(eTN) -I-Assam yindawo eyaziwayo encinci yaseIndiya egcwele umtsalane kunye nezinto ezinomtsalane. Ukuqala kuMlambo waseBrahmaputra ohamba kuyo, indawo ichazwa ngemvelaphi, ubungakanani kunye nekhosi yalo mlambo onamandla.
Phakathi kweendawo ezivelayo zabakhenkethi, i-Assam - elona zwe likhulu kumntla-mpuma weIndiya - livela kwimephu yehlabathi njengendawo yokuhamba yokwenyani ngenxa yembali yayo etyebileyo, ubugcisa, inkcubeko, indalo kunye nokuthambekela kolwamkelo lwabahlali bayo.
UMlambo iBrahmaputra ugqame ngaphezu kwazo zonke iindawo ezinomtsalane e-Assam ngenxa yamandla awo angenakuthintelwa, kunye nokuba ngumvelisi wobomi nokufa.
Kumazwe awela iBrahmaputra - iTibet, iIndiya, neBangladesh - umlambo ubizwa ngokuba yiTsangpo, Brah, kunye neJammu - amagama amathathu, amazwe amathathu, iinkolo ezintathu, umlambo omnye kuphela. Ngumthombo wasentsomini ofihlwe phakathi komkhenkce wenye yezona ndawo zingcwele emhlabeni.
Iintsomi ezininzi zibalisa ngalo mlambo ungaqondakaliyo: amabali amadoda athe azama ukufumanisa imvelaphi yawo, imikhosi etyhutyhayo kuwo, abahambi ngezonqulo abaye bahlambulula emanzini awo, isithixo esakhuphisana nonxweme lwawo, amabali ezizwe ezikhohlakeleyo noovulindlela beti. Kodwa kunye namabali ee-otter zaselwandle ezondla kwiintlanzi zayo kunye namabali ezingwe zaseBengal.
I-Brahmaputra iyimfihlakalo enomdla kakhulu njengeBhotwe leMimoya eJaipur okanye i-Agra's Taj Mahal. Kunxweme lwayo, ubomi be-Assamese buphuhlisiwe, kodwa ukuthandwa kwayo kudlula imida yendawo. Ikuphela komlambo eIndiya onegama lobudoda elithetha ukuthi “uNyana kaBrahma.” Lo mlambo mkhulu uvuselela imbeko kumaHindu angaphezu kwewaka lesigidi kwilizwekazi laseIndiya nakwabo bahlala ehlabathini.
Kuthiwa iBrahmaputra inokubalisa ibali lezizukulwana ukusuka eYunan (eChina) ukuya eHindustan, ukuya eBangladesh, ukususela ekuzalweni kwayo ukusuka kwisibeleko seentaba zeKailash zeHimalayas, emazantsi eKanggye Tso Lake, kumzantsi-mpuma weTibet kwindawo ephakamileyo. yeemitha ezingama-5,300.
Ukuhamba okubuhlungu okungaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-3,000 zamanzi kuwela enye yezona ndawo zingenakulinganiswa eMhlabeni, kwaye ixesha elide, umlambo ngowona uphezulu kwiplanethi, uphuma entshonalanga ukuya empuma, malunga neemitha ezingama-4,000 ngaphezu kolwandle. Ukusuka apha ibaleka malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-2,000 ukuya kujoyina iGanges engcwele, iphele ukubaleka kwayo kwiBay of Bengal.
Phakathi kweendlela ezijikajikayo kunye neengxangxasi ezibukekayo, ukuqukuqela komlambo kuyehla kwingingqi ye-Assam kuphela ngexesha elomileyo, xa ubukhulu bayo bemayile enye ububanzi kwindawo ekufutshane neGuwahati, bufikelela kwiikhilomitha ezingama-20 ububanzi kwiindawo ezithile. Eyona nto ishiyeke inomtsalane bubunzulu bayo obuziimitha ezingama-3,600.
