Da safe karfe 4 na safe kuma ina cikin gidan rawa — karo na farko da na yi haka cikin shekaru. Ina da shekara 51 kuma ina cikin zamanin sandwich dina, wanda ke nufin koyaushe ina tunanin yarana matasa da kuma ƙaunatattuna tsofaffi. Wannan yawanci yana buƙatar farkon dare. Amma idan ka cika da nauyi, wani lokacin kana buƙatar akasin haka. Fashewa. Saki mai girma, mai wuce gona da iri, mai sake saitawa. Rave.
Ban san dalilin da ya sa na ɗauki tsawon lokaci haka don komawa ba. Laifin iyaye da ba daidai ba? Shekarun da aka ɗauka a ciki? Gajiya? Ba kamar ban san sauran Gen Xers da ke yawan samun ni'ima — har ma da biki — a cikin house, techno, ko drum and bass ba. Kuma ba su kaɗai ba. Wani bincike na 2025 daga Jami'ar Leeds ya zama sananne. "Mata masu shekaru 40-65 suna juya zuwa raves don ainihin lafiyar kwakwalwa," in ji ɗaya daga cikin yawancin sakonnin Instagram da kanun labarai. "Me yasa mata da yawa sama da 40 har yanzu suna zuwa raves," karanta wani. Amma da gaske, tambayar ya kamata ta kasance: me yasa ba za su yi ba?
Yawancin waɗanda ke zuwa ba su taɓa tsayawa ba. Daga cikin mata 136 da aka yi bincike a kansu, "82% sun kasance suna halarta fiye da shekaru 20," in ji ɗaya daga cikin marubutan, Alinka Greasley, farfesa a fannin ilimin halin kiɗa a Jami'ar Leeds. "Ni kaina DJ ce," in ji ta. "Har yanzu ina fita rave kuma na yi haka tsawon shekaru 26."
Amma wasu kamar ni sun tsaya, kawai suka dawo lokacin da buƙatar ta zama kusan matsananci. Akwai ɗan ƙaramin bincike na ilimin halin ɗan adam game da dalilin da yasa masu shagali ke tsayawa yayin da suke tsufa. Mata sukan ambaci nauyin iyali, in ji Greasley, "ko kuma su ce, 'Ina jin cewa mata masu shekaruna bai kamata su fita yin waɗannan ayyukan ba.'" Joanna, mai shekara 50, ta fara shagali kuma bayan shekaru shida da suka wuce kuma yanzu tana zuwa kowane 'yan watanni tare da tsofaffin abokai. "Akwai wani abu game da kasancewarsa gaba ɗaya daban da tarbiyyar yara da aiki wanda ke jin daɗi na musamman," in ji ta. Ta gane cewa ta rasa rayuwar dare lokacin da yaranta suke ƙanana. "Kuma ina son al'adun shagali," in ji ta.
Lokacin da abokinta ta fara ba da shawarar fita rave, shekarun da Joanna ta ɗauka a ciki sun bayyana. "Na yi tsayayya sosai, na kusan ƙi ra'ayin mace mai shekaru 40 tana shagali — kuma mai yiwuwa ta sha kwayoyi." Wannan rashin jin daɗi game da shiga wuraren da aka saba danganta da al'adun matasa ya zama ruwan dare. Greasley ta ce kafin ita da abokin aikinta Alice O'Grady su yi binciken, matan da O'Grady ta yi hira da su a baya "sun fuskanci maganganu a filin rawa kamar, 'Mahaifiyar wa ce kai?'" Kuma yayin da wasu suka ce sun yi ado don bayyana kansu, da yawa sun rage ado don guje wa fitowa a cikin taron matasa masu shekaru 18 zuwa 25. Sauran maganganun sun haɗa da abubuwa kamar, "Oh, zan iya ɗaukar hotonka?" ko "Wow, ina fata har yanzu ina shagali idan na kai shekarunka." Amma, in ji Greasley, "halaye marasa kyau ba su kasance wani ɓangare na shigarsu ba." Akasin haka.
