Kutheni abafazi baseMelika abaninzi bedlala umbhoxo

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U-Emma Powell wayechulumancile kwaye onwabile xa icawe yakhe isandula ukumcela ukuba abe ngumbutho weenkonzo zabo zangeCawa-ade akhumbule ukuba akanakukwazi ukuyenza. Ukhumbula oku: “Kwafuneka ndingavumi ngenxa yokuba umnwe wam wophukile okwangoku. “Xa umphathiswa endibuza ukuba kwenzeke njani ndaza ndamxelela ‘ekudlala umbhoxo,’ wathi, ‘Hayi. ngokwenene, uyiqhekeze njani?'

Ukuya ecaweni, ukufundela emakhaya, umama-wesithandathu waseKyle, eTexas, ufumana loo mpendulo xa esabelana ukuba ukuthanda kwakhe ubomi ngumbhoxo, umdlalo oqhakamshelweyo owaziwa ngokuba ngumzala onogonyamelo kwibhola ekhatywayo yaseMelika.

Ngokwenyani ayiyonyani leyo. Abantu bacinga ukuba umbhoxo uyingozi kuba udlala ngaphandle kweepads, kodwa ngumdlalo okhuselekileyo, ”utshilo uPowell. "Umnwe owaphukileyo opinki ngowona mbi ukhe wehla kum, kwaye kudala ndidlala lomdlalo." Ucacisa ukuba ukudlala kumdlalo wombhoxo yinto eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo kunokulolonga kwibhola ekhatywayo yaseMelika. Ngenxa yokuba abadlali benganxibi zixhobo zokhuselo kukho ugxininiso olukhulu ekufundeni ukujongana ngokukhuselekileyo (njengakwi, hayi ngentloko yakho), iindlela zokufundisa ezinokusetyenziswa endaweni yokujongana, kunye nokulandela ikhowudi yokhuseleko engqongqo kwinto evunyelweyo ebaleni kwaye yintoni engekho. (Xa sithetha kakuhle, ukhuseleko lombhoxo sisihloko ekuxoxwa ngaso ngophononongo olukhulu lwaseNew Zealand olufumanisa ukuba umbhoxo uliphinda-phindwe kane inani “lomonzakalo oluyintlekele” njengebhola ekhatywayo yaseMelika.)

Umbhoxo lelona qela likhula ngokukhawuleza kwezemidlalo e-US neeklabhu ezifumaneka ngoku kuzo zonke izixeko zelizwe kwanakumakhulu eedolophu ezincinci. Ukuthandwa kwayo kwaqiniswa xa umbhoxo wombhoxo wesixhenxe wongezwa njengemidlalo yeOlimpiki esemthethweni ngexesha lemidlalo yehlobo ka-2016 eRio. Isibongozo sicaca kamsinya nje wakube ubukele umdlalo wombhoxo uneqhinga lebhola ekhatywayo, uchulumanco olukhawulezayo lwehoki, kunye nokudlala ngobuqhetseba kwebhola ekhatywayo—kwaye lutsalela kude abona badlali babalaseleyo kule midlalo.

UPowell ngokwakhe waqala njengomdlali webhola ekhatywayo wesikolo esiphakamileyo. Uthi: “Ndandimbi kakhulu. "Bendihlala ndisohlwaywa ngokujonga umzimba, ngokudlala kakhulu." Ngoko xa utitshala wakhe wenzululwazi wathi makadlale kwiqela lombhoxo lenkwenkwe aliqeqeshayo, wayithanda kakhulu loo mbono.

Kwanceda ukuba udade wabo omdala uJessica naye edlalela iqela lombhoxo lale nkwenkwe kwiminyaka embalwa ngaphambili kwaye wazenzela igama kulo mdlalo. (UJessica wayeya kukhangela iqela lebhola yombhoxo yabasetyhini kwiYunivesithi yaseBrigham Young ngo-1996.) Nangona uPowell wayemncinci kwaye engenamsindo kunosisi wakhe omkhulu, wagqiba ekubeni alandele ekhondweni lakhe kwaye wafumanisa ukuba wayethanda i-rough-and-tumble. ezemidlalo. Kunyaka olandelayo wafumana indawo kwiqela lokuqala lentombazana yombhoxo kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo eU.S.

Izinto zaba nzima kakhulu kuye emva kwesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, nangona, njengoko wayesokola ukufumana iligi yabantu abadala ukuba adlale kuyo. "Kunzima ukufumana indawo yokuziqhelanisa eya kuvumela nombhoxo." Amaqela ombhoxo abasetyhini ayenqabile, efuna ukuhamba kakhulu ukuya kudlala imidlalo, kwaye kwafuneka ayincame phantse iminyaka engamashumi amabini. Kunyaka ophelileyo, kanye emva kokuzalwa kwakhe kweminyaka engama-40, wahamba nabantwana bakhe ukuya kubukela umdlalo wombhoxo waseTexas State kwaye "wagaywa" ukuba adlale kwiSirens, iqela lasekhaya labasetyhini. "Kwakungathi lilishwa," utshilo, "kwaye bekumnandi nje ukudlala kwakhona."

Yintoni ayithandayo ngayo? UPowell uhlala ephantsi ngalo naliphi na ithuba "lokufumana umzimba," esithi ezo zinto zincinci zikrwitshiweyo kunye nemivumbo zimenza azive "elukhuni kwaye ephila." Ubanga umbhoxo ngokumnceda ukuba abe sempilweni emva kokuphulukana neekhilogram ezingama-40 kunyaka ongaphambili ngokuphucula ukomelela kunye nempilo yakhe iyonke. Kwaye ungumlandeli weqhinga, imbali, kunye nokuzonwabisa okubandakanyekayo. (Umbhoxo ubekhona ukusukela ngo-1823.) Kodwa ubukhulu becala uthi uyawuthanda umoya wobudlelwane kwezemidlalo.

Kukho inkcubeko yokudlala ngokurhabaxa, kodwa ushiya bonke ubunzima ebaleni, utshilo. "Omabini la maqela aphuma kunye emva koko, iqela lasekhaya lihlala libamba i-barbecue okanye ipikniki yabo bonke abadlali kunye neentsapho. Wonke umntu uyavuyisana nabanye kwaye ahlaziye yonke imidlalo edlalwa kumacala omabini. Nguwuphi omnye umdlalo owubonayo usenzeka? ibutho labahlobo abakhawulezayo."

Ukwafumanisa ukuba ezemidlalo zinika amandla abantu basetyhini ngokukodwa. “Umbhoxo wabasetyhini sisikweko esilungileyo sobufazi bale mihla; nguwe olawula umzimba namandla akho,” utshilo. "Kuba akukho klabhu yeklabhu yenkwenkwe kukho ukungcungcuthekiswa okuncinci ngokwesondo kunakwiminye imidlalo yesintu."

Oko kuyanceda ukucacisa ukuba kutheni inani labasetyhini abadlala umbhoxo lenyukile ngeepesenti ezingama-30 kule minyaka mine idlulileyo, xa kuthelekiswa nebhola ekhatywayo, ethe yabona ukwehla okuzinzileyo kwenxaxheba epheleleyo kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo.

Kodwa ukuba ubuza uPowell, isibheno sisothando ngakumbi. "Umdlalo awuyeki ukuwisa," utshilo. "Ihamba nje, njengomdaniso okhohlakeleyo, omhle."

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