Okuphela komlambo ekunokusetyenzwa kuwo kwimpuma yeHimalaya, iBrahmaputra iza ecaleni koMlambo iZambezi waseAfrika ngenxa yamandla awo omhlaba. Ngexesha leemvula ezinkulu, ikhukula imimandla emikhulu, inyanzela abantu kunye nezilwanyana (kubandakanywa nezo zogcino lweKaziranga National Park) ukuba zifune indawo yokuhlala kwiindawo eziphakamileyo kangangeenyanga.
Emva kokuba amanzi ewuthile, umlambo awusafani. Iindonga zayo zibonakala zitshintshile, iziqithi ezitsha kunye nezifundo ezitsha ziye zantshula, kwaye kulula nokufumana izikhephe zokuloba eziye zabaleka emhlabeni zihleli kwiindunduma zentlabathi. Emazantsi omlambo, abahlali baqhubeka bezakha kwakhona iilali zabo. Ihlabathi lesiqithi sase-Assam saseMajuli sesona siqithi sikhulu somlambo emhlabeni (malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-450), ekhoyo njengesiqithi ngaphakathi komlambo ngokwawo. Izikhukula zonyaka ukususela ngoMeyi ukuya kuAgasti ezizisa intshabalalo, ekugqibeleni zirhoxa, zishiya ngasemva isichumiso sendalo esixabisekileyo esivumela izityalo ezichumileyo, ngokukodwa malunga nekhulu leentlobo zerayisi, ukuba zichume.
Phakathi kwemithombo yezoqoqosho yomlambo, ngaphandle kwerayisi, kukho ukuloba; iinqanawa zokuchwela; kunye nokuveliswa okumangalisayo kweemaski, izinto ezenziwe ngodongwe, amalaphu oboya kunye neentambo zesilika. I-Satras (ii-monasteries), ezihlakazekileyo phakathi kweedolophana ezininzi, zizisa uMlambo i-Majuli kwindawo yenkcubeko yase-Assam minyaka yonke apho umthendeleko obhiyozelwayo omele ilifa leentlanga ezahlukeneyo - ikakhulukazi amaMongol kunye nama-Indo Arians, kunye nelifa lezinye iinkcubeko. – inegalelo kwingeniso yoqoqosho lwengingqi.
Ixesha esiqithini linendlela ecothayo kunye nokuqonda kwe-stoic ukuba ubomi bukwinceba yendalo engalindelekanga nengalawulekiyo enokonakalisa kunye nesisa, kunye nokwazi lonke ixesha ukuba akukho nto ihleliyo.
Izikhukula zomlambo zinokugoba kodwa azizophuli iintliziyo zabantu abanekratshi abazibhokoxayo abahlala apho. Abafazi bayaqhubeka nokuluka kwifreyim yabo kwizindlu zabo zoqalo phezu kwezibonda, amadoda alima amasimi, yaye abantwana bakhulela kwindawo ezolileyo yokwabelana.
Kwaye olu luvuyo olukhulu kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe okutsalela iindwendwe zasentshona kwi-Assam. Kwaye, ewe, kukho imbali emva koncumo oluthandekayo lwabantu basekhaya-inkcubeko etyebileyo neyakudala yabonwa ziitempile ezininzi ezitsala abahambi ngezonqulo abavela kwihlabathi liphela minyaka le emva kokuba ixesha lemonsoon liphelile. Phakathi kwezona ndawo zikhangayo kakhulu yi-Kamalabari Satra - itempile yeemonki zokudansa eziseMajuli Island.
Iimonki zimiselwa besebancinci, kwaye zikhulisa iinwele zazo, kwaye zifunde ubugcisa bomdaniso kwiindima zabasetyhini ukuhlonipha uThixo uShiva. Kuphela xa befikelele kwiminyaka eyi-18 ubudala, banokuthi bashiye ubomi be-monastic ngasemva, ukuba bayathanda. Enye itempile enokubonwa yiKamakhya eGuwahati efanekisela "ukudityaniswa kweenkolo kunye nezenzo zama-Aryan kwilizwe lase-Assam." Le tempile inekona yamadini apho, phantse yonke imihla, kubingelelwa ngezilwanyana, ingakumbi iibhokhwe, phambi kwenkitha yabathembekileyo.
