Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi
Stormont Estate © Rita Payne

Haɗuwa da dama ya haifar da taƙaitaccen bayani da jin daɗi ziyarci Belfast. Na sadu da Geraldine Connon, ɗayan Ireland ta ArewaManyan masu zanen kaya, a wani taron kayan gargajiya na Commonwealth a Fadar Buckingham. Mun ci gaba da tuntuɓar kuma bayan ƴan watanni Geraldine ya gayyace ni zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na kayyayaki da kide-kide kuma na ji daɗin karɓa.

A matsayinsa na ɗan jarida mutum yana son kallon Arewacin Ireland ta hanyar ruwan tabarau na Matsaloli. Takaitacciyar ziyarar ta sa na gane cewa a bayan kanun labarai rayuwa ta yau da kullun tana ci gaba. Geraldine mace ce mai sha'awar kayan kwalliya kuma ta yarda cewa ba ta da siyasa sosai. Ta gabatar da ni ga ƙawayenta a cikin sana'ar keɓewa da waƙa waɗanda suka himmatu sosai wajen isar da ƙwarewarsu ga matasa.

Estorin Stormont

Ziyarar ta ta fara ne da rangadi cikin gaggawa na gine-ginen majalisar dokokin Ireland ta Arewa a cikin katafariyar Stormont Estate wurin zama na Majalisar Arewacin Ireland – majalisar wakilai ta yankin. Tun a watan Janairun 2017 ne aka dakatar da Majalisar saboda sabanin da ke tsakanin jam’iyyun siyasa.

Da alama rashin gwamnati mai aiki bai yi tasiri a rayuwar yau da kullum ba. Babban farin ginin da aka kafa a cikin faffadan lawn da aka yi wa ado da tuddai masu lullube da bishiya na daya daga cikin fitattun gine-ginen gine-ginen da aka fi sani da su a Arewacin Ireland. Masu ziyara suna samun damar hango bayan fage kuma su sami haske game da wadataccen tarihin sa. Za ku iya ziyartar babban ɗakin taro mai ban sha'awa, zauren majalisa (inda 'yan majalisa suka saba yin muhawara akan muhimman al'amurran da suka shafi ranar) da kuma babban zauren majalisar dattijai mai yawa na asali. Idan aka kalli babban zauren akwai wani mutum-mutumi na James Craig, Firayim Minista na farko na Ireland ta Arewa. Mutum-mutumin yana da 6ft 7in wanda shine ainihin tsayinsa. Rashin tarurruka yana nufin cewa baƙi za su iya kallon zaure, ɗakuna masu kyau da kuma tituna ba tare da katsewa ba kuma suna mamakin ƙawayen chandeliers, mutum-mutumi da zane-zane na abubuwan tarihi.

Yawon shakatawa na Stormont ya biyo bayan tuƙi ta manyan wuraren Furotesta na Belfast. Mun wuce layukan ƙananan gidaje, tare da Union Jacks suna shawagi a kan tituna. Mutum zai iya sanin lokacin da ya kasance a cikin wurare masu wadata saboda hanyoyin sun fi fadi kuma gidaje sun fi fadi da lambuna masu kyau. Yana da wuya a danganta waɗannan tituna masu shiru da tashe-tashen hankula da muke gani a talabijin a lokacin da rikicin addini ya kai kololuwa.

Clandeboye Festival/Kamara Ireland

Ba da daɗewa ba muka isa gidan kyakkyawa Geraldine da ke Larne a wajen Belfast. Babban abin da na yi a rana ta farko shi ne halartar bikin Clandeboye, bikin ayyukan matasa mawaƙa da masu zanen kaya. Bikin, wanda Lady Dufferin, mai gidan Clandeboye Estate ta shirya, ya dukufa ne ga kidan Vienna, yana mai da hankali kan kidan mawakan da ke da alaka da birnin kamar Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn da Brahms. Shirin ya kuma hada da manyan kade-kaden gargajiya na Ireland ta Arewa. Yawancin mawakan sun sami horo a Kwalejin Clandeboye don Mawakan Matasa. Daga cikin matasan 'yan wasan sun hada da mawakan Scotland, Catriona McKay da Chris Stout, da ƙwararren ƙwararren ɗan wasan gida Eimear McGeown. Daraktan bikin, Barry Douglas, ƙwararren ƙwararren ɗan wasan piano ne a duniya, ya kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa, Camerata Ireland, a cikin 1999 don haɓaka da haɓaka mafi kyawun mawakan matasa daga Arewacin Ireland da Jamhuriyar Ireland.

