Umkhosi we-Monsoon ne-Onam Jabulela eKerala
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa minyaka yonke ngesikhathi sonyaka, isimo saseKerala siphila ngezinhlanga zemikhumbi enemibala. Nakhu okudingeka ukwazi ngakho.
Iyini i-Snake Boat?
Ngenhlanhla asikho isidingo sokukhathazeka, njengoba izikebhe zezinyoka zithola igama lawo kusukela ekubunjweni kwazo kunezinto ezihlobene nezinyoka eziphilayo! Isikebhe senyoka (noma i- vallam e-chundan ) empeleni yisikebhe eside sendabuko isitayela esetshenziswa ngabantu base-Kuttanadu esifundeni saseKerala eningizimu.
Kuyisikebhe sempi yendabuko yaseKerala. Izikebhe ezivamile zenyoka zingamamitha angu-100 kuya kwangu-120 ubude, futhi zibamba cishe abajikelezile abayi-100. Ngamanye amadolobhana esifundeni anezikebhe zakhe, abaziqhenya ngazo. Unyaka ngamunye abantu basekhaya bahlangana ndawonye futhi bagijimise izikebhe eduze kwamachibi nemifula.
Uyini Umlando Okwehla Izinhlanga Zesikebhe Sezinyoka?
Izikebhe zezinyoka ze-Kerala zinezikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-400 zomlando ezihlobene nazo. Indaba yabo ingahle ibuyele emakhosini ase-Alleppey (Alappuzha) nasezindaweni ezizungezile, ezazivame ukulwa ngomkhumbi emifuleni. Enye inkosi, elahlekelwe yindlala enkulu, yathola abadwebi besikhumbi ukuba bamakhele isitsha esingcono futhi isikebhe senyoka sazalwa, siphumelele kakhulu. Inkosi ephikisayo yathumela inhloli ukuthi ifunde imfihlo yokwenza izikebhe kodwa ayiphumelelanga njengoba ubuqili bomklamo kunzima kakhulu ukuyithatha. Lezi zinsuku zemikhosi yemikhumbi ziqhutshwa ngenjabulo enkulu phakathi nemikhosi ehlukahlukene.
Kuphi amaNhlanga aHlonjiwe?
Izinhlanga ezine ezinezinyoka ezinkulu (futhi ezincane ezincane ezingu-15) zigcinwa minyaka yonke, ngaphakathi nase-Alleppey.
- I-Nehru Trophy ekhangayo ibanjwe e-Alleppey ePunnamda Lake.
- Umncintiswano omdala kunabo bonke, i-Champakkulam Moolam, ibanjwe ngasemfuleni eKampakkulam (Changanassery), engamakhilomitha angu-25 ukusuka ku-Alleppey.
- I-Payippad Jalotsavam ibanjwe ePayippad Lake, amakhilomitha angu-35 ukusuka ku-Alleppey.
- I-Aranmula Boat Race ibanjwe eMfuleni iPampa e-Aranmula, ngaseChengannur, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-50 (31 miles) eningizimu ye-Alleppey.
Izinhlanga zigcinwe nini?
Izinhlanga zezinyoka zezinyoka zivame ukuqhutshwa kusukela ngoJulayi kuya kuSeptemba, ngezinsuku eziqondile ezihlukahlukene ngonyaka ngamunye kuye ngokuthi isigaba senyanga. Okuhlukile yi-Nehru Trophy Boat Race, ehlala njalo ngoMgqibelo wesibili ka-Agasti. Imikhosi yemikhumbi yezinyoka yiyona evelele eMnyangweni we- Onam ngo-Agasti / Septemba, ikakhulukazi i-Aranmula Boat Race, eyenzeka phakathi nemikhosi yezinsuku ezingu-10. Ezinye izinhlanga eziningi zemikhumbi nazo ziqhutshwa ngesikhathi semikhosi eduze kwamanzi ase-Kottayam, ePayippad naseChampakkulam. I-Champakkulam Moolam ibanjwa ngasekupheleni kukaJuni noma ekuqaleni kukaJulayi, kanti iPayippad Jalotsavam ibanjwe ngoSeptemba.