Kiɗa da rawa su ne mafi yawan abubuwan jan hankali ga matan, sai kuma zamantakewa da abokai. Amma, "da yawa," in ji Greasley, "sun ba da rahoton jin ƙarfin kasancewa cikin al'umma. Akwai babban jigo na rashin dacewar shekaru. Suna magana game da yin abota da mutane daga tsararraki daban-daban — galibi suna zuwa don ciyar da lokaci tare da abokansu, amma kuma suna samun wani abu daga kasancewa a kusa da wasu mutane." Wasu mata ma sun ce suna zuwa tare da 'ya'yansu "kuma suna jin gida."
Rachel Giddings, masaniyar ilimin halin ɗan adam wacce ke aiki tare da masu fasaha (galibi EDM) akan lafiyarsu kuma tana amfani da rawa don tace ayyukansu, ta ce, "Mata sukan ji an rasa su a cikin al'umma a wani shekaru. Amma idan ka shiga filin rawa mai haɗa kai, ka shiga wani wuri mai iyaka inda lokaci ya ɓace kuma kowa ana ɗaukarsa daidai. Ba komai ko kai Shugaba ne, mai share titi, mace ko namiji, 25 ko 55—zaka iya shiga wannan wuri, kuma yana ba ka jin kasancewa."
Joanna ta ce da farko ta ji a bayyane kamar "uwa" kuma ta yi tunani, "Oh, ba zan san yadda ake rawa ba kuma. Amma bayan ta tafi sau ɗaya, wannan jin ya ɓace. Akwai 'yan mata da yawa a waje, amma kuma kana ganin mutane a shekarun 30, 40, 50, kuma a ƙarshe ka daina lura." A wani dare na farko, ta ga ma'aurata a layi waɗanda suke kama da shekarun 60. "Tana sanye da rigar tweed—kusan kamar suna cikin kayan wasa ne, kamar, 'Sannu, mu tsofaffin ma'aurata ne.' Amma na gan su suna rawa daga baya, kuma hakan ya sa na ji daɗi sosai." Ko ta yaya, in ji ta, shagali yanzu ba game da ƙoƙarin sake haɗawa da ƙaramin kanta ba. "Ina ganin yadda abin yake a kwanakin nan, kuma ina son shi sosai. Abu ne da zaka iya shiga da fita."
Babban dare na yana cikin wani babban gidan rawa wanda galibi ya cika da matasa, amma kowane kallo daga baƙi yana da dumi, mai haɗa kai, kuma cike da mamaki na gama gari. Don gaskiya, kusan kowa ya kasance yana da maye ko bugu ko duka biyun, amma kamar yadda Giddings ta nuna—ba tare da yanke hukunci ba—zaka iya kaiwa ga wannan yanayin mai cike da mamaki ba tare da kwayoyi ba. "Waɗannan yanayin halin suna iya kaiwa gare su ba tare da abubuwa ba," in ji ta. Lokacin da ta buga game da wannan a kafofin sada zumunta, ta lura, "Akwai dubban maganganu daga mutane suna cewa, 'Ban taɓa shan kwaya a rayuwata ba, amma ina jin waɗannan ji,' ko 'Na kasance ina shan kwayoyi kuma ban ƙara ba, kuma har yanzu ina jin waɗannan ji.'"
Giddings ta ce wani ɓangare na manufarta shine canza ra'ayin al'umma game da al'adun rave a matsayin mara kyau ko haram. "Lokacin da ka fita filin rawa, kana yin hakan ne saboda yana warkarwa, saboda yana haɗawa." Mutane sukan ce shagali yana gujewa, "amma a gaskiya, sake fassara shi: yana daidaita kai tare. Muna cewa, 'Ina guje wa rayuwata ta yau da kullun,' amma da gaske muna neman haɗin kai, asali, da kasancewa."
