Edabula enkabeni ye-Afghanistan eminyakeni emithathu edlule, uGeoff Hann wazithola ebanjwe phakathi kwezinduna zempi.
Wahola iqembu lakhe ladlula ibutho elilodwa elalilwa kodwa labhekana nelinye ngaphesheya komfula. Ngenhlanhla, lezi zinduna zempi zazinobungane, uthi. Kodwa aziveli zonke.
Ukuhlangana okunjalo, kusho u-Hann, kuyingxenye nje yokuhlangenwe nakho - futhi kuyingxenye "yokuzijabulisa" - ukuvakasha nesikhungo sika-Hann esizinze e-UK sase-Hinterland Travel.
Njengoba bengena ezindaweni zempi, ezindaweni okuseshwa kuzo, futhi befika ezindaweni zokuntengantenga kwezombusazwe, laba bahambi beza behlome bephelele - ngamakhamera, izincwadi zokuqondisa, amamephu neziqondiso zokuvakasha.
Ukuvakasha kohlobo olubonakala "lumnyama" - oluhluke ngokuhlukile kunozakwabo welanga nesihlabathi - olunabahambi abaya eMpumalanga Ephakathi hhayi nje naphezu kwempi nezingxabano kodwa futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngenxa yako.
Ukubona umonakalo odalwe amarokhethi enyakatho naseningizimu yakwa-Israel, ukuvakashela lapho kuhlasela khona igesi enobuthi enyakatho ne-Iraq, nokuvakashela izakhiwo ezigcwele izinhlamvu zase-Beirut kuyizibonelo nje zezindawo eziheha izivakashi zase-Middle East ngokungangabazeki “ezimnyama” - izindawo ezixhumene nayo. ngandlela thize ngokufa, ukucekelwa phansi, ukungqubuzana noma impi.
“Akungabazeki ukuthi ziyaheha lezi zindawo kodwa okungaziwa kakhulu ukuthi kungani abantu bengase bahehwe kuzo - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukubona impi ngokusebenzisa uhlobo oluthile lokuthakazelisa noma ukuzama ukuthola ukuqonda okujulile noma incazelo kuyo. . Inkinga enkulu leyo,” kusho uProf. Richard Sharrley, inhloko yezokuvakasha eNyuvesi yaseLincoln.
Abahlanganyeli base-Hinterland kuqala nokubalulekile, kusho u-Hann, bafuna okuthile “okuhlukile nokujabulisayo.” Bahambela e-Iraq, e-Afghanistan, eningizimu-mpumalanga yeTurkey nase-Iran ngomlando, izakhiwo, namasiko alezi zindawo zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Abanandaba nengozi ehilelekile ngezikhathi ezithile. Kodwa akubona ngempela abafuna ukuzijabulisa. Beza “ukuzozibonela” lokho abezindaba abakukhuluma kakhulu futhi, ngokusho kwabaningi baseNtshonalanga abangabazayo, ngezinye izikhathi bakumelela kabi.
“Kunamaqembu abavakashi futhi kukhona abavakashi abaya ezindaweni ezifana ne-Afghanistan ne-Iraq ukuze bazame ukusondela kulokho okwenzeka lapho - manje lokho sekuwukuthakasela okubi ngempi,” kusho uProf. John Lennon, umbhali we-Dark Tourism kanye nomqondisi. we-Moffat Centre for Travel and Tourism Business Development.
Nakuba abaqhubi bezokuvakasha becaphuna ubumbano kanye nelukuluku lobuhlakani njengokudonsa okuyinhloko, izifundiswa ziphawula ukuthi kungase kube isithakazelo “esibi” ekufeni, isidingo sokuqeda “ukoma lokunambitha impi,” kusho uLennon, odonsela abavakashi ezindaweni ezihlobene nokucekelwa phansi. noma ukungqubuzana.
