Umculo weRumba yaseCongo Ngena kuLuhlu lweLifa leMveli le-UNESCO

I-arhente yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yenkcubeko, yezemfundo, kunye nesayensi ye-UNESCO yongeze umdaniso we-rumba waseCongo kuluhlu lwayo lwenkcubeko engabonakaliyo.

Ukuma komculo ohamba phambili e-Afrika, iRumba yaseCongo ityebile ngeenkcubeko zaseAfrika, ilifa lemveli kunye nobuntu; konke kubalisa ngeAfrika.  

Kwintlanganiso yayo yakutshanje yokufunda izicelo ezingamashumi amathandathu, iKomiti ye-UNESCO ekugqibeleni yabhengeza ukuba irumba yaseCongo yamkelwa kuluhlu lwayo lwelifa lemveli elingabonakaliyo kunye nobuntu emva kwesicelo seDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC) kunye neCongo Brazzaville.

Umculo weRumba uvelisa imvelaphi yawo ebukumkanini obudala baseKongo, apho omnye wenza umdaniso obizwa ngokuba yiNkumba. Yayifumene iwonga lelifa lemveli ngenxa yesandi sayo esisodwa esixuba igubu lama-Afrika angakhotyokisiweyo ngeengoma zamathanga aseSpain.

Umculo umele inxalenye yezazisi zabantu baseCongo kunye ne-diaspora yabo.

Ngexesha lokurhweba ngamakhoboka, abantu baseAfrika beza nenkcubeko nomculo wabo eUnited States of America naseMelika. Benza izixhobo zabo, ezinqabileyo ekuqaleni, eziphucukileyo kamva, ukuzala i-jazz kunye neRumba.

IRumba kuguqulelo lwayo lwangoku ilikhulu leminyaka ubudala esekwe kwiipolyrhythms, amagubu, kunye neengoma, isiginkci kunye nebass, zonke zidibanisa iinkcubeko, i-nostalgia, kunye nokwabelana ngolonwabo.

Umculo weRumba uphawuleka ngembali yezopolitiko yabantu baseCongo ngaphambi nangemva kwenkululeko, emva koko yaduma kulo lonke elaseAfrika kumazantsi eSahara.

Ngaphaya kweDemocratic Republic of Congo kunye neCongo Brazzaville, iRumba ikwindawo ebalaseleyo kwilizwekazi lonke laseAfrika ngokusebenzisa ilifa lezentlalo, lezopolitiko, kunye nenkcubeko eyandulela inkululeko yezizwe zaseAfrika. 

IDemocratic Republic of Congo kunye neRiphabhlikhi yaseCongo bangenise isicelo esidibeneyo sokuba irumba yabo ifumane iwonga lelifa lemveli ngesandi sayo esisodwa esixuba amagubu amaAfrika angamakhoboka ngeengoma zamakholoniyali aseSpain.

I-UNESCO yongeze umculo weRumba waseCongo kuluhlu lwayo lwamafa ehlabathi. IDemocratic Republic of Congo kunye neCongo Republic ziye zafaka isicelo ngokubambisana sokuba iRumba yazo ifumane iwonga leWorld Heritage, nto leyo eyabavuyisa kakhulu abantu baseDemocratic Republic of Congo naseCongo-Brazzaville.

"I-rumba isetyenziselwa ukubhiyozela kunye nokuzila, kwindawo yangasese, yoluntu kunye neyenkolo," yatsho isicatshulwa se-UNESCO. Ukuyichaza njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo kunye nommeli wesazisi sabantu baseCongo kunye ne-diaspora yabo.

Iofisi yeDemocratic Republic of Congo uMongameli uFelix Tshisekedi uthe kwi-tweet ukuba "uMongameli weRiphabhlikhi wamkele ngovuyo nangebhongo ukongezwa kweRumba yaseCongo kuluhlu lwelifa lenkcubeko."

Abantu baseDRC kunye neCongo-Brazzaville bathi umdaniso weRumba uyaphila kwaye banethemba lokuba ukongezwa kuluhlu lwe-UNESCO kuya kuyinika udumo olukhulu naphakathi kwabantu baseCongo naseAfrika. 

Umculo weRumba ubonakaliswe yimbali yezopolitiko yaseCongo ngaphambi nangemva kokuzimela kwaye ngoku ikhona kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi belizwe, u-Andre Yoka Lye, umlawuli kwiziko lobugcisa belizwe lase-DRC kwikomkhulu laseKinshasa.

Lo mculo utsalela kwi-nostalgia, utshintshiselwano lwenkcubeko, ukuchasa, ukomelela, kunye nokwabelana ngolonwabo ngekhowudi yawo yokunxiba eqaqambileyo, utshilo.