Bikin New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival na bana ya mai da hankali kan al’adun ƙasar Jamaica, inda aka mayar da Cultural Exchange Pavilion zuwa wani wuri mai cike da kiɗan Caribbean, abinci, da sana’o’in hannu na gargajiya.
Wannan baje kolin na bana na ɗauke da ma’ana mai zurfi, domin da yawa daga cikin masu fasaha da ’yan kasuwa da aka gayyata sun fito ne daga yankunan da guguwar Hurricane Melissa ta lalata. Guguwar ta janyo asarar dukiya da rayuka a sassa daban-daban na Caribbean.
Daya daga cikin su shi ne Omar Daley, wanda ya fito daga Westmoreland kuma shi ne wanda ya kafa kamfanin First Straw. Bayan ya rasa kayayyaki da kayan aiki sakamakon guguwar, ya bayyana cewa wannan biki ya zama wata dama gare shi domin sake farfaɗowa da kuma tallafawa iyalinsa.
Da taimakon masu daukar nauyin bikin, shi da matarsa sun samu damar zuwa New Orleans domin baje kolin sana’arsu ga duniya. A cewarsa, manufar ba kawai sayar da kayayyaki ba ce, har ma da kare da yada al’adun Jamaica kamar sana’ar saƙar kwanduna.
Bikin ya kuma haɗa da manyan mawakan Jamaica kamar Sean Paul, Ziggy Marley, da Stephen Marley, tare da sabbin masu tasowa da ke kawo salon reggae da kade-kade na tsibiran Caribbean.
A taƙaice, Jazz Fest ba wai biki kawai ba ne—wata hanya ce ta haɗa al’adu, farfaɗowa, da kuma ba da fata ga al’ummomin da ke kokarin sake gina rayuwarsu bayan bala’i.
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