Debbie Eisenbise
Jonathan Hunter ya ba da labari ga taron jama'a a cikin Song and Story Fest.
Kowace lokacin rani, tsararraki da yawa suna taruwa a sansanin 'yan'uwa na Cocin don lokacin shakatawa, tunani, da sabuntawa. A cikin shekaru 20 yanzu, wasu mutane 120 zuwa 180 sun taru Bikin Waka da Labari, an keɓe mako guda a kowace shekara don rera waƙa da kiɗa da ji da ba da labari.
Tunanin Waƙar Waƙa da Fest ya fara isa sosai. Ken Kline Smeltzer shi ne ke kula da sansanin Iyali a Camp Peaceful Pines a gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma, kuma ya yanke shawarar gayyatar abokai da masu kirkira daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar don su taru har tsawon mako guda na musayar labarai da ƙirƙirar kiɗa tare. Wannan shine lokacin rani na 1997.
A shekara ta gaba, wasu mutanen da suka halarci daga Oregon sun ɗauki ra'ayin a can kuma suka maimaita shi a matsayin sansanin iyali da ke da alaƙa da Babban Taron Gundumar Pacific Northwest. A lokacin, Kline Smeltzer ya riga ya shirya irin wannan sansanin a shekara mai zuwa a Camp Mack kusa da Milford, Ind. Ya yanke shawarar cewa tun da shugabanci yana fitowa daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar, kuma irin wannan taro yana da sha'awa sosai, zai shirya taron. da za a yi a wani sansani kusa da wurin taron shekara-shekara a waccan shekarar.
Waɗanda suka halarci bikin Waƙa da Labari na farko sun fara gayyatar ’yan’uwa da abokan arziki, kuma ya zama taron shekara-shekara ga mutane da yawa. Wani bangare na zane shine jagoranci, amma babban sashi shine al'umma.
A cikin shekarun da suka gabata Kline Smeltzer ya tattara mawakan jama'a iri-iri da masu ba da labari-masu ba da labari na al'umma da na tausasawa, memoirs masu raɗaɗi; masu kirkiro duniyar almara tare da sake faruwa da ƙaunatattun haruffa; masu ba da labari na Littafi Mai Tsarki; da mawaka. Haɗin kai tsakanin mawaƙa, da kuma tsakanin mawaƙa da masu ba da labari, yana kawo rayuwa ga jigogi da nassosi waɗanda aka zaɓa don kowace rana ta bikin. Mawaƙa kuma suna raka raye-rayen jama'a da ba da kide-kide.
Jerin masu yin wasan kwaikwayo a tsawon shekaru ana karantawa kamar wanda ke cikin masu fasaha na ’yan’uwa waɗanda ke aiki da kiɗa da kalmomi, tare da abokan ecumenical daga wajen ƙungiyar: Rhonda da Greg Baker, Heidi Beck, Louise Brodie, Deanna Brown, Patti Ecker, Jeffrey Faus da Jenny Stover-Brown, Bob Gross, Kathy Guisewite, LuAnne Harley da Brian Krushwitz, Joseph Helfrich, Rocci Hildum, Jonathan Hunter, Bill Jolliff, Tim Joseph, Steve Kinzie, Shawn Kirchner, Lee Krähenbühl, Jim da Peg Lehman, Jan da John Long , Mutual Kumquat (Chris Good, Seth Hendricks, Drue Gray, David Hupp, Jacob Crouse, Ethan Setiawan, Ben Long), Mike Stern, Mike Titus, da sauransu.
