyeredzi dzepasi rese, anozviona seakakura kana akakurisa zvekutadza kukwikwidza mumakwikwi emitambo gore rega rega.

Iye murwi wekare wemakore makumi mashanu nemasere, The Mighty Chalkdust, akahwina korypso korona muna 45. Pakanga pasina hurukuro, kunyangwe kubva mungano yakadaro, yekumira padivi kune vatsva vanopinda. Kune kudada kukuru, pfungwa yekubudirira uye yekupisa mweya wekukwikwidza pakati pevakanakisa mumunda saFay Ann Lyons, Bunji Garlin, Montano, Destra nevamwe kukwikwidza kumakwikwi emitambo.

VaGuyanese vanoita kunge vasingatarise Mashramani seyakakosha zvakakwana. Vakuru havana kufunga kuti zvine basa kuti Monarchy yeSoca yakadzingwa kwemakore mashoma. Ivo havana kuzviona sezvakakosha kuchengetedza kuenderana uye tsika kuti mutambo ushande. Simba rakakwira zvino rave kupisa moto wecarnival aive marasha manyoro muna Kukadzi apfuura muna Mashramani nguva. Kana kushinga uku kwese kuchishandiswa pamutambo wepagore gore rega rega zvaizobatsira.

Iko kushingairira, kupisa muviri kuGuyana Carnival, mari yekudyara izvozvi iri kutyaira iyi carnival inogona kunyatso gadzirirwa kuti ipise Mashramani. Hukuru hwakavezwa mumutambo weTrinidad ndizvo izvo Guyana yava kutsvaga kubereka mune yakasarudzika fashoni. Asi Trinidad yakabvumira mhemberero dzayo kukura kuburikidza nemakumi emakore emhirizhonga uye ichinetseka kushanduka kuenda kuchigaro chayo chazvino chekubwinya, nepo Guyana ichiisa tsika yayo panjodzi kuti ikudze nekuvaka yakakweretwa.