“Iwuhlobo lokunambitheka komuntu ukuthinta ukufa – ukusondela ekufeni. Futhi kuyashesha. Kucishe kube sengathi akwanele ukuthi kwenzeka eminyakeni eyi-10 noma engu-20 edlule.”
Ezinsukwini ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kokuphela kwempi empini yokugcina yaseLebanon phakathi kwe-Israel ne-Hezbollah, i-Kibbutz Gonen Holiday Village enyakatho ne-Israel yaqala ukuhlinzeka ngokuvakasha kwezindawo ezishaywe amarokhethi e-Katushya. Izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe kanye nama-Israyeli avela enkabeni yezwe, abangazange bawuzwe umthelela wempi ngezinga elifanayo nozakwabo basenyakatho, beza “ukuzozibonela ngawabo” umonakalo owabangelwa impi.
“Konke bakubone kumabonakude, ezindabeni. Kodwa abantu babenelukuluku lokukubona ngamehlo abo - ukubasiza baqonde," kuchaza umqondisi wezokukhangisa wakwaGonen u-Ori Alon, ephawula ukuthi abaningi basuka lapho bevakashile bezizwa bekhululekile.
Uma kuqhathaniswa nemifanekiso emangalisayo esezindabeni, ukuvakasha “kwanciphisa umonakalo.” Isimo sasisibi, kodwa singesibi ngendlela ithelevishini eyenza kubonakale ngayo, usho kanje.
Kuleyo nyanga yokuqala ngemva kwempi, umqondisi wabavakashi wakwa-Israel u-Amnon Loya wahola izivakashi ezidlula ezindlini ezilimele e-Qiryat Shmonah. Lapho, izivakashi zaba nethuba lokukhuluma nezakhamuzi zendawo kanye namasosha. Ngokwengqondo, kwakudingeka bazibonele ngokwabo, uyachaza, ngenxa yobumbano, ukuvala kanye nelukuluku, futhi ukuze baqonde iqiniso lesimo.
“Uma uhlezi kahle endlini yakho futhi ubukele ithelevishini, uyazibuza ukuthi impi isezweni lakini noma cha,” kusho uLoya.
Ngenkathi uhambo lwaseKatushya seluphelile, namuhla izivakashi zingabhekisa amabombo edolobheni eliseningizimu ne-Israel iSderot ukuyozibonela umonakalo odalwe amarokhethi e-Qassam adutshulwe eGaza eseduze.
U-Bina Abramson we-Sderot Media Centre uthi la marokhethi anezakhamuzi zendawo ezihlala ngokwesaba, nokuthi ngokuyinhloko kuwukuthola iqiniso nobumbano, kunokuba into ejabulisayo, edonsa amaqembu ezivakashi kanye nezivakashi.
Ukuvakasha ngokuvamile kungase kuhlotshaniswe nokungqubuzana, kodwa kugxile kakhulu ebunyeni, ezombusazwe noma ekutholeni amaqiniso.
Ocwaningweni lwakhe lwezokuvakasha ezigxile kwezepolitiki eJerusalema, umqondisi wezivakashi u-Eldad Brin ubhala ngohambo lwango-2003 lwakwa-Israel olwalunesihloko esithi “Peace and Politics,” olwayisa abahlanganyeli esitolo sekhofi sase-Jerusalem esasiyizisulu zokuhlasela kwamaphekula ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, egqamisa isimo sezombangazwe esiguquguqukayo sedolobha.
Abahlanganyeli beqembu le-Alternative Tourism Group elizinze eBethlehem bangavakashela izindlu zasePalestine ezibhidliziwe, amakamu ababaleki, umgoqo wokuhlukanisa, futhi bahlangane nezishoshovu zokuthula zasePalestine nezakwa-Israel nezinhlangano.
Umqondisi oMkhulu uRami Kassis uthi inhloso yalolu hambo ukuveza izivakashi amaqiniso ayingqayizivele ezombusazwe, ezenhlalakahle, kanye nomlando wendawo - "ukuvula amehlo abo ekuhluphekeni kwabantu basePalestine" nokusiza izivakashi ukuba zithuthukise imibono yazo ngalesi simo, esikhundleni sokuthembela olwazini oluchemile nakwabezindaba.
