Amma menene tarihin Guyana Carnival? Wannan ƙasar ba ta da bambanci da duk yankin Caribbean wanda ke da tarihin al'adun gargajiya masu cin nama. Ba kawai ana samun carnivalesque a cikin bikin ba ne, amma yana da halaye na samun al'adu da walwala bisa ga kwalliyar maza, sanannen kiɗan 'yan asalin ƙasar da ƙungiyoyi masu tsada, har ma a waɗancan ƙasashen a waje da bel na bikin.

Guyana ta yi bikin samun 'yancin kai a cikin shekarun 1960s. 'Yanci a 1966 an yi alama da irin wannan bikin wanda Jaycees ya tsara. Wadannan shagulgula sun hada kan abin da ake yi a kasar tun kafin samun 'yanci. Sun hada da karfe, calypso, shagulgulan shawagi, Gwarzon Shekara (kade kade da kyaututtuka da lakabobi ga masu zane mafi kyau) da kuma walimar titi da aka fi sani da “tattakewa”. Lallai akwai wani tsohon tsari makamancin haka na J'ouvert - “tsalle-tsalle da safe” tare da raye-raye na masu rawa (takawa) a bayan sandunan ƙarfe akan hanya.

Wannan an canza shi daga Georgetown zuwa Linden ta hanyar Jaycees. Wannan taron shekara-shekara ne da aka sauya aka sake fasalin shi zuwa Mashramani a matsayin bikin ranar tunawa da ranar Guyana ta Jamhuriya a shekarar 1970. theaya daga cikin abin mamakin shi ne cewa masu tsara sun nemi cire abubuwan kwaikwayon da kuma lamuni daga bikin Trinidad. Abubuwa da yawa an canza su, wasu kuma sun hada da, wadanda suke ganin sun fi dacewa da jamhuriyya mai zaman kanta a cikin yanayin mulkin mallaka da sabon sunan 'yan asalin' Mashramani. Abin baƙin ciki, wannan ya zo cikakke, kuma Guyana yanzu tana karɓar talla, babban abin kwaikwaya na Carnival ya ƙi a cikin 1970. Carnival ta 'yanci ta dawo.

Akwai wasu ironies. Bikin shekarar Guyanese na Mashramani mai shekara 48 yanzu da alama ba shi da ɗan dama sosai a kan manyan abubuwan da ke ƙasa fiye da sabon taron aro. A cikin 2016, Titin ranar Mashramani tare da fareti na ƙungiya wanda shine mafi girma kuma mafi girman kallo a bikin an yanke shi kuma an dasa shi don gina ginshiƙin don bukin ranar 'yancin kai don bikin cika shekaru 50.

Abin da ya fi haka, manyan mawaƙa Guyana Carnival yanzu suna bayyane sosai a cikin bikin Carnival 2018, suna yin tallace-tallace da bayyana a cikin wasan kwaikwayo. Tamika Marshall, Kwasi 'Ace' Edmundson, Adrian Dutchin, Jumo Primo, Michelle 'Big Red' King da Natural Black sune gaba-gaba a masana'antar cikin gida amma sun ɓace daga Mashramani. Hatta waɗanda suka taɓa yin takara don Masarautar Soca ta Masram ba sa yin haka. Kamar ba su ga mahimmancin ga ayyukansu ba, farin jinin su, burin su na cin nasara, samun kuɗin su ko CV ɗin su don gasa a Mashramani. Amma duk da haka ba su yi jinkiri ba don zama kayan ado a cikin kambin sabon bikin.

A 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, wanda ya ci nasarar Masarautar Soca ya kasa zuwa don kare rawaninsa. Wani kuma yayi bayani cewa ya janye daga gasar don bawa sabbin masu zuwa, masu tasowa damar samun damar lashe gasar. Babu shakka, ya iso. Abun zurfin tunani shine cewa waɗannan abubuwan basu taɓa faruwa ba a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Trinidad yanzu ana kwaikwayon su. Shin zaku iya tunanin babban abin kunya da tashin hankali a Trinidad idan Machel Montano bai damu da ya je ya kare kambun Soca ba? Babu wani mawaƙin Soca na Trinidiyanci, har ma da manyan taurari na duniya, da ke ɗaukar kansa da girma ko girma sosai don shiga cikin gasa ta carnival kowace shekara.

Tsohon soja na shekaru 45-da shekaru, The Mighty Chalkdust, ya lashe kambin calypso a cikin 2018. Babu wata magana, har ma daga irin wannan tatsuniyar, na ficewa don sababbin masu shigowa. Akwai babban abin alfahari, ma'anar cimma buri da kuma zafin rai na gasa tsakanin mafi kyawu a fagen kamar Fay Ann Lyons, Bunji Garlin, Montano, Destra da sauransu don fafatawa a gasar cinikin carnival.

Guyanese ba ze ɗauki Mashramani da mahimmanci ba. Hukumomi ba su yi tunanin cewa ya dace ba cewa an bar Masarautar Soca na 'yan shekaru. Ba su ga ya dace ba don kiyaye daidaito da al'adu don sanya bikin ya gudana. Energyarfin ƙarfin da ke ci yanzu don ƙone wannan bikin ya kasance garwashin wuta a watan Fabrairun da ya gabata a lokacin Mashramani. Idan duk wannan zafin rai an kashe shi a kan biki na farko a kowace shekara babu shakka zai taimaka.

Thewazo, zazzaɓi a Guyana Carnival, saka kuɗaɗen kuɗaɗe da ke tuka wannan bukin na iya zama mai kyau don samar da Mashramani. Girman da aka zana a cikin bikin Trinidad shine abin da Guyana yanzu ke neman haifuwa a cikin yanayi mai kyau. Amma Trinidad ta ba da izinin bikinta ya bunƙasa a cikin shekaru da dama na rikici da gwagwarmaya don komawa kan karagar mulkin ta na yanzu, yayin da Guyana ke sanya al'adunta na cikin haɗari don ɗaukaka da gina wanda aka aro.