Ukuhamba eMyanmar? Hlonipha iBuddha ... noma u-Else

Ukungazi izinqubo zamasiko zaseBurma kungakwenza uphonswe ejele

Ukuhamba nguJim Croce, "Awudonsa ku-cerman ka-Superman; awuphambanisi emoyeni; awudonseli mask off of 'Lone Ranger.' Futhi ukuhamba ngezenzakalo zamuva eMyanmar , awuthathi isithombe sikaBuddha ngeze.

Abaningi bezinye izizwe baye benza iphutha futhi bakhokhela kakhulu. Ngokudlula nje, isivakashi saseSpain sasihlangene nenye yezithempeli zikaBagan lapho amakholi athola umdwebo weBuddha ekhalini lakhe.

Esimweni esifanayo, umvakashi waseCanada waboshwa e-Inle Lake ngemuva kokubona ukuthi ubuso bukaBuddha bubonwe emlenzeni wakhe. Bobabili baxoshwa ngokushesha eMyanmar "ngokuphepha kwabo".

Futhi zombili lezi zimo ziphaphathekile uma ziqhathaniswa nomphathi we-bar eYangon owayesebenza ngaphezu konyaka ejele, nje ngokuthumela isithombe se-inthanethi seBuddha e-headphones.

Lezi zibonelo zibonisa iqiniso elingathandekile lokuhamba eMyanmar. Abahambi bezinye izizwe bangase bahlaziyeke ukusetshenziswa okulula kweBuddha iconography kwenye indawo emhlabeni, bese bethola indlela enzima ukuthi iMyanmar isebenzise imithetho eqinile. Futhi umlando ohlangene waseMyanmar neWest ukuthi yikuphi, iziphathimandla zendawo zizimisele ukubeka isibonelo sabaseNtshonalanga abawela umgwaqo.

I-Case ye-Headphones-eboshwe uBuddha

Hhayi, uma iBuddha Bar ingakwenza, kungani u-VGastro engenakukwenza nayo? Ngomzamo wokugqugquzela ukusungulwa kwawo ku-Facebook, u-New Zealander uFiliff Blackwood uthumele isithombe seBuddha egqoke imisindo yekhanda - ekwahlula emlandweni we-psychedelic, mhlawumbe wayelalela into ethile.

Isithombe ngokushesha sahamba ngegciwane ngenxa yezizathu ezingalungile. Intukuthelo yaseBurmese yadlulisela isithombe esungeze emithonjeni yezokuxhumana, futhi umbhikisho uhlelwe phambi kwe-VGastro bar - ngokuphawulekayo aba khona amakholi ahlobene nenhlangano yama-Muslim nakwezinye izindawo eMyanmar. Amaphoyisa wendawo ayephoqelelwe ukuba athathe isinyathelo; U-Blackwood waboshwa kanye nomnikazi waseBurma nomphathi ngoDisemba 2014, futhi wabanjwa e-Insein Prison eyaziwa kakhulu yaseYangon.

"Phakathi neseshini yokucwaninga, uMnu Philip, ogijimela kakhulu ibha, uthe uthumele le ncwajana nge-intanethi ngoDisemba 9 ukukhuthaza ibha," uLt-Col. Uthi u-Thien Win, iphini likamengameli we-Bahan, utshele umagazini i-Irrawaddy. "Uthe wakwenza ngoba ukusebenzisa uBuddha ngezikhangiso kusemfashini emhlabeni wonke futhi wacabanga ukuthi kuzokwenzakala kakhulu."

Ejele, i-Blackwood ayikwazanga ukubamba ikhefu. Njengomfokazi, wayengavunyelwe noma yikuphi izivakashi. Abameli abane basekhaya baphendule icala lakhe, omunye ucaphuna ukucindezelwa kwamaphoyisa.

