Bikin Halloween na ƙauyen

 

Gidan shakatawa na Village Halloween wani biki ne na shekara-shekara da ake gudanarwa a daren Halloween, a unguwar Greenwich Village na Birnin New York. Gidan shakatawa, wanda aka fara a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 1974, ta hanyar Greenwich Village puppeteer da maskar mask Ralph Lee, shine mafi girman bikin Halloween a duniya kuma shine kawai babban bikin dare a Amurka. Gidan ya ba da rahoton kansa cewa yana da "masu halarta" 50,000 da masu kallo miliyan 2. Wannan fareti ya samo asali ne daga al'ummar New York.

An kira Village Halloween Parade "New York's Carnival". " Wannan fareti ya fi zama abin da ya faru ba tare da la'akari ba yayin da masu tafiya za su iya bayyana a cikin tufafi a farkon farawa ba tare da yin rajista ko biyan komai ba. Abubuwan sa hannu na fareti sun haɗa da manyan 'Yan tsana, waɗanda ɗaruruwan masu sa kai ke motsawa. Ana amfani da taken fareti na hukuma a kowace shekara ga 'yan tsana. Baya ga 'yan tsana, fiye da ƙungiyoyi 50 masu tafiya suna shiga kowace shekara. Bugu da kari, akwai wasu Jirgin ruwa na Halloween na kasuwanci.

Hanyar hukuma, a kan titin shida daga titin Spring zuwa titin 16 a Manhattan, tana da tsawon mil 1.4 (nisan daga wurin taro a titin na shida daga titun Canal zuwa titin Spring ya kara da mil 0.2). Yawanci fareti yana farawa da karfe 7 na yamma kuma yana ɗaukar kimanin sa'o'i biyu zuwa uku.

Tarihin tarihi

A shekara ta 1973, Ralph Lee na Kamfanin Wasanni na Mettawee River ya shirya wani fareti na al'ada na 'yan wasa ga yara a kusa da gidansa na masu zane-zane a cikin Westbeth Artists Community. A shekara ta gaba, fareti ya tashi daga Jane Street a Kogin Hudson zuwa Washington Square Park. Kimanin manya da yara 200 ne suka halarci. Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na New City ne ya samar da fareti na 1975 (wanda a lokacin yana cikin Westbeth). Lee da gidan wasan kwaikwayon sun lashe Kyautar Obie don samarwa. Taron 1975 ya karu zuwa mahalarta 1,500. Sabuwar gudanarwa ta gabatar da karin abubuwa masu girma a cikin taron ciki har da kwallon Halloween bayan fareti. Kungiyar da ba ta da riba ce ta shirya zanga-zangar tun daga shekara ta 1976.

A shekara ta 1977, an canza hanyar zuwa titin 10 tsakanin Greenwich Avenue zuwa Fifth Avenue kuma har yanzu yana ƙare a Washington Square. Wani shaidan ya zauna a saman Washington Square arch inda ya saki balloons kuma ya zame cikin waya zuwa cikin maɓuɓɓugar. Har ila yau, shekarar ta ga bayyanar farko ta giant spider a kan Jefferson Market Library . An ci gaba da fara fareti a Westbeth har zuwa 1983. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, tare da taron jama'a da ke fadada zuwa 250,000, an motsa hanyar daga tituna na gefe zuwa Sixth Avenue daga Spring Street zuwa 22nd Street (ko da yake a aikace wurin taro ya ci gaba da kudu a Canal Street kuma za a taƙaita arewa zuwa 16th Street. Canjin hanyar ya kawo karshen haɗin zuwa Washington Square Park. Jeanne Fleming ta zama Daraktan Ayyuka da Fitarwa.

A cikin 1990, Jami'ar New York da Manhattan Community Board 2 sun fara karbar bakuncin bikin Halloween na yara a Greenwich Village da yamma a Washington Square. Sophia Michahelles da Alex Kahn sun zama masu zanen hukuma na 'yan tsana na fareti a cikin 1998, kuma a shekara mai zuwa, Basil Twist ya tsara gizo-gizo wanda a halin yanzu ya bayyana a cikin Jefferson Market Library.

Kasa da makonni bakwai bayan harin 11 ga Satumba a shekara ta 2001, an watsa fareti a duk duniya kuma alama ce da ke nuna cewa birnin New York na ci gaba da komawa baya.  Wani katon yar tsana na Phoenix ne ya jagoranci faretin.  Abin lura da bacewar faretin shine Bread and Puppet Theatre wanda ya kasance jigon siyasa na faretin amma yana nuna rashin amincewa da sabon yakin Afghanistan.  Tun da farko rukunin Biredi da tsana ya ƙunshi tubalan guda biyar na manyan tsanansa. Hakazalika, kasa da makonni 8 bayan guguwar Katrina a shekara ta 2005, sama da mutane 8,000 da aka kwashe sun halarci taron karramawar jana'izar a matsayin wani bangare na faretin.  A cikin 2010, ɗan wasan Carnival na Haiti Didier Civil ya ƙirƙira ƴan wasan Carnival na Haiti a matsayin girmamawa ga waɗanda girgizar ƙasa ta Haiti ta shafa a 2010.

