NguShalima Mohammed
I-Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre (ICC) yeveki ngeeCawe ZOOM iNtlanganiso kaWonke-wonke linyathelo lokuqala nelibalulekileyo elenziwe nguGqirha Kumar Mahabir waseTrinidad naseTobago.
Yasekwa ngo-2020 njengenyathelo elingenzi nzuzo ngexesha lendyikityha ye-Covid-19, le forum ibonelela ngelizwi kunye nokubonakala kwabantu bomnombo wamaIndiya, abadla ngokuba ziintlanga ezincinci kumazwe abahlala kuwo. Ikhuthazwe yi-US-based Black Lives Matter movement, eli qonga linenjongo yokuphelisa ukungalingani, ukungabikho kobulungisa, ucalucalulo kunye nobuhlanga obucwangcisiweyo kubantu baseIndiya. Ukongeza, ifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba amaqela amancinci kwiCaribbean nakwezinye iindawo abonwa kwaye aviwe.
Injongo yeeNtlanganiso zikaWonke-wonke zangeCawa zeZOOM kukuququzelela ingxoxo kwimiba exhalabisa abantu baseIndiya. Nangona kunjalo, iingxoxo azikho amaIndiya kuphela. Ababuki zindwendwe bamkela bonke, nokuba bangowaluphi na uhlanga, kwiforum yabo ebanjwa rhoqo ngeCawe ukusuka ngo-3.00 pm ukuya ku-5.00 pm EST. Nangona isekwe kwiCaribbean, ingeyamazwe ngamazwe kumxholo kunye nobubanzi.
Ngoku, uGqr. Mahabir kunye neqela lakhe bangena kwelinye inyathelo elingenzi nzuzo: ICC Indian Diaspora Country Tours, ejolise ekuhlanganiseni abantu baseIndiya abaDiaspora ngokwasenyameni - nokuba kube kanye ngonyaka - kuzo zonke iikoloni zangaphambili apho iinqanawa ezithwele abaphambukeli baseIndiya abasuka kwamanye amazwe. wayekhe wamisa.
Abaququzeleli bathi: “Sinethemba lokuqhubeka nesithethe samaIndiya sokuhlanganisana kweentsapho. Usapho alunakuchazwa bubudlelwane begazi, kodwa nangembali, ilifa lemveli kunye nonxibelelwano lwenkcubeko, njengoko sibona kusapho lwe-ICC ZOOM. Njengoko i-Trinidad ne-Tobago ilikhaya le-ICC, siyanamkela nonke e-Indian Diaspora kolu Khenketho lokuqala lwe-ICC Indian Diaspora Country Tour olunikezelwe nge-4 ukuya kwi-11 ka-Agasti ka-2022.
Izimemo ziye zathunyelwa kubakhenkethi ukuba beze kunandipha izinto ezincasa, izinto ezibonwayo, izandi, izityalo, izilwanyana kunye nabantu beriphabliki ebukekayo yesiqithi apho abaphambukeli abangama-143,939 beza kubo baza baseka ilifa labo. Amava enkcubeko anokubandakanya uhambo olunqumla ilizwe ukuya eDebe eMzantsi ukuze ufumane isibini esimnandi, amashwamshwam amnandi kunye neelekese ezimangalisayo.
Kwindlela yokubuya, iindwendwe ziya kudlula kwiWadi yaseMontserrat kuMbindi weTrinidad - iwadi apho elona nani likhulu lezibonelelo zomhlaba (7,875 phakathi kwe-1871-1879) yamkelwa yi-indentures yaseIndiya endaweni yokubuyela eIndiya. Babeza kutyelela iMyuziyam yaseCaribbean yaseIndiya, iTempile eyaziwayo kwihlabathi-elwandle kunye nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaHanuman ongamamitha angama-85. Ngolunye usuku, babeza kubuyela kwi-Central ukutyelela ilayibrari kwiBhunga leSizwe leNkcubeko yaseNdiya (NCIC), kwaye bathenge kwii-expos zaseNdiya zempahla ye-Indian eyinyani, izicathulo, ubucwebe, iimveliso zokunakekelwa kwesikhumba kunye nokwenza. Nabo babeza kusiwa eLion House, bengafi ebhukwini Indlu kaMnu. Biswas, apho umbhali uMhlekazi VS Naipaul wayekhe wahlala khona.
Inxalenye yamava enkcubeko iya kubandakanya uHosay/Muharram eSt James, kuMantla eTrinidad. Iindwendwe ezikukhenketho zinokuthatha inxaxheba kumngcelele okhethekileyo kwiNtshona yeHemisphere owenzeka kanye ngonyaka. ESt James - eyaziwa ngokuba "yidolophu engalaliyo" - iindwendwe zinokonwabela ubomi basebusuku kwaye zitye i-roti eyenziwe shushu kwangoko.
Kubathandi bendalo, iNaema's Estate ekwindawo entle yaseMaracas, eSt Joseph Valley, kulapho banokuzintywilisela khona kwindawo eluhlaza okomileyo baze baphinde banxibelelane nendalo ngelixa behlola kwaye befunda ngezityalo ezahlukeneyo zamayeza ezichumayo kulo mhlaba. Basenokukhetha ukuhamba-hamba echibini okanye bathabathe uhambo lwemizuzu eli-10 kwindlela ebukekayo ukuya kwintaba entle ukuze bajonge eTrinidad.
Ngaphambi kokuba baye ekhaya, abakhenkethi banokubopha imisonto yobuzalwana baseRaksha Bandhan.
Ukhetho lwendawo yokuhlala lubandakanya iMorton House - ikhaya lembali elineminyaka eli-141 ubudala likaMfundisi uJohn Morton. UMorton wayengumvangeli waseRhabe osuka eNova Scotia, eKhanada, owathi, ngokuzithandela kwakhe, weza eTrinidad ngo-1868 ukuza kulungiselela amaNdiya aseMpuma kunyaka nje omnye phambi kokuba kunikwe izibonelelo zomhlaba zokuqala kubasebenzi baseIndiya. Ngokutsho kombhali uGerard Tikasingh, "Idayari yakhe imele, mhlawumbi, i-akhawunti yokuqala yokuqala yamaNdiya kwiindawo zokuhlala kunye needolophana ekupheleni kwekhulu le-19 kwaye ihlala ingumthombo oxabisekileyo wolwazi".
Umtsalane wale ndawo kunye nezinye iinkcukacha, kubandakanywa imigaqo yelizwe ye-COVID-19, kuya kwabelwana ngayo nabantu abanomdla. Ngobubele Cofa kule khonkco kwaye ugcwalise ifom njengobonakalisa umdla wokujoyina usapho lwe-ICC "kwilime" yethu yeCaribbean eTrinidad naseTobago ukusuka nge-4 ukuya kwi-11 ka-Agasti ka-2022.