Ngo-Mashi 2015, u-Blackwood nabalingani bakhe baseBurma bagwetshwe iminyaka emibili ejele ngaphansi kwezigatshana 295 no-295 (a) zekhodi yaseMyanmar ejeziselwa ukujezisa "inkolo yokuhlambalaza" nokulimaza imizwa yenkolo. Izinyanga eziyisithupha ezengeziwe zafakwa emgqumeni ngenxa yokwephula imithetho yokuklanywa.

Ekugcineni u-Blackwood wadedelwa ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari ngonyaka ozayo, futhi ngokushesha wabuyela eNew Zealand.

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Ngokuqhathaniswa, uJason Polley noCesar Hernan Valdez bahamba kalula.

UPolley, uprofesa waseyunivesithi yaseCanada, ungumfundisi waseMahayana Buddhist, futhi utshele iCBC News ukuthi ubenomdwebo weBuddha emlenzeni wakhe "ukumela insika yokusekela."

Abanye baseBurma abazange babone tattoo ngendlela efanayo. Ngesikhathi uPolley nentombi yakhe bevakashela eMyanmar ngoJulayi 2014, isakhamuzi saseBurma sithatha isithombe somlenze wePolley futhi sathukuthelela ku-Facebook, okufana naso nesithombe sikaBlackwood sikaBuddha, esasiheha ngaso sonke isikhathi izinhlobo zonke zokungahlonishwa.

Kuvela ukuthi isikhundla sikaJason's Buddha tattoo sasihlambalaza. Isabelo samaBurmese ukukhathazeka kweBalinese naseThailand ngezingxenye zomzimba eziphansi, futhi ukubona uBuddha okwakubhalwe phansi emlenzeni wendoda kwaholela ekuphenduleni okubonakalayo kumaBuddha aseBurmese angenalutho.

Iziphathimandla zaxwayiswa, zabanjwa nePolley e-Inle Lake. UPolley nentombi yakhe bavele bafaka imoto eya eYangon International Airport, amahora angu-15; Izikhulu zase-Chinese Embassy eHong Kong zangenelela, kodwa bobabili banquma ukushiya noma kunjalo.

"Sibheke ukuthi siphephile kakhulu ukuhamba, sinikezwe ukwaziswa okungalungile mayelana noJason ... ehamba eMyanmar," intombi kaPolley Margaret Lam etshela iSouth China Morning Post.

Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, uCesar Hernan Valdez othile (umthombo) waboshwa eBagan ngemuva kokuba umonki ebone umdwebo wakhe weBattdha futhi wabikela amaphoyisa. (Lena yi-post yesi-Burmese ye-Facebook ephula izindaba.) NjengoPolley, uValdez waboshwa, wafika eJangon futhi wathumela ekhaya.

"Asinaso isizathu sokubaxosha," kusho isikhulu se-Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, u-Aung San Win. "Sibacela ukuba banakekele ukuphepha kwabo ngoba abanye abantu bazobheka umdwebo emlenzeni wakhe njengento yokuhlambalaza inkolo."

Umzila Ophakeme Obuzwe Bobuzwe eMyanmar

Kulula ukuveza ukufana phakathi kwala macala eMyanmar nokungabekezelelani kwezwe laseThailand kunoma yikuphi ukuthukwa eNkosini yabo. Njengenkosi eThailand, iBuddhism e-Myanmar iphakathi nendawo ebusweni bamazwe aseBurma.

Futhi njenge-Thai Monarch, isithombe seBuddha sisebenza njengamakholi amakhulu okubamba amaqembu ezithakazelo ezithile. Njengoba nje izivivinyo ze-lese majeste eThailand zikhuphuke ngokujulile kanye nesimo sezingxabano zezombusazwe, ukushushiswa kweBuddha kubonakala sengathi kuhamba ngokuhambisana nobuzwe bobuBurmese.

