01 ka-06
Ukuhlinzeka ngeNkosi ngomkhosi
I-artisan ebeka ukuthinta kokugcina esithombeni seNkosi Ganesh embonini eLalbaug, e-Mumbai. Sharell Cook Isithombe lokhu.
Kusele amasonto ambalwa kuphela kuze kube ngumkhosi weGanesh Chaturthi eMumbai. Ngenye yemikhosi enkulu kunazo zonke edolobheni futhi enkulindeleke kakhulu yonyaka. Izithombe ezingaphezu kwezingu-200,000 zeNkosi Ganesh ziyokhonjiswa futhi zibhapathizwe emanzini ezinsukwini ezingu-10 zomkhosi. Abaculi bamatasa nxazonke emasifundiswaneni esifundeni saseLalbaug eNyakatho yeMakila, njengoba kugijimela isikhathi sokuthola zonke izithombe. Inqubo enzima yomsebenzi yokunikezela ngeNkosi iqhubekele izinyanga ezintathu. Kuhilela amakhono akhethekile, ahlinzekwa kusukela esizukulwaneni kuya esizukulwaneni, futhi abasebenzi bevela eBhihar ukuzosiza.
Ngifisa ukubona ukwakheka kweNkosi yeGanesh kimi, nganquma ukungena kuleli Ganpati Bappa Morya! I-Meanderings eLalbaug ehamba ngezinyawo, ehlinzekwa yi-Breakaway.
Umqondisi wami we-adventure, uRamanand Kowta (umakhalekhukhwini: 9892910023), wayengumuntu onentshisekelo ehlukahlukene. Ujoyine imboni yezokuvakasha eminyakeni eyishumi eyedlule, ngemuva komsebenzi wezinkampani ezinde olandelwa yi-stint kwezolimo. Ngathola ngokushesha ukuthi naye wayengumuntu onokuqonda okungokomoya okuphawulekayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayenekhono lokudlala izithombe, okuyinto eyangijabulisa.
02 ka 06
Ama-Idan amancane aseGanesh alungele ukudayiswa
Sharell Cook Ngokulindela okukhulu, sabeka eceleni kwesinye sezinhlangano zokufundisa zesithombe esikhulu kunazo zonke endaweni. Kutholakala enyakatho yeLalbaug Flyover, kwakuyisakhiwo se-cavernous buildinghi esakhiwe ngamapulangwe ase-bamboo namathanga aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngemuva kwesango lensimbi. Ngaphakathi, izithombe ezihlukahlukene nobukhulu obuhlukene zihleli, umugqa olandelanayo, ngezigaba ezihlukahlukene zokuqedwa. Amancane amancane ngaphambili ayedwetshwe, ahlanganiswe futhi amakwe, alindele ukuqoqwa. Amanye ayegqoke ngokugqamile ngamatshe agcobile.
03 ka 06
Ama-Idols amakhulu aseGanesh Made
Sharell Cook Eziningi zezithombe ezinkulu zazilokhu zifakwe ku-plaster. Amakhulu, ahlala ehamba phezu kwami. Omunye, ehlezi phezu kwebhola elikhulu, wayezungezwe ukukhwabanisa ukuze abakwa-artisans bakwazi ukukhuphuka futhi bafinyelele kuwo. Babesebenzisa i-plaster kuwo futhi. Ngangizibuza ukuthi umsebenzi uzokwenziwa kanjani ngesikhathi somkhosi. Phela, umdwebo owawuzoguqula izithombe ezivela ezimhlophe ezimhlophe ukuya kunkulunkulu onjengezintandane ezaziwuthandayo udinga imininingwane eminingi.
04 ka 06
I-Kambli Arts
Sharell Cook. Eduze naseChinchpokli Bridge, savakashela umhlangano kaMnu Ratnakar Kambli, inhloko yeKambli Arts. Abaculi abaqashile nabadwebi bamatshe, izizukulwane ezintathu zomndeni zenze isithombe se-Mumbai esidumile kunazo zonke - i- Lalbaugcha Raja - kusukela ngo-1935. Kuzo, ukuzenzela izithombe kuningi ngothando kunemali futhi kugxile emsebenzini wokuhlobisa iminyaka eyisele .
UMnu Kambli othobekile futhi ongathobekile wamemeza, wasinikeza isiphuzo esibandayo, wasinika izithombe ezenziwe laminated zeRaja ehlezi esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi kuyo yonke inkazimulo yakhe. Ukuxoxa naye kwembula ukuthi ngenkathi isithombe sesibuthwe ngokugcwele, kwakusadingeka kudwetshwe. Cishe inyanga eyodwa nesigamu kuyadingeka ukuqedela isithombe sezinyawo ezingu-12. Izingxenye zalo ziqala ukukhishwa kwesikhunta emasifundini bese zithunyelwa endaweni yayo evikelekile emakethe yaseLalbaug, njengoba inkulu kakhulu ukuba ithathwe ngokuphelele. Ukubukeka okuvelele kwesithombe, manje okuvikelwe i-patent, kwadalwa umfowabo omdala kaMnu Kambli uVenkatesh owayephothule eSir JJ School of Arts. Ngokuqondene nesethi yayo ecacile, iphathiswe abadwebi kuhlanganise nomqondisi omkhulu we-Bollywood art uNitin Desai.
UMnu. Kambli wachaza nokuthi kwakudingeka ukuvumelanisa umklamo we-Lalbaugcha Raja, ukuze ukwazi ukulingana ngaphansi kweLalbaug Flyover entsha lapho kwenziwa ukucwiliswa. Ezinye zezingxenye zalo, kuhlanganise nomqhele, manje zenziwa ukugoqa phansi.
Konke okuzungezile kumhlangano, abadwebi ababezikhandla kulo lonke ubusuku belele embhedeni ngaphansi kwezithombe zeNkosi. Naphezu kokukhanya nomsindo, izingqondo zabo zazithukuthela ngokuthula phambi kwakhe.
05 ka 06
Ukudweba komgwaqo weGanesh
Sharell Cook Kwamanye ama-workshops ayesebenze emigwaqeni yamigwaqo, abadwebi abasha babesebenza ngokuzikhandla nokudweba ngenkuthalo. Abanye babengekho ngisho nentsha yabo, kodwa base bevele bekwazi kakhulu ubuciko obungcwele.
06 ka-06
I-Lalbaug Spice Market
Amafutha athengiswa emakethe ye-Lalbaug spice. Sharell Cook Uhambo lwami luphelile emakethe ye-Lalbaug spice. Ngashiya ngijabule futhi ngithwele umkhumbi wami ophezulu, okwangisondeza kakhulu eNkosini Ganesh, isusa izithiyo. Kwakukhona ubuhle obunjalo emibonweni eminingi yokudala yakhe nomzamo owawuzinikele ekubahambiseni ekuphileni.
Izithombe zeNkosi Ganesh zizoboniswa ngezigaba futhi zithathwe emakhaya edolobheni lonke, lapho kuyoba khona khona ukuba khona kwakhe futhi bazokhuleka phakathi nomkhosi. Ekugcineni, bazobhapathizwa emanzini bese beshiya ukuba babhujiswe njengesikhumbuzo esinamandla sokungaxhunyiwe ebuhleni babo, futhi bahlale beqaphela ukuthi amandla eNkosi ayenayo ngisho noma isithombe sakhe sisekho.