Enye indawo yokumisa iSibsagar - ikomkhulu lamandulo lobukumkani obunamandla bookumkani base-Ahom, kunye nekhaya le-Thai yolwimi lwase-Ahom. Abo babehlala apha babevela eYunnan, eTshayina, ngenkulungwane ye-13 AD, yaye apha, iindwendwe ziyakwazi ukuzithanda izikhumbuzo zobukhosi ezisagcinwe kakuhle.
Kwakhona kufanelekile ukutyelelwa yiKaziranga National Park, indawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi kunye neyona ndawo inkulu yokugcina izilwanyana zasendle phakathi kwabaninzi eIndiya, ehlala kwithafa lezikhukula. Ekuphumeni kwelanga, i-safari iqala ngabakhenkethi behleli kakuhle emotweni ngelixa belandela iindlovu zasendle kunye nemikhombe kwi-savannah enkulu. Kule paki kukho iindidi ngeendidi zeentaka nezilwanyana ezanyisayo ezingaphezu kwe-180, eziquka amahlosi, amaxhama neenyathi eziye zadibana kangangeminyaka engama-500 kweli lizwe.
I-Assam Tea yaziwa njengeyona ibalaseleyo emhlabeni, kwaye apha, amasimi eti afafazwe kulo mmandla, nganye inembali yayo yobukoloniyali kunye nabanini-ndawo abatsha abatyebileyo. IHaroocharai Tea Estate ivulelekile ukonwabela imixube emnandi kunye nokutya okucociweyo kwe-Assamese, kwaye iindwendwe zamkelwa ngabanini, i-Indrani Barooah. Abadanisi basekuhlaleni banegalelo kwisidlo sangaphandle esonwabileyo, ngelixa abacholi beti kwiimpahla zabo ezimibalabala baqokelela amagqabi eCamellia sinensis, ngelixa besiba imbonakalo yabadanisi okomzuzwana.
Ukhenketho olukhokelwayo e-Assam luququzelelwa yiFar Horizon Tours, abanini beenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa i-Mahabaahu, ihotele edadayo yale mihla (www.farhorizonindia) kunye nomgcini wohambo kunye nabakhokeli basekhaya. Uhambo lokushicilela luququzelelwe yi-Indian Tourism Milan (www.indiatourismmilan.com) ngokubambisana neFar Horizon Tours ixesha elide le-7 ebusuku kunye neentsuku ze-8 ezibandakanya uhambo. Ukuhamba ngenqanawa emlanjeni, okwenziwa ngokwesitayile kunye nobutofotofo, yenye indlela yeehotele (qaphela ukuba iziseko zophuhliso kwakunye nombutho wezokhenketho zisephantsi kophuhliso). Ukufikelela e-Assam usuka e-Itali wawusebenzisa i-Air India usuka eMilan nase-Rome ngenqwelomoya eziya ngqo e-N. Delhi. Elona xesha lilungileyo lokutyelela i-Assam ukusuka ngoMatshi ukuya ku-Oktobha. Amanqaku anomdla: I-Sivasagar, ikhaya lezakhiwo zakudala ze-Ahom (abemi baseThailand abahlala e-Assam ukususela ngo-1228); IHaroocharai, eyaziwa ngamasimi eti; Isiqithi saseMajuli; ilali iLuitmukh; eBhishwanath Ghat; I-Koliabor kunye neefama eziqhelekileyo ezenza iti; iKaziranga National Park; kunye neSilghat kunye neGuwahati apho, ngokulandelanayo, iitempile zikaHatimura kunye neKamakhya.
