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Do You Jubilee?
Other | Monday 28th May 2012 | Osh
The Queen’s big party is coming up soon? Yay.
‘It is an English thing, I personally don’t give a sh*t,’ said a Portuguese interviewee when asked about the significance of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee for the Londoner.
According to most of the 16 - 30 year old Londoners tanning in Green Park that day, the Jubilee is street parties, garden parties, and a party in front of Buckingham Palace. The streets are closed to cars.
On Oxford Street, shops display the Queen’s mask surrounded by some flashy pop colours. The window shoppers witness the modern way of tradition that Londoners exemplify. Nowadays, the Jubilees of London are modernised- tradition, and that’s why both youngsters and oldies can celebrate the heck out of it.
The significance, according to the same sun- bathing people, is that Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her sixtieth year on the throne and that, like the world did for her Golden Jubilee, they are going to celebrate.
The British love their Queen, a shirtless blond-haired gentleman said. So is that it? The UK population adore their Queen so much that they have to blow kisses and gently throw flowers in front of the Buckingham Palace security perimeter. Or is it more like going to someone’s birthday that you kind of know, because you kind of got invited, and that every occasion for some shots on the street is a good occasion?
Historically, ‘Jubilee’ is a Hebrew word with a much deeper meaning. Back in biblical times, times of slavery, starvation, money disparity – which can remind you of more recent times, jubilee was synonymous with freedom of the slaves, throwing your bills in the air (wave it like you just don’t care), and sharing your land with your neighbour. Moses must’ve had the biggest jubilee ever after he freed his people!
Nowadays, like at the final of a soccer game, the jubilee’s energy and spirit remains. The share- your- land notion is still present with some garden and street parties. If you’re not too tired of your Sunday, on June 3rd come to your what will definitely be a party to remember: TGN’s Jamais Vu party at Horse and Groom (doors open at 8 p.m.) You can grab your drinks, food and join with one of the many street parties along the eastern end of Bute Gardens, W6, for instance.
The biggest thing that people seem to focus on is the way Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her diamond jubilee. A more official and traditional way. Over one thousand boats will muster on the Thames to start the Queen’s Diamond pageant on the 3rd. The Queen will be on one of the boats - but which one? (Let us know if you know!)
All the details are on the official website that counts down the day before the pageant, and features a sick artist who draws Queens Elizabeth face with some cake.
http://www.thamesdiamondjubileepageant.or
Some other huge events on all musical genre are to attend on that week-end to come. If you are an Indie music go check out that Jubilee Jamboreee at Queen of Hoxton http://guestlist.net/event/6563/jubilee-jamboreee-ft-patty-bun-burger-popup-much-more. Or if you are more a Drum and bass addict, the Break Science-Royal Rumble at Coronet is cut up for you http://guestlist.net/event/6483/breakin-science-royal-rumble/. More info are available on the TGN events calendar.
Paulene-Wendy Ntsame Assoumou
@wendeedit
