Kungo-Agasti, embindini wehlobo “loxesha lobudenge” xa kukho ukunqongophala kweendaba uninzi lwezopolitiko kunye nabenzi beendaba beze kwiholide, ngoko ke iintatheli zaseLondon zamkele into enqabileyo. Bamenywe yiKomishoni ePhakamileyo yasePakistan kumnyhadala wemango njengenxalenye yothotho lwemisitho yokuphawula uSuku lwama-62 lweNkululeko yeli lizwe. Iintatheli ezihlanganiseneyo e-Asia House eLondon zanikwa ukhetho olonwabisayo lwendalo yemango ukungcamla: isaladi yenkukhu kunye nemango, isuphu yemango ebabayo, ikeyiki yemango ekhanyayo, imouse yemango kunye neepleyiti zeetyhubhu zemango entsha.
NjengoMkomishinala oPhakamileyo wasePakistan, uWajid Shamsul Hasan, wathi ngeemango, "Sisiqhamo esibonwa rhoqo kwisidlo ngasinye - kwizityebi, amahlwempu ngokufanayo. Ngenkulungwane ye-19 eyona mbongi ibalaseleyo yaseUrdu/Persi, uMirza Ghalib, ngokuncoma iimpawu zayo ezinencasa, ivumba layo elingaqhelekanga, ubusi-ubumnandi bayo obungafiyo kwiivesi zakhe ezintle. Wayichaza njengoKumkani weziqhamo.”
Kukho iindidi ezili-1,300 zeemango ePakistan. Yinqumle okanye uyifunxe – nokuba yeyiphi indlela imango incasa kamnandi. Ityiwa ngeparatha, yenza isidlo esipheleleyo. I-mango lassi (i-curd shake) kusasa inika amandla okukubona yonke imini. Isaladi yemango yesidlo sasemini kunye nenye iglasi yemango eshukumayo endaweni yeti yasemva kwemini iya kukukholisa. Kurhwebo iimango zisetyenziselwa ukwenza i-ice-cream, iisquashes, iijusi, iichutneys, pickles, imango puree kwaye zithengiswa zizilayi kwisiraphu. Kwaye akunyanzelekanga ukuba uhambe indlela yonke ukuya ePakistan uyokonwabela ezi zimuncumuncu, zifumaneka ngokulula kwiivenkile ezininzi zokutya e-UK.
NgokukaMnu Hasan, iimango ziyintandokazi ekhethekileyo kuKumkanikazi, uthando awabelana ngalo nonyana wakhe, iNkosana uCharles. Emva kokuba evile ngokukhetha kwakhe ubungangamsha kwesi siqhamo, uMkomishinala oPhezulu wathumela iimango kwiBhotwe nakwezinye izidwangube ezibalulekileyo. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva koko uMkomishinala oPhakamileyo waya kwitheko laseGadini eBuckingham Palace.
“Xa ndaziswa kuKumkanikazi, uKumkanikazi walwenza usuku lwam xa wayesithi wayezithanda kakhulu iimango kwaye wavuya kakhulu kukwazi - okokuqala - ukuba iPakistan ivelisa iimango zodidi oluphezulu. Ubukhosi bakhe baseRoyal Inkosana uCharles udize ukuba wayisusa i-pulp, yaba ngumkhenkce kwaye wenzela abantwana bakhe i-ice cream. Yayisisiqalo se-diplomacy yemango yasePakistan. "
Umnumzana Hasan ukhumbule esinye isihlandlo emva kokuba esanda kuqeshwa njengoMkomishinala oPhezulu okokuqala ngo-1994. “Ndifumene umnxeba ovela kwiNkulumbuso yam eyafela ukholo uMohtarma Benazir Bhutto esendleleni eya e-Ireland ebuza ukuba kufuneka andifumanele ntoni na evela ePakistan. Njengoko yayiqala isizini ndathi 'imango.' Ekubeni wayesithanda kakhulu eso siqhamo, xa inqwelomoya yakhe yamisa eLondon yayineebhokisi ezingama-200 zezona mango zibalaseleyo zasePakistan.”
Iintatheli ezininzi, kuquka nam, zaba ngabaxhamli besisa sika Ms Bhutto ngethuba esaphila. Rhoqo ehlotyeni, ngokwemiyalelo yakhe, ibhokisi yemango emnandi evela ePakistan yayiza kuhanjiswa kwiingcango zethu - omnye umzekelo wediplomacy yemango esebenzayo.
Engaphazanyiswa yimingeni ejongene nePakistan namhlanje - idabi elichasene neTaleban, uxinzelelo lwezopolitiko kunye neziphumo zoxinzelelo lwezoqoqosho lwehlabathi - urhulumente ukhupha zonke iindlela zokubhiyozela isikhumbuzo senkululeko eLondon kulo nyaka. Ngaphandle komnyhadala wemango, uninzi lweemvumi ezidumileyo zasePakistan zamandulo kunye nepop bathathe inxaxheba kwikonsathi ekhethekileyo eWembley ngeCawa ngokuhlwa. I-TV yasePakistan iqhube i-Peace Telethon kunye negalelo leyure elivela eLondon namalungu ase-Bhritane epalamente kunye neengqondi zithatha inxaxheba.
Phakathi kwale mibhiyozo bekukho umyalezo owothusayo ophuma komnye wemibutho yolutsha lwamaSilamsi e-UK, iRamadhan Foundation. Umphathi wayo oyiNtloko, uMohammed Shafiq, ukhuthaze iPakistan ukuba icinge ngeentsilelo zayo kunye nokubhiyozela uSuku lweNkululeko. Kodwa kwiintatheli kunye nabanye ababehlanganisene e-Asia House incasa ye-diplomacy yemango yasePakistan ibonelele ngekhefu elihlaziyayo kwizinto ezibuhlungu zobomi bemihla ngemihla kunye nezopolitiko kweli lizwe.
U-Rita Payne ungusihlalo wangoku, i-Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK). Unokufumaneka ngeedilesi ze-imeyile: [imeyile ikhuselwe]
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- But for journalists and others gathered at Asia House a taste of Pakistan's mango diplomacy provided a refreshing break from the grim realities of everyday life and politics in the country.
- Bamenywe yiKomishoni ePhakamileyo yasePakistan kumnyhadala wemango njengenxalenye yothotho lwemisitho yokuphawula uSuku lwama-62 lweNkululeko yeli lizwe.
- NjengoMkomishinala oPhakamileyo wasePakistan, uWajid Shamsul Hasan, wathi ngeemango, "Sisiqhamo esibonwa rhoqo kwisidlo ngasinye - kwizityebi, amahlwempu ngokufanayo.
