UPeter Tarlow ungungoti kwezokuphepha kwezokuvakasha futhi uthumele lo mbiko evela e-Europe.
Izolo ngishiye iCroatia ngangena eBosnia-Herzegovina. Ngekhilomitha elilodwa ngihambe amakhulu amakhilomitha amasiko. ICroatia isentshonalanga neYurophu, iBosnia, yize umakhelwane kungomunye umhlaba. Enye yezindawo esasifikela kuzo kwakukhona iBhuloho “elalidume kabi” eMostar, indawo eyayilwa kakhulu phakathi kwamaCroats namaSulumane.
Le ndawo iyisikhumbuzo esihle sokuthi abantu basentshonalanga abakuqondi kanjani ukuthi igama elithi "isizwe-umbuso" alihlangene ngalutho nale ngxenye yomhlaba lapho izizwe kanye "nezizwe" (états) ziqhubeka nokuba yimicabango emibili ehluke kakhulu. Empeleni emhlabathini umuntu angaqonda isizathu sokuthi izilimi ezifana nesiNgisi, isiFulentshi, noma iSpanishi zithikameze ukucaca kwemicabango; amatekisi abo amatemu awakhombisi okuningi kweqiniso lomhlaba.
Ukuze uthole ukuqonda okunemba nokuqonde kangcono okungokoqobo kwezepolitiki kule ngxenye yomhlaba, funda iNcwadi ka-Esteri. Incwadi yeBhayibheli isiza abantu basentshonalanga yanamuhla ukuthi bangaqondi kuphela isichazamazwi sezepolitiki esifanele kepha futhi siyiqiniso kangakanani isitatimende kule ngxenye yomhlaba esithi “labo abahluleka ukukhohlwa umlando bavame ukulahlwa ukuwuphinda!”
Ibhuloho iMostar: Ibhuloho lokulwa
IBosnia “iyizwe” elenziwe elezizwe eziningi, ngasinye silwela ukulondoloza ubunjalo baso nalapho igama elithi “inkolo” ngomqondo waseNtshonalanga lingasho lutho nhlobo. Nakulokhu futhi, izilimi zasentshonalanga zidida esikhundleni sokucacisa amatemu okudala inqwaba yemibono eyiphutha nezinqubomgomo zezepolitiki eziholela enhlekeleleni nasekufeni.
Isibonelo, indima yeBrithani neFrance ezimpini zaseBalkan zango-1990 kungaba yisibonelo sokungazi kahle kwezepolitiki noma ubuqili bezepolitiki okuxubene nemithamo esindayo yezinqubomgomo zikaMachiavellian. Izahlulelo zezepolitiki zingaba ngezomlando ngamunye kodwa imiphumela yaba mubi kulabo abahlala lapha futhi abahlala nalezi zinqubomgomo ezingafanele nsuku zonke.
Okuxakayo-ke ukuthi lapho ifunda ngokwengeziwe imithombo yezindaba yaseNtshonalanga kanye nezazi zayo ezibizwa ngokuthi zobuhlakani kulapho umuntu engaqondi kahle. Imiphumela ukungaqondwa kahle kwezepolitiki okuvame ukuholela emiphumeleni emibi.
Idolobha laseMostar, ikota yamaSulumane
Mina nabangane bami oyiphoyisa sangena eBosnia ngosuku olubandayo, oluyinkungu noluna imvula. Isimo sezulu sihambisane nomlando wendawo futhi sakha umqondo wokwesaba okungaqondakali amafu akhe abonakala edala i-façade yamaqiniso agqinsiwe. Njengomlando womgwaqo owodwa noma owakhiwe kaningi uhlukaniswa noma uhlukaniswe nalowo womakhelwane wawo kanjalo nenkungu nezikhathi zelanga kubonakala sengathi zifanekisela ukuhlangana kwamasiko okopha emigqeni yezepolitiki.
Lapha amasiko ama-Ottoman ekhulu le-19 athinta amasiko amaKhatholika ngezindlela abaseNtshonalanga abangaziqondi kangako.
Kule ngxenye yomhlaba, uthola indawo yokudlela edlala ama-video empi acishe abe ngamashumi amathathu eminyaka sengathi ibonakale izolo futhi ixubanisa lezi zigcawu nomculo we-pop wasentshonalanga. Umlayezo umane nje ungaphezu kokuqondwa kwesifundazwe esisezingeni eliphezulu “esinolwazi”.
Ngemuva kosuku lozungu lwezepolitiki nolomlando, ngabuyela eCroatia, izwe lapho ingxenye esempumalanga yombuso wakudala nowasentshonalanga ye-Austrian-Hungarian ithinta abantu bezizwe nabantu ababumba uMbuso Wase-Ottoman. Ukubuyela emuva eWestern Europe Split, indawo ezwakala njengekhaya, angibanga ne-pizza kuphela ngesidlo sakusihlwa kodwa futhi ngaphinde ngahlanganiswa nomthwalo wami. Kwakungukuphela kosuku oluphelele lokungena emiqondweni eyinkimbinkimbi yomhlaba ohluke kakhulu kowami.
Uthando kuwo wonke umuntu
Kuvikelwe kahle ngamaphoyisa aseGiant Croatia
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- After a day of political and historical intrigue, I returned to Croatia, a land where the eastern part of the old and western-oriented Austrian-Hungarian Empire touches the popurrí of nationalities and peoples that composed the Ottoman Empire.
- The Biblical book helps modern day westerners to understand not only the correct political lexicon but also how true is the statement in this part of the world that “those who fail to forget history are often condemned to relive it.
- The place is a great reminder of how little westerners understand that the term “nation-state” has nothing to do with this part of the world where nations and “states” (états) continue to be two very separate concepts.