Nuna Fashion

Mawakan sun raka bikin nunin kayyakin da ke nuna hazaka na ƙwararrun ƙwararrun masu zane-zane daga Ireland. Samfuran sun yi ta yawo tare da katifar da ke nuna kewayon sawu na yau da kullun da na yau da kullun. Yawan zane da yadudduka sun kasance masu ban sha'awa. Akwai tufafin da suka kasance na daji da almubazzaranci da hargitsi masu launi irin na kayan zaki. Sauran zane-zane ba a bayyana su cikin launuka na kaka, launin ruwan kasa mai laushi, tsatsa da lemu mai shuɗe ba. Yadudduka sun kasance daga denim, lilin zuwa organza, auduga zuwa siliki a cikin launuka masu haske. Abubuwan da suka fi dacewa sune kyawawan abubuwan halitta na Geraldine Connon. Maureen Martin ne ya kirkiro wannan wasan kwaikwayon na zamani wanda hukumar ta kuma ta ba da samfuran.

Titanic Quarter

Har zuwa ziyarara ban sani ba cewa an kera jirgin Titanic mara lafiya a Belfast. A haƙiƙa, gabaɗayan yanki na birnin da ke gefen ruwa ya keɓe ga Titanic. Mutum zai iya rangadin sake kerar jirgin kuma ya ga ofishin Harland Woolf wanda ya kera Titanic da 'yar uwarta, Olympics. Ana nuna maka dakunan da daraktoci suka hadu da kuma musayar tarho wanda kiran ya zo ta hanyar cewa Titanic yana cikin damuwa.

Girman bala'in ya zama mai raɗaɗi lokacin da mutum ya sami labarin cewa fiye da mutane 30,000 suna aiki na sa'o'i 10 a rana, kwanaki 6 a mako a cikin jirgin. Wannan babban aiki ne kuma abin alfahari ga Belfast. Jama’a da yawa sun fito don su yi murna da jirgin da ya tashi a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 1912. Mutum zai iya tunanin yadda bala’in ya ruguza mutanen Belfast.

Mafi Girma

Larne, inda Geraldine ke da gidanta, yawancin Furotesta ce. Gefen gabas na Belfast gida ne ga wannan al'ummar. An gaya mini cewa a kwanakin nan akwai 'yan alamun rashin jituwa. Geraldine, ko da yake an haife shi a cikin bangaskiyar Katolika, ya fito ne daga dangin dangi na addinai masu gauraye, wanda ya hada da Presbyterians na Scotland da kuma Yahudawa masu hijira na Rasha. Da wannan mabambantan zuriyarta ta zaɓa don guje wa ra'ayin siyasa.

Larne shine babban tashar tashar jiragen ruwa zuwa Scotland, saboda haka haɗin Ulster Scots mai ƙarfi. A cikin mintuna kaɗan da tuƙi daga garin Larne, wanda aka sani da Ƙofar Glens, muna tafiya a kan hanyar bakin teku, gefen Tekun Irish a gefenmu na dama. Tare da kyawawan ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa bayan wucewa da ƙananan wuraren shakatawa na bakin teku mun yi wa kanmu abincin rana mai daɗi a cikin ɗakunan shayi na Glenarm Castle. An dauki Glenarm Village a matsayin yanki na kiyayewa ta Princes Trust shekaru 8 da suka gabata, shawarar ta kasance tare da ziyarar sarauta daga Yarima Charles da Camilla.

Ranar da ta fi jin daɗin mu ta kasance ta hanyar ziyarar tsaunin Kilwaughter zuwa gidan gonar ɗan'uwan Geraldine da aka kafa a tsakiyar filaye masu ciyayi har ma da ƙauyuka masu ban sha'awa. Yana da ban sha'awa jin Geraldine, mahaifiyarta, da ɗan'uwanta suna magana game da hanyoyin sadarwar danginsu da kyawawan halayensu daga baya.