An soke fareti a karo na farko bayan Guguwar Sandy a cikin 2012, wanda ya lalata bakin tekun New York City kuma ya bar Greenwich Village ba tare da wutar lantarki ba a lokacin fareti. A shekara mai zuwa, wani kamfen na Kickstarter don rufe farashin rufewar 2012 ya ceci fareti daga rufewa har abada. Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya tara $ 56,000, ya wuce burinsa na $ 50,000.

Kasa da sa'o'i hudu bayan an kashe mutane takwas a yammacin hanyar fareti a cikin Harin mota na Birnin New York na 2017, fareti ya ci gaba kamar yadda aka tsara. Dukansu magajin gari Bill de Blasio da Gov. Andrew Cuomo sun yi tafiya a cikin fareti.

A cikin 2020, a lokacin annobar COVID-19 a Birnin New York, an soke fareti a karo na farko cikin shekaru takwas. Masu shirya fareti sun nuna damuwa cewa nisantar jama'a ba zai yiwu ba tare da babban taron da fareti ya gani ba.

Taken

A shekara ta 2001, faretin ya gabatar da wani aikin tsana da za a yi bikin saboda fasahar sa, kuma ana tunawa da shi a tarihin birnin.  Bayan harin 11 ga Satumba, 2001, ko dai an soke abubuwan da suka faru a duk faɗin birni da na ƙasa ko dai an jinkirta su.  Masu shirya faretin sun yi imanin cewa faretin zai ba wa birnin sassaucin ra'ayi da ake bukata, gyara al'umma, da kuma taimaka mata ta fara aikin waraka.  Sun ji cewa wannan ita ce hanya mafi inganci da su, a matsayinsu na masu fasaha, za su iya hidimar birni a irin wannan mawuyacin lokaci.  "Wannan ita ce ma'anar kwarangwal na rawa da ke jagorantar zanga-zangar: sun fi kowa sanin abin da suka rasa, don haka suna rawa a wannan dare na shekara don murnar rayuwa," Fleming ya shaida wa CNN a wata hira.

A ranar 15 ga Satumba, Fleming ya kawar da tsohon jigon kuma ya zaɓi sabon abu.  Ko da yake babu wanda ya tabbatar da faretin za a yi, mai zane Sophia Michahelles ta yi tunanin wani sabon jigo, Phoenix Rising, don zaburar da ruhin birnin New York bayan bala'in.  Wani katon yar tsana na phoenix, tsuntsun tatsuniya da ke tashi daga cikin tokarsa, Michahelles ne ya kirkiro shi a cikin bitar Official Parade Puppeteers Superior Concept Monsters.  An tsara halittar mai rairayi da injina don shimfida fuka-fukanta da tashi daga toka mai zafi, wanda ke wakilta da fitilun fitilun da aka ɗaga a kan sanduna, suna kewaye da hoton da ke nuna.  A ranar 25 ga Oktoba faretin ya sami izini na ƙarshe don ci gaba.  Dangane da dangantakar da ke tsakanin al'umma da Fleming ya haɓaka, da kuma dogon al'adar faretin, magajin garin Rudy Giuliani ya nace a ci gaba.

Tasirin al'adu

Manyan masana ilimin al'adu sun yi nazarin faretin.  A cewar jaridar The New York Times, "Fatin Halloween shine mafi kyawun nishaɗin da mutanen wannan birni suka taɓa ba mutanen wannan birni."  "Tabbas komai yana tafiya," in ji USA Today.  "Ki shirya ki sauke baki." 

Tarihin fareti yana yin bikin kuma Lou Reed ya yaba da shi a cikin waƙar Halloween Parade a cikin kundin sa na 1989 New York . The Village Halloween Parade kuma jigon ne a cikin wasan bidiyo Tycoon City: New York, wanda aka buga a shekara ta 2006.

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  Spring and Thompson streets, 2024.
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  Parade participant (2004)
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  Exotic masquerader in beads, feathers, headdress, and face paint (2004)
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  A masquerader poses in front of a wrought iron fence in historic Greenwich Village
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  Celebration artist Jeanne Fleming, the parade's artistic and producing director
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  Twenty-foot illuminated caterpillars — animated pageant sized puppets designed by Alex Kahn of Superior Concept Monsters — transform Manhattan's Greenwich Village in 1998 (the former Twin Towers are prominently seen in the background)
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  An incandescent baby phoenix conceived and designed by Sophia Michahelles of Superior Concept Monsters rises from fiery ashes to new life in 2001, after the September 11 attacks
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  The L Train Brass Band (2019)
  Many bands, including the Princeton University Band, the Queer Big Apple Corps, and the L Train Brass Band, pictured here in the 2019 parade, march in the parade every year.
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  Parade participants (2019)

Finishing touches are made to a giant dinosaur puppet in the staging area on parade day