Uluntu lwaseIndiya eBarbados: ishishini, inkolo kunye nobudlelwane bobuhlanga

Barbados imi kwiCaribbean kufutshane naseSanta Lucia, eSaint Vincent naseMartinique. Ziziikhilomitha ezingama-34 ubude (ezingama-21 eekhilomitha) ubude ukuya kuthi ga kwi-23 km (14 yeekhilomitha) ububanzi egubungela indawo ye-432 km (i-167 yeekhilomitha). Inani labemi beBarbados ngoku ngabantu abangama-287,000 (ngaphezulu nje kwekota yesigidi sabantu) esekwe kulwazi lweWorldometer lwedatha yeZizwe eziManyeneyo.

Izinto ezintlanu ezenze ukuba iBarbados idume kwihlabathi liphela: URihanna, imvumi yamazwe aphesheya, umbhali wengoma, umdlali weqonga nomyili, wazalelwa eBarbados; ngokunjalo noSir Garfield Sobers, oyena mdlali weqakamba mkhulu kunabo bonke. Kwaye u-Mia Mottley oHloniphekileyo yinkulumbuso yokuqala yabasetyhini yaseBarbados. IBarbados ikwavelise iramu endala emhlabeni ukusuka kwiNtaba yeGay Distillery. Kukwakhona amalwandle ayo acwengileyo, noxolo.

IBarbados ineofisi eyintloko yeCaribbean Examinations Council (CXC) ehlaselwa kwezi ntsuku ngenkqubo yayo yokuhlela. Inkulumbuso uMottley ukwanguSihlalo weCARICOM (uLuntu lwaseCaribbean) oludlale indima ebalulekileyo ekubuyiseleni idemokhrasi eGuyana ngexesha lokubalwa kweevoti ezilandela unyulo luka-Matshi 2020.

Oku kulandelayo ZIIMBALASANE zentlanganiso kawonkewonke ye-ICC ZOOM ebibanjwe kutshanje (25/10/20) ngesihloko esithi "Uluntu lwaseIndiya eBarbados: ushishino, inkolo kunye nobudlelwane bobuhlanga." Intlanganiso yePan-Caribbean ibibanjelwe yi-Indo-Caribbean IZiko leNkcubeko (ICC). Indibano ibichotshelwe nguSharlene Maharaj waseTrinidad naseTobago (T&T) yaze yamodareyithwa nguSadhana Mohan waseSurniname.

Izithethi apho u-HAJJI SULEIMAN BULBULIA, uNobhala we-Barbados Muslim Association kunye ne-Muslim Chaplain ye-UWI, i-Cave Hill Campus; kunye noSABIR NAKHUDA, umbhali wencwadi I-Bengal kwiBarbados: Imbali yeminyaka eli-100 yamaIndiya aseMpuma eBarbados (2013) - Ingxoxo yayingu-DR KUMAR MAHABIR, isazi ngemvelaphi ye-T & T kunye noMbutho wamazwe aseMelika (i-OAS).

Ngothando ubizwa ngokuba "yindoda epholileyo"

AmaIndiya aseMpuma (amaIndiya) ancede ekubumbeni imeko yentlalo, inkolo, inkcubeko kunye nezoqoqosho zeBarbados. Ukuqonda ezi mpembelelo, kufuneka kugxilwe kubarhwebi abahambahambayo (ngokubizwa ngokuba "yindoda epholileyo").  

Kumrhwebi ohambahambayo, oyena mqhubi uphambili ekwenzeni ishishini lezoqoqosho kukwenza ingeniso. Kodwa ishishini lakhe lineziphumo ezininzi ebezingalindelwanga, uninzi lwazo ziluncedo kuluntu lwaseBarbadadi ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-100.

"Indoda epholileyo" yaba ngaphezu komrhwebi onobuhlobo ekuhlaleni; Waba lilungu losapho, umcebisi nomcebisi ngamanye amaxesha. "Indoda epholileyo" eBarbados inamabali amaninzi anecdotal (awakhayo nagwenxa) angene kwimbali yesiqithi kwaye afunyanwa engoma kwiingoma zalapha.

Amava abo baxhamla ekufikeleleni kwimpahla ngokwemiqathango efanelekileyo kakhulu yemboleko, ngexesha lokuthenga imali yayiyeyona ndlela ifumanekayo kwabo bahluphekayo, iyaphawuleka. Ikhredithi kwi-avareji yeBarbadian yayingaziwa, kwaye uninzi lwabahlali kuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba bazabalaze kwimali encinci abayifumanayo ukuze baphile ngokusemandleni abo.  

Kwintshayelelo yencwadi Bengal ukuya kwiBarbados, owayesakuba yi-Nkulumbuso yaseBarbados, uFreundel Stuart, wabhala: “… iminyaka emininzi, ndibona ngqo, ifuthe leli qela libalulekileyo kwilali endakhulela kuyo kwiParish yaseSt. Ndabona la madoda enciphisa uxinzelelo lwezezimali lwabantu abaninzi ababehlala eMarchfield, eSt.

“Baye bakhathalela iimfuno zokubuyela esikolweni zabazali abangenakho ukuthenga iyunifomu yesikolo ngokubanika imali ethembekileyo yokuthenga ngetyala. NgeKrisimesi, abona bantu bahluphekayo baxhamla kwimali yokuthenga ngetyala. ”

Ngokungafaniyo namaIndiya okuqala eGuyana, eTrinidad naseTobago, eSt. Vincent, eGrenada nakwezinye iZiqithi zeCaribbean ezaya kusebenza kumasimi eswekile kwiminyaka yoo-1800, abasebenzi baseIndiya abangahlawulwanga abaziswanga eBarbados. Abo beza zange bazimisele ukuza eBarbados, kodwa ekugqibeleni baphelela eBarbados kwaye benza ilizwe laba likhaya labo.

AmaIndiya okuqala ayevela kwiindawo ezintathu ezahlukeneyo zaseIndiya. I-Indiya yokuqala yeza eBarbados malunga ne-1910 ukusuka kwi-Hooghly District kwi-West Bengal: U-Bashart Ali Dewan ekuqaleni waya eTrinidad esuka e-India apho utata wakhe-mthetho wayehlala khona. Wahlala apho ixeshana elifutshane emva koko- ngesizathu esingaziwayo- wafudukela eBarbados. Abanye abantu baseBangalisi balandela, kwaye uBashart Ali Dewan kunye naba vulindlela bahlala kwingingqi yeBridgetown eBarbados.

Ukusukela ekusekweni kwayo, amalungu oluntu lwaseIndiya aqhubekile nokwenza inkcubeko kunye nenkolo yabo. Uluntu lwaseSindhi nolwamaHindu lwenza inxenye yamakhaya abo ukuba ibe yitempile [de kube kuvulwa itempile yokuqala yamaHindu eWelches, eSt. Michael ngomhla wama-22 ku-Okthobha ka-1995.

Uluntu lwamaSilamsi luyaqhubeka nokuqhuba inkolo yabo ngokukodwa nangokuhlangeneyo. Kwimihla yakuqala, iJummah yangoLwesihlanu [imithandazo yebandla] yayisenziwa kumakhaya abantu kwisitalato iWellington naseCheapside esixekweni. Ngo-1951, i-masjid [mosque] yokuqala yakhiwa eKensington New Road.

NguGqirha Kumar Mahabir