Farati na Ranar Orange

Ziyarar da na yi ta ƙunshi madaidaitan al'ada biyu. A ranar Asabar, Geraldine da ni sun yi amfani da damar da safe kofi a Drumalis Retreat House , da nuns ke tafiyar da su, don ciyar da sa'a daya ko haka muna hira da mazauna gida. A cikin mintuna kaɗan da barin gidan zuhudu mun taka zuwa tsakiyar gari don kallon faretin ranar Orange. Haka kuma a gidan Talabijin a daidai lokacin da rikicin addini ya barke, an ga zanga-zangar ta tarwatsa masu zanga-zangar. A wannan karon an yi iska mai daɗi yayin da ɗaruruwan masu zanga-zanga, makada 80, tare da bututunsu da ganguna, yara ƙanana, matsakaita da tsofaffi duk sanye da rigunan su na wayo suka bi ta tsakiyar Larne. Na tambayi kadan daga cikin masu zanga-zangar da masu kallo abin da faretin ke nufi da su? Sun ce sun ji daɗin kaɗe-kaɗe da kuma yanayin bukukuwan. Bangaren siyasa ya yi nisa sosai don in yi tambaya game da hakkoki da kuskuren bikin. Abin farin ciki ne kawai ganin rashin nuna adawa da juna, ko da yake bacin rai ya ci gaba da dagulawa a kasa.

Cewar bankwana

A rana ta ƙarshe ta ɗan gajeren ziyarata, an nuna mini a kusa da wata gona mallakar Campbell da Isabel Tweed. Campbell shine shugaban kungiyar manoman duniya mafi karancin shekaru na wa'adi biyu a jere. Yanayin ya juyo da hazo mai haske da ɗigowa yayin da Campbell ya zagaya da mu filin gonarsa mai ƙarfi a cikin Land Rover mai ƙarfi. Mun ci karo da wurare dabam-dabam masu ban sha'awa da suka haɗa da wani wurin binciken kayan tarihi wanda ƙungiyar TIME TEAM ta yi fim da kuma filin wasan ban mamaki da aka yi amfani da shi wajen yin fim ɗin jerin fina-finai na miliyoyin daloli, Game of Thrones. Har ila yau, a filinsa Campbell da Isobel sun zuba jari a cikin injin sarrafa iska wanda ke samar da wutar lantarki ga gidansu da kuma samar da wutar lantarki ga tashar kasa. Waɗannan injiniyoyin injina a haƙiƙa yanzu sun zama sabon salo na zamani akan faɗin ƙasar Ireland ta Arewa. Na koyi cewa kafa injin injin ba mai arha ba ne, farashin zai iya kai kusan £500,000. Bayan mun haye kan tudu da dale, an yi mana abinci mai daɗi da Isobel ta shirya. Duk abin da aka samu daga gona ne, qwai, naman alade da tsiran alade. Isobel ma ta yi jam da kanta.

Bayan tuƙi na ƙarshe a bakin teku Geraldine ya sauke ni a filin jirgin sama na Belfast don komawa Landan. Lokacin da ta gayyace ni Geraldine ta ce tana so in fuskanci kyakkyawan yanayin Ireland ta Arewa. Lallai ta cika alkawari. Na zo daga gajeriyar ziyarar da na yi tare da tuna irin yadda jama’ar da na gana da su ke karbar baki da kuma fahimtar cewa kanun labaran jaridu ba su nuna damuwar talakawan da ke son ci gaba da rayuwa ba tare da tada hankali da gaba da ke nuna rayuwar siyasa ba. .

Shekara guda kenan da na kasance a Arewacin Ireland da Geraldine, Maureen Martin da ƙwararrun ƙwararrunsu yanzu suna cikin shirye-shiryen bikin Kamara na wannan shekara a Clandeboye Estate. Na yi nadama ba zan iya shiga su ba, amma ina yi musu fatan samun nasara wajen wayar da kan jama'a game da tarin hazaka da kere-kere da ke akwai a Arewacin Ireland da kuma jin dadi da kuzarin jama'a.

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Babban zauren Stormont © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Clandeboye Estate © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Flautist Eimear McGeown (tufafin Geraldine Connon) a bikin Clandeboye © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Clandeboye Fashion Show © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Clandeboye Fashion Show 2 © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Murfin bayanin martabar mujallu Geraldine Connon © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

8 titanic kwata © rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

9 titanic kwata 2 © rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Belfast © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Orange Parade, Larne © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Orange Parade Marcher, Larne © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Geraldine Connon a wajen ɗakinta © Rita Payne

Balaguron Arewacin Ireland: Biki na Kiɗa, Sauti da karɓar baƙi

Hanyar bakin teku, Larne © Rita Payne

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