Umphakathi wamaNdiya eBarbados: ibhizinisi, inkolo kanye nobuhlobo bobuhlanga

Umphakathi wamaNdiya eBarbados: ibhizinisi, inkolo kanye nobuhlobo bobuhlanga
UDkt Kumar Mahabir
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Barbados itholakala eCaribbean eduze naseSanta Lucia, eSaint Vincent naseMartinique. Ngamakhilomitha angama-34 (amamayela angama-21) ubude futhi aze afike kuma-23 km (14 miles) ububanzi ahlanganisa indawo engama-432 km (167 square miles). Isibalo samanje seBarbados singabantu abangama-287,000 (ngaphezulu nje kwekota lesigidi-sabantu) ngokususelwa ekwandisweni kweWorldometer kwemininingwane yakamuva yeNhlangano Yezizwe.

Izinto ezinhlanu ezenze iBarbados yaduma umhlaba wonke: URihanna, umculi waphesheya, umbhali wezingoma, umlingisi nomqambi, wazalelwa eBarbados; kanjalo-ke noSir Garfield Sobers, ikhilikithi enkulu kunabo bonke abake baba yizikhathi zonke. Futhi uMhlonishwa uMia Mottley ungundunankulu wokuqala wesifazane waseBarbados. IBarbados ikhiqize ne-rum endala emhlabeni kusuka eMount Gay Distillery yayo. Kukhona namabhishi alo acwebile, anokuthula.

IBarbados inenhlokohhovisi yeCaribbean Examinations Council (CXC) ehlaselwa kulezi zinsuku ngohlelo lwayo lokugreda. UNdunankulu uMottley ubuye abe nguSihlalo weCARICOM (Umphakathi waseCaribbean) obambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekubuyiseni intando yeningi eGuyana ngesikhathi kubalwa amavoti alandela ukhetho lwangoMashi 2020.

Okulandelayo AMAPHUZU omhlangano womphakathi we-ICC ZOOM obanjwe muva nje (25/10/20) ngesihloko esithi "Umphakathi wamaNdiya eBarbados: ibhizinisi, inkolo kanye nobuhlobo bobuhlanga." Umhlangano wePan-Caribbean ububanjelwe yi-Indo-Caribbean Isikhungo Sezamasiko (ICC). Lo mhlangano wawuphethwe nguSharlene Maharaj waseTrinidad naseTobago (T & T) futhi wenganyelwe nguSadhana Mohan waseSurniname.

Izikhulumi lapho u-HAJJI SULEIMAN BULBULIA, uNobhala weBarbados Muslim Association kanye noMfundisi wamaSulumane we-UWI, iCave Hill Campus; noSABIR NAKHUDA, umbhali wencwadi IBengal neBarbados: Umlando weminyaka eyi-100 wamaNdiya aseMpumalanga eBarbados (2013) - Le ngxoxo kwakungu-DR KUMAR MAHABIR, isazi semvelaphi yabantu esivela ku-T & T kanye ne-Organisation of American States (OAS) Owayekade Esebenzisana Naye.

Ebizwa ngothando “nge-coolie-man”

AmaNdiya aseMpumalanga (amaNdiya) asizile ukwakha isimo senhlalo, inkolo, amasiko nezomnotho eBarbados. Ukuqonda le mithelela, kufanele kugxilwe kubadayisi abahambahambayo (ababizwa ngothando “yi-coolie-man”).  

Kumthengisi ojikelezayo, umshayeli omkhulu wokwenza ibhizinisi kwezomnotho ukwenza imali. Kepha ibhizinisi lakhe libe nemiphumela eminingana ebingahlosiwe, eminingi yayo ibe mihle emphakathini waseBarbadadian iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu.

"Indoda epholile" yaba ngaphezu komhwebi onobungane endaweni; waba yilungu lomndeni, waba umeluleki nomeluleki kwesinye isikhathi. "Indoda epholile" eBarbados inezindaba eziningi ezingekho emthethweni (ezinhle nezimbi) ezingene ezinganekwaneni zalesi siqhingi futhi zafa ezingomeni zendawo.

Okuhlangenwe nakho kwalabo abahlomule ngokutholakala kwempahla ngemibandela yesikweletu evumayo kakhulu, ngesikhathi lapho ukuthenga imali kwakuwukuphela kwendlela etholakalayo yabampofu, kuyaphawuleka. Isikweletu ku-Barbadian ojwayelekile sasingezwakali, futhi izakhamizi eziningi kwakudingeka zisebenze kanzima emholweni omncane owawuthola ukuze zihambisane kahle ngangokunokwenzeka.  

Esanduleleni sencwadi I-Bengal to Barbados, owayenguNdunankulu waseBarbados, uFreundel Stuart, wabhala: “… iminyaka eminingi, ngilibonile ngqo, igalelo leli qembu elibalulekile elaba nalo emzaneni engakhulela kuwo esifundeni saseSt. Ngabona lawa madoda ehlisa ubunzima bezezimali babantu abaningi ababehlala eMarchfield, eSt. Philip.

“Babenakekela izidingo zokubuyela emuva ezikoleni zabazali ababengenayo imali yokuthenga umfaniswano wesikole ngokubanikeza imali ethembekile yokuthenga ngesikweletu. NgoKhisimusi, amakhaya ampofu kakhulu nawo ayehlomula ngemali yesikweletu. ”

Ngokungafani namaNdiya okuqala eGuyana, eTrinidad & Tobago, eSt. Vincent, eGrenada nakwezinye iziQhingi zaseCaribbean abaya kosebenza emasimini kashukela ngawo-1800, izisebenzi zaseNdiya ezazingenayo imali azilethwanga eBarbados. Labo abafikayo bebengahlosile ukuza eBarbados, kodwa ekugcineni bagcina eBarbados benza izwe laba yikhaya labo.

AmaNdiya okuqala ayevela ezingxenyeni ezintathu ezihlukene zaseNdiya. UmNdiya wokuqala wafika eBarbados cishe ngo-1910 evela esifundeni saseHooghly eNtshonalanga Bengal: UBashart Ali Dewan ekuqaleni waya eTrinidad evela eNdiya lapho kwakuhlala khona umukhwe wakhe. Uhlale lapho isikhashana futhi - ngesizathu esingaziwa - wathuthela eBarbados. Kwalandela abanye abaseBengali, futhi uBashart Ali Dewan nalamaphayona bahlala endaweni yaseBridgetown eBarbados.

Kusukela ekuqaleni, amalungu omphakathi waseNdiya aqhubekile nokwenza amasiko nenkolo yawo. Umphakathi waseSindhi-wamaHindu wenza ingxenye yamakhaya abo yaba yizimishini [zethempeli] kwaze kwavulwa ithempeli lokuqala lamaHindu eWelches, eSt. Michael ngomhla ka-22 ku-Okthoba 1995.

Umphakathi wamaSulumane uyaqhubeka nokwenza inkolo yabo ngamunye nanjengeqoqo. Ezinsukwini zokuqala, i- jummah yangoLwesihlanu [imithandazo yebandla] yayenziwa emakhaya abantu kuWellington Street naseCheapside edolobheni. Ngo-1951, kwakhiwa i-masjid [mosque] yokuqala eKensington New Road.

NguDkt Kumar Mahabir

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