A wuraren tarurrukan bita da na sansani, sauran 'yan sansanin su kan yi wakoki da ba da labari. Yara suna samun liyafar maraba don ƙirƙira su, galibi suna kunna kida, rera waƙa, rawa, yin motsi ga waƙoƙi, yin labarai, da raba sana'o'i. Daya daga cikin lokutan da aka fi so a wajen bukin shi ne tashin gobara inda shirin ya fara da yara suna ba da barkwanci, tun daga wasan ƙwanƙwasa da tambayoyi game da kaji na tsallaka hanya da kacici-kacici- har ma da wasu abubuwan barkwanci da yaran ke yi a wurin. Kline Smeltzer ta tausasawa, jagoranci mai ban dariya yana ba da yanayi wanda ke maraba da duk waɗanda ke shirye su raba, kuma yana ƙarfafa ma masu jin kunya don gwadawa.
Hannah Button-Harrison ya girma yana halartar Waƙa da Wasannin Labari. Yanzu ta cika shekaru 20, ta yi rayuwarta a matsayin mawaƙin yara a Chicago. Ta ba da tabbacin aikinta ga waɗannan lokacin bazara 12 a sansanin: “Na kasance cikin wannan kiɗan!” Ta ce. "Wani abu game da yanayin kud da kud yana ba ku damar sanin cewa za ku iya yin wasa da rera waƙa da yin, kuma. Mawakan su ne abin koyi waɗanda suka tsara yadda nake ganin manufar waƙa, a matsayin wani abu da zai iya yin tasiri sosai, zai iya warkewa. Kowa a ko'ina zai iya shiga, kowa zai iya ba da gudummawarsa. Duk suna iya jin an basu iko, cewa nasu ne. "
"Kowa yana da ban sha'awa sosai," in ji Jill Schweitzer. Ƙungiya ce mai ban sha'awa tsakanin tsararraki. Yaranmu suna jin daɗin kasancewa a nan tare da sauran yara da manya, saboda ana yaba wa mutane na kowane zamani. Ka zo na farko don duba shi, kuma a karo na biyu, an kama ka!"
"Wannan makon zai cika ranka," in ji Muir Davis, wanda danginsa ke tafiya daga California kowace shekara don halartar sansanin.
Maraba marasa aure, manyan iyalai, tsofaffi, matasa, matasa, duk masu son kiɗa, labari, da yanayi, ana maraba da su. A wannan bazarar, 'yan'uwa da yawa a Najeriya sun ziyarci 'yan kwanaki na farko, suna ba da labarinsu kuma suna rera albarka. Sun yi tsokaci cewa sun ji daɗin yanayin yau da kullun da annashuwa bayan halartar taron shekara-shekara.
Kline Smeltzer ta tuna, yayin da ta rubuta game da taron na bana: “Mun daɗe muna taruwa don waɗannan bukukuwan Waƙa da Labari. An ciyar da mu ta hanyar musayar kiɗa, labarai, da abubuwan rayuwa. Mun yi tunani a kan kasancewa mutane masu bangaskiya a waɗannan lokutan wahala. Za mu ɗauki ɗan lokaci don tunawa da bikin tafiyar mu tare. Amma ba mu gama ba tukuna! Muna ci gaba da neman yunkuri na Ubangiji a cikin rayuwarmu da duniya baki daya, da jin dadi da murnar wannan yunkuri tare da hada kai wajen fadada shi. A wurin bukin, ta hanyar kiɗa da labarai da al'umma, muna buɗe kanmu ga tsarkaka domin rayuwarmu da aikinmu da gwagwarmayarmu su ƙara tafiya cikin lokaci tare da kuzarin Ruhun rayuwa. "
Waƙar Waƙa da Labari na shekara mai zuwa za su kasance a sansanin 'yan'uwa na Heights a Michigan a kan Yuli 2-8, daidai bayan taron shekara-shekara ya gudana a Grand Rapids, Mich. Taron yana samun tallafi da tallafi daga Amincin Duniya. bazara mai zuwa neman ƙarin bayani da za a buga a http://onearthpeace.org , danna "Events."
- Debbie Eisenbise darekta ne na Ministocin Intergenerational a kan Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya na Ma'aikatar 'Yan'uwa, kuma mai ba da labari ne na yau da kullun a Song and Story Fest.