Wannan ra'ayin na rave don lafiya, kamar yadda Giddings ta nuna, yana jan hankalin Gen Z—ƙungiyar matasa masu kula da lafiya da ba a taɓa ganin irinsu ba. "A shekara 14, suna cikin gidan motsa jiki na a kan injin gudu kusa da ni," in ji ta. Ko a matakan asali, shagali yanzu ya fi tsabta fiye da shekarun 90. Joanna ta ce lokacin da ta fara sake farawa, "Na yi mamakin buƙatar ID na hoto, da na'urar sanyaya iska—ba gumi yana ɗigowa daga rufi ba. Kuma babu wanda yake shan taba a ciki, a fili, don haka gashin kai da tufafinka ba sa wari."
Rawar dare duka ba shakka motsa jiki ne kuma yana da ƙarin fa'idodin lafiyar kwakwalwa waɗanda zasu iya taimakawa musamman lokacin da kake tsakiyar shekaru, gajiya, ko perimenopausal. Greasley ta ce waɗannan sun haɗa da "jin rai da kuzari, duka a lokacin da bayan. Kuma mata da yawa sun ba da rahoton cewa iya fita, jin daɗin dare, da rawa na sa'o'i yana da tasiri mai kyau akan rage damuwa, baƙin ciki, da yanayin rashin jin daɗi." Na sha kwatanta canjin yanayi na perimenopause da yanayin "hormonal" na samartaka—watakila ga mata, a lokuta biyun ne muka fi buƙatar saki.
Rawar tare da wasu yana warkarwa musamman. Kamar yadda Greasley ta ce, "Mutane suna motsawa tare yana ƙara haɗin kai da haɗin gwiwa." Kiɗa yana ƙara haɗin kai da haɗin gwiwa, kuma ina tsammanin wannan gaskiya ne musamman ga kiɗan da ya dogara da bugu. Bincike ya nuna cewa lokacin da jikinmu ya daidaita zuwa wani bugu na waje—tsari da ake kira entrainment—yana haifar da jin daɗi da haɗin kai. EDM an tsara shi don gina jira, yana haifar da manyan farin ciki na gama gari. "Kana samun gina jiki da hutu—lokacin da ka san bugun zai dawo bayan dogon tsayawa—kuma kowa ya fara motsawa tare. Wannan yana haifar da waɗannan abubuwan jin daɗi masu zurfi, da kuma iya haifar da motsin rai mai ƙarfi da sanyi a cikin jiki."
"Ƙungiya ta zama jiki ɗaya," in ji Giddings. "Muna fara haɗawa cikin tsarin juyayi na juna. Lokacin da kake jiran bugun, bugun zuciyarka yana tashi, sannan boom—akwai wannan sakin somatic na kuzari. Za mu iya barin damuwar da muka zo da ita, damuwar da ba mu so kuma."
Ta kuma ce wata dama ce ga mata "don sake dawo da asalinsu fiye da zama mai kulawa, iyaye, ko ma'aikaci. Ni ba mai girma ɗaya ba ne—ina da bangarori da yawa, kuma wannan ɓangaren mai ban mamaki na iya zama mai son kai, 'yanci, da haɗi."
Ga waɗanda suka ƙi saboda dare, Greasley ta lura, "kowane irin taron suna fitowa, wanda aka yi niyya ga tsofaffi. A nan Leeds, na lura da ƙarin raves da ke farawa da karfe 6 na yamma kuma suna ƙarewa da tsakar dare. Ina son zuwa su da kaina. Kana iya rawa na sa'o'i kuma har yanzu kana kan gado da tsakar dare ko karfe 1 na safe."
Wannan ya dace da ainihin masu wasan kwaikwayo da DJs, waɗanda su ma sun tsufa. EDM clubbing ya fara a shekarun 80, don haka, in ji Greasley, "yayin da ya kasance al'adun matasa, al'adun gaba ɗaya sun girma." A watan Nuwamba, Leftfield ya yi wasa a wani taron tare da masu tallata Bugged Out! a Drumsheds—wani tsohon shagon Ikea a arewacin London wanda ke ɗaukar mutane 15,000—yana gudana daga karfe 1 na rana zuwa 10:30 na dare.
