Kodi kunenedwa kwa kamba waku Sri Lankanalandira uthenga masiku angapo tsunami isanachitike?

Anali Boxing Day 2004.

Santha Fernando, wazaka 27 wa ku Sri Lankan akugulitsa kamba ku Kosgoda, kumwera kwa Colombo, adamva madzi am'nyanja akuyenda pakati pa tchire asanamve kuti ikuzungulira komanso kuphwanya mapazi ake ndikufika mpaka m'maondo ake asanagwe.

Nthawi zambiri Santha amakhala pagombe pafupifupi 300 mita kuchokera komwe amasonkhanitsa moss kuti adyetse akamba ake. Kutacha m'mawa, alendo obwera kudzawayang'anira mwadzidzidzi anachedwa.

Nyanja idabwerera momwe imadzera, idadutsa mitengo ya coconut, tchire, mipanda, komanso nyumba zoyandikana ndi gombe.

"Wachilendo" adaganiza zodabwitsazi. Zinali zisanachitikepo kale.

Kenako adatuluka thukuta lozizira. Anakumbukira loto kuyambira masiku anayi asanachitike.

Akukalipira omuzungulira kuti apite kumalo okwera, adachenjeza za funde lalikulu komanso lamphamvu lomwe lidzabwerere. Atayika akamba awiri achialubino osowa mu chidebe, adawathamangitsira kumalo achitetezo m'nyumba yanyumba ziwiri pafupifupi kilomita.

Akubwerera kuti akagwire ana ake awiri, adapita nawo kukachisi mokhulupirika, ndikufuula anthu omwe adakumana nawo kuti apulumuke pamalo okwera.

Zomwe zidachitika pomwe funde lachiwiri lidagunda gombe ndikuwononga ndi mbiri; ozunzidwawo amakumbukiridwabe pamaliro omwe anamangidwa m'mbali mwa gombe lakumwera chakumadzulo kwa chilumbachi. Pafupi kwambiri ndi malo osungiramo ana, misewu ya ku Peraliya imayimirira mwakachetechete kwa mboni kuti ikuwonetsa tsoka lalikulu padziko lonse lapansi pomwe sitima yodzaza ndi anthu idakokoloka ndi anthu 1,270 ndi madzi am'nyanjayo tsiku lomwelo.

Ozunzidwa amakumbukiridwa chaka chilichonse pa Tsiku la Boxing. Sitima idzaima ku Peraliya panthawi yamavutowa. Oyendetsa ndi omwe akukwera sitimayo komanso anthu okhala m'mudzimo atenga nawo mbali pamwambo wosavuta sitimayo isadayambirenso ulendo wawo.

Santha, monga anakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi tsunami, wasamuka koma amaganizira kwambiri potchula mlongo wake ndi agogo ake omwe adataya kunyanja tsiku lomwelo.

Malo osungira malowa amamangidwanso ndipo ndi otchuka pakati pa alendo, ndipo amapatsa okonda kamba-okonda zachilengedwe omwe amamuchezera kuchokera kudziko lina kukagwira ntchito mongodzipereka ndikuphunzira za zolengedwa zazitali zanyanjazi. Sri Lanka imayendera mitundu isanu mwa isanu ndi iwiri ya akamba, Santha, akufotokozera ndikuwonetsa milu yamchenga pomwe adayika mazira amitundu yosiyanasiyana ndi mazira awo kuyambira kukula kwake kuchokera ku mipira ya ping-pong mpaka mipira ya tenisi.

Chikondi chake pazinthu zonse zomveka chikuwonetsedwa akagwiritsa ntchito ndodo posuntha chinkhanira chakuda panjira yopita kuchisungiko kuti asaponderezedwe kapena kubwera kwa alendo.

M'matangi angapo amadzi am'nyanja, akamba amisinkhu yosiyana komanso kukula kwake kuyambira ana ang'onoang'ono mpaka pafupi ndi magudumu oyenda ngolo amasambira. "