Ukuvakasha kweKerala kunekhalenda yezinyoka zomjaho wenyoka ngonyaka ngamunye kwiwebhusayithi yabo.
I-Champakkulam Moolam Inyoka Yesikebhe Sesikebhe
I-Champakkulam Moolam Boat Race ibonisa usuku lapho isithombe seHindu God Krishna sifakwe ethempelini leSree Krishna e-Ambalappuzha, eduze ne-Alleppey. Ngokomlando, labo abathwele isithombe bajama eMaspakkulam endleleni.
Ngakusasa ekuseni, izinkulungwane zemikhumbi ezimibalabala zahlangana lapho ukuze zihloniphe lesi senzakalo futhi zihambise isithombe esethempelini. Lo mqhudelwano uphinde wenziwe ngaphambi kokuba iKhampakkulam Moolam Boat Race yenzeke. Ikhahla ngamanzi okugeleza angaphandle, izikebhe ezihlotshiswe ngama-parasol enemibala, kanye nokwenza abaculi.
I-Nehru Trophy Race Boat Race
I-Nehru Trophy umjaho womkhumbi wezinhlanzi ngokuqinisekile akuyona umjaho othakazelisayo kakhulu wonyaka. Lo mqhudelwano ukhonjelwe uNdunankulu waseNdiya osekupheleni kwesikhathi, uJawahar Lal Nehru. Umncintiswano wezikebhe zomshuwalense we-sniptu wenziwa ngomnyaka ka-1952 lapho uNdunankulu evakashela i-Alleppey. Kubonakala sengathi wathinteka kakhulu ngokumukelwa kanye nomncintiswano, wanikela nge-trophy. Umncintiswano uqhubeke kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Kuyinto yomcimbi wezokuhweba futhi kuzodingeka uthenge amathikithi avela kumathikithi asele endleleni. Zithengisa ama-rupie angu-100 egumbini lokuma endaweni yama-bamboo decks, kuze kube ngu-3,000 ama-rupee we-Gold VIP ukufinyelela.
Uletha isambulela uma kwenzeka imvula emvula!
I-Aranmula Snake Boat Race
I-Aranmula Boat Race yosuku olubili, okwenkolo kakhulu, isenzakalo. Esikhundleni sokuba umncintiswano, kungaphezulu kokubuyisela isikhathi sokunikela ngemikhumbi yezinyoka kuTheku le-Aranmula Parthasarthy. Lokhu kwenziwa ukuze kuvikelwe iminikelo evela kwabamelene nomunye umzana. Isikhathi sonke siwugubha usuku iNkosi Krishna eyawela ngalo mfula. Zibeke emabhishi eMfula iPampa eduze kwethempeli e-Aranmula ukuzobona umcimbi okhangayo. Izindwangu zokugqoka ezigqoka, ezihambisana namaqembu abahlabeleli abangu-25, ziyathokoziswa yisixuku esinezintandokazi.
Indlela Yokuthola Lapho
Isikhumulo sezindiza esiseduzane ku-Alleppey siseKochi, amakhilomitha angu-85.
I-Alleppey inesiteshi sayo sesitimela, esiseduze nenyakatho ntshonalanga yedolobha elisendaweni yedolobha, futhi iyatholakala kalula ku-Ernakulum (no-Kochi). Isiteshi sesitimela esiseduze ukuya e-Aranmula yi-Chengannur, amakhilomitha angu-10 (6 miles) kude. Kulula ukuthola isitimela esivela ku-Ernakulum, futhi ngokufanayo nazo zonke izitimela ezinkulu phakathi kokuma kweKochi neTurvandrum e-Chengannur. Kodwa-ke, i-Chengannur isendaweni ehlukile eya ku-Alleppey, ngakho-ke akunakwenzeka ukuhamba ngesitimela phakathi kwalezi zindawo ezimbili. Itekisi yindlela elula kunazo zonke yokuhamba ezungeze isifunda.
Uzohlalaphi
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