Amma Joanna ta ce tana son dare na lokaci-lokaci. "Fita da tsayawa har karfe 3 na safe ko 4 na safe—lokacin da na gaya wa wasu mutane hakan, suna firgita, amma ina ganin yana da kuzari sosai. A fili, ba kowane lokaci ba, ko idan ina da cikakken kula da yara washegari."
Ya ɗauki kwanaki don murmurewa daga dare na. Ban kwanta ba sai bayan karfe 5 na safe, kunnuwana suna ƙara, agogon jikina yana tunanin kusan lokacin tashi ne. Na yi barci mara kyau, amma na ji an farfado da ni ta wasu hanyoyi. Kasancewa a rave bai sa na ji tsufa ba. Na ji kamar na dawo gida. Bayan haka, tsararrawa ce ta ƙirƙira wannan.
Kuna da ra'ayi kan batutuwan da aka taso a wannan labarin? Idan kuna son ƙaddamar da amsa har zuwa kalmomi 300 ta imel don a yi la'akari da bugawa a sashin wasiƙunmu, da fatan za a danna nan.
**Tambayoyi da Amsoshi Akai-akai**
Ga jerin tambayoyi da amsoshi akai-akai game da yanayin mata masu shekaru tsakiyar da ke rungumar rave, wanda ya haɗa da ma'anoni, fa'idodi, da shawarwari masu amfani.
1. **Menene ainihin rave ga mata masu shekaru tsakiyar?**
Ba wai kawai game da kwayoyi haram da bukukuwan dare duka ba. Ga wannan rukuni, rave yawanci yana nufin halartar bukukuwan kiɗan lantarki, dararen shagali, ko taron rawa mai hankali. An mayar da hankali kan kiɗa, rawa cikin 'yanci, da jin al'umma—sau da yawa ba tare da abubuwa ba.
2. **Me yasa wannan ya zama sananne ga mata a shekarun 40, 50, da 60?**
Mata da yawa sun girma da wannan kiɗa a shekarun 90 da farkon 2000. Yanzu tare da ƙarin lokaci, kuɗi, da sha'awar sake dawo da asalinsu a waje da iyali ko aiki, suna komawa wurin. Hanya ce mai ƙarfi don jin matashi, kuzari, da haɗi.
3. **Menene manyan fa'idodin lafiya na zuwa rave a wannan shekaru?**
Fa'idodin suna da mahimmanci kuma kimiyya ta goyi bayansu. Rawar sa'o'i tana ba da kyakkyawan motsa jiki na zuciya. Haɗin kai yana yaƙi da kaɗaici. Kiɗa da motsi suna sakin endorphins da dopamine, waɗanda ke rage damuwa, haɓaka yanayi, kuma suna iya taimakawa da alamun perimenopause da menopause.
4. **Shin ba haɗari ba ne ga mutum mai shekaruna ya kasance a faɗake dukan dare yana rawa?**
Ba haka ba idan kana da hankali game da shi. Mabuɗin shine shiri da sauraron jikinka. Mata da yawa suna zuwa na 'yan sa'o'i, ba dukan dare ba. Suna sanya takalma masu goyan baya, suna shan ruwa, kuma suna ɗaukar hutu. Yana da aminci ga zuciyarka fiye da motsa jiki mai ƙarfi a gidan motsa jiki saboda kana sarrafa gudun.
5. **Dole ne in sha kwayoyi ko giya don shiga?**
A'a kwata-kwata. Yanayin rave na zamani, musamman tare da haɓakar rave mai hankali da taron psytrance, yana karɓar mutanen da ba su da komai. Mata da yawa suna ganin farin cikin halitta na rawa da kiɗa ya isa. Kana iya kawai cewa "Ina nan don kiɗa da rawa."
6. **Ina damuwa game da fitowa a waje. Me ya kamata in sa?**
Ta'aziyya da bayyana kai sune mabuɗin. Manta da ƙananan tufafi daga shekarun 20. Ka yi tunanin takalma masu goyan baya kamar Hokas ko Nikes.