Amaqembu aseBuddhist amazwe afana ne-969 Movement noMa Ba Tha asekele ukusekelwa okukhulu kwezindawo, abasebenzisa ukuphoqa imithetho ebeka inkululeko engokwenkolo eMyanmar (abesifazane baseBuddha, isibonelo, bavinjelwe ukushada nabesilisa bezinye izinkolo, ukuba bahambe umthetho osanda kuvunywa).

Izisusa zabo zifana nobuzwe njengoba bezenkolo, okwenza abaseNtshonalanga bathande i-Blackwood nePolley endaweni enhle kakhulu. AmaBurma, aqhubeka ehlukumeza ukuhlala ngaphansi kwekhulu leminyaka ngaphansi kweBrithani Raj, ngeke agodle ukubuyela emazweni aseNtshonalanga ekuboneni izinkolelo zabo ezijulile.

Izifundo Zifunde Indlela Enzima

Lokhu akuyona neze indlela yokuzama ukusola abaseNtshonalanga abathintekayo, abonakala benecala lokungazi imithetho yeMyanmar enemizwa yenkolo. Isikhathi esibi, futhi, sidlala indima: amacala abo ayengeke ajeziswe kakhulu esikhathini esedlule, kodwa umuzwa kazwelonke eMyanmar okwamanje ushintshile.

Futhi kungase kungabi lula ukwamukela, kodwa ukusola kwabangaphandle ngokuqinisekile kubangelwa. AmaBurma kungenzeka ukuthi avumile kakhulu izivakashi ngezandla ezivulekile, kodwa hhayi bonke abakwenzayo. Lokhu kuyiqiniso eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ngokujwayelekile , hhayi nje iMyanmar: abantu bendawo bayabakhathalela ikakhulukazi abantu bezinye izizwe abaziphatha kabi , futhi kukhona abantu abanolaka ngokwanele ku-Facebook ukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-faux pas yakho iyahamba ngegciwane. (UJason Polley wayejabule ngokungazi ukuthi icala lakhe lenze umlenze wakhe wabangela ukuthi iziphathimandla zaseBurma zitshele ukuthi, "Uyazi ukuthi uyinkanyezi ye-Facebook eMyanmar?")

Kukhona isifundo esisodwa abahambayo okufanele bathathe kulokhu: ungathathi izinkolelo zezwe lakho lokubamba kalula . Lokhu kusebenza kakhulu eCambodia nase- Indonesia njengoba kwenza eMyanmar: njengento elula njengoba kubonakala sengathi izakhamuzi zikhona, eziningi zazo zidweba ezenzweni ezingavumelani nezinkolelo zabo zenkolo.

Ngokungafani ne-United States nakwamanye amazwe aseNtshonalanga, amazwe amaningi aseNingizimu-mpumalanga Asia akha isonto lombuso, ngokwenza uma kungenjalo ngesimiso. EMyanmar, Thailand naseCambodia bonke banemithetho eqaphela isikhundla esikhethekile sobuBuddha emphakathini; Amazwe omKhomanisi afana neLaos neVietnam namanje athola iningi lama-Buddhist abalandeli.

Lokhu kusho ukuthi izinkohlakalo ezibangelwa inkolo yendawo ngokuvamile ziba nemiphumela engokomthetho. Futhi ipasipoti yakho yangaphandle ngeke ikuvikele; okuphambene nalokho eqinisweni. (Ezimweni ezimbi kunazo zonke, abameli bendawo ngeke bafune ukuthinta icala lakho ngamapulanka ayisikhombisa - buza uFiliphu Blackwood.)

Ukuze uhlale endaweni ephephile eMyanmar (noma sonke isifunda, ngaleyo ndaba), landela lawa macebiso alula:

Ukuze uthole amathiphu amaningi e-label ethize, funda izihloko zethu ku- Do and Do not in Myanmar , Etiquette e-Cambodia naku- Do futhi Ungekho eThailand . Okunye okudingekayo: funda mayelana ne- Do and Don'tts yama-Buddhist Temples .