Nokho, njengezimpawu zokungqubuzana, futhi nasekumeleleni imingcele yezimpilo zabantu, amasayithi anjalo angabhekwa njengengxenye yenkambo yezokuvakasha emnyama, kusho u-Sharpley.
“Okukhangayo, ngicabanga ukuthi, kungaba ukuthi abantu baye cishe ukuze bathole isiqinisekiso mayelana nokuphepha nenkululeko yezimpilo zabo,” usho kanje.
Abantu abaningi baseNtshonalanga bahlala emiphakathini ephephile uma kuqhathaniswa, engenabungozi, evikelekile ekufeni nomthelela oqondile wempi, uthi.
"Ukushona ngokufa" kungenye yezindlela zokuchaza lolu hlobo lwezokuvakasha, kusho u-Sharpley, lapho ukuzibeka endaweni yengozi noma engcupheni - okungenzeka ubhekane nokufa - kuyingxenye yesikhalazo. Ngokwalowo mbono, ukuvakasha kwezindawo zempi kungabhekwa njengokwakamuva kwezemidlalo eyingozi.
Noma i-Hinterland iyisa izivakashi ezindaweni eziphethe izexwayiso - okwenza abahlanganyeli ngezinye izikhathi bangavikeleki ngenxa yempi nobuphekula - uHann uthi iqembu aliphumi endleleni yalo ukuze lithole izindawo ezikhangayo "ezimnyama." Futhi abahlanganyeli bayo - ngokuvamile abaneminyaka engama-40 kuya kwengama-70 ubudala - abafuna ingozi noma amadlingozi.
Eqinisweni, umhambi womhlaba oneminyaka engu-69 ubudala futhi ongowokuzalwa e-UK uMargaret Whelpton uthi ubengeke akwazi ukuthokozela ukuvakasha kwase-Hinterland ukube ebeqaphela noma iyiphi ingozi.
UWhelpton, owavakashela eLebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Iran nase-Afghanistan, uthi udweshu noma udlame oluhambisana nezindawo ezithile - njengoqwembe alubona ehhotela e-Islamabad ekhumbula ukubulawa kwezintatheli ezimbalwa eminyakeni emibili edlule kumane kuyingxenye yesikhathi esedlule.
Uthi: “Umlando. Akukho okumele ukwesaba.
Lokho akusho, nokho, ukuthi i-Hinterland ayihlangani nezindawo “ezidodayo” noma izindawo ezikhangayo ezibonakala zimnyama.
Ohambweni lwaseNyakatho ne-Iraq, i-Hinterland yayisa abahlanganyeli e-Halabja, indawo okwahlaselwa kuyo igesi enobuthi phakathi neMpi yase-Iran-Iraq ngo-1988. Ngesinye isikhathi, bavakashela ijele laseSulaymaniyah lapho amaKurds ayehlukunyeziwe.
Akukho okwehlukile, kusho uHann, kunokuvakashela ikamu lokuhlushwa lase-Auschwitz.
Nakuba isici sokuzibonela siwumdwebo, izifundiswa ezinjengo-Lennon no-Sharpley zithi lo mkhuba uhlobene nomuntu omdala, intshisekelo yemvelo yokufa nempi.
“Mhlawumbe inkanuko encane yegazi,” kuchaza uSharpley.
Ukuthatheka “ngohlangothi olumnyama lwemvelo yomuntu,” kusho uLennon.
Ekugcineni, abantu bafuna ukuthinta izimbobo zezinhlamvu, mhlawumbe bezwe ingozi, futhi bahlangabezane nalezo zinduna zempi ezilwa, konke ngokwabo.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe ngezokuvakasha eMpumalanga Ephakathi okuvela ku-Media Line vakashela Iwebhusayithi yabo, www.themedialine.org.
