'Cha, Akusihle!'
Ukuhamba eGrisi noma eCyprus ngo-Okthoba? Ngo-Okthoba 28, kulindeleke ukuthi bahlangane nemikhosi kanye neminye imikhosi ekhumbula usuku lwe-Ochi, isikhumbuzo sikaGeneral Ioannis Metaxas esiphikisana nesicelo samaNtaliyane sokuhamba mahhala ukuhlasela iGrisi.
Ngo-Okthoba 1940, i-Italy, eyasekelwa uHitler, yayifuna ukuthatha iGrisi; Ama-Metaxas asabela ngokumane, "Ochi!" Yilokho "cha" ngesiGreki. Kwakuyi "cha" okwenze iGrisi empini emhlangothini ohlangene; okwesikhashana, iGrisi yayingumngane waseBrithani kuphela olwa noHitler.
IGrisi akenzanga nje ukunikeza amandla ka Mussolini, kodwa nabo bawuthatha umonakalo futhi bawaxosha e-Albania.
Ezinye izazi-mlando zikhomba ukuthi amaGreki amelana nokuphikisana okukhulu nama-paratrooper kamuva aseJalimane ngesikhathi seMpi yaseCrete eqinisekisa uHitler ukuthi ukuhlaselwa okunjalo kudinga ukuphila okuningi kweJalimane. Ukuhlasela kwaseKrethe okuvela emoyeni kwakungumzamo wokugcina wamaNazi ukusebenzisa le nqubo, kanti izinsiza ezengeziwe ezidingekayo ukuze kunqotshwe iGrisi zivuthwe futhi ziphazamise iReich yesithathu emizamweni yayo kwezinye iziqephu.
Uma iMetaxas ingasho ukuthi "cha," iMpi Yezwe II kungenzeka ukuthi yahlala isikhathi eside kakhulu. Enye into ebonisa ukuthi iGreece yavuma ukuzinikela ngaphandle kokuphikisa, uHitler wayeyokwazi ukuhlasela eRussia entwasahlobo, kunokuba enze umzamo wakhe onzima wokuwuthatha ebusika. Amazwe aseNtshonalanga, ehlala ejabula ngokukhokha iGrisi lasendulo ngokuthuthukiswa kwentando yeningi, angase akhokhe isiGreki samanje inkokhelo elinganayo kepha engavamile ukusiza ukugcina intando yeningi izitha zayo phakathi neMpi Yezwe II.
Ingabe i-Metaxa impela ngempela? Cishe akunjalo, kodwa yileyo ndlela indaba idluliselwe ngayo. Kungenzeka nokuthi wasabela ngesiFulentshi, hhayi ngesiGreki.
Usuku Luka-Ochi Nokuhamba EGrisi
Ngosuku lwe-Ochi, wonke amadolobha amakhulu anikezela isonto lempi futhi amasonto amaningi e-Greek Orthodox azobe esebenzela izinsizakalo ezikhethekile. Amadolobha angasogwini angaba nemigodi yemifula noma eminye imikhosi emngceleni wamanzi.
I-Thessaloniki inikeza imikhosi emithathu, ihlonipha umphathi wesonto, iSt. Dimitrios, ukugubha inkululeko yayo eTurkey nokukhumbula ukungena kweGrisi eMpini Yezwe II.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, njengoba imibhikisho ethile yokulwa neMelika neyokulwa nempi ishisa isimo sezombusazwe esihlala sishintsha isiGreki, uSuku Lwe-Ochi lungase lugubhe ngamandla angaphezu kwesikhashana kanye nezinye izinto ezingaphezulu kwezombangazwe. Kodwa-ke okuzwakalayo noma okubonwayo noma yikuphi ukuphikisana okungenzeka kube khona, akunakwenzeka ukuba kube yinto engaphezu kwezinto ezingathandeki.
Lindela ukulibaziseka kwe-traffic, ikakhulukazi eduze kwemizila ye-parade, futhi ezinye izitaladi zingavinjelwa imicimbi nemikhosi ehlukene.
Qhubeka futhi ujabulele lezi zigodi. Izindawo eziningi zokuvubukula zizovalwa, kanye namabhizinisi amaningi nezinsizakalo. Eminyakeni lapho usuku lwe-Ochi luwela ngeSonto, izindawo eziningi zizovaliwe kunokujwayelekile.
Okunye ukupela: Usuku lwe-Ochi luphinde lubekwe osukwini lwe-Ohi noma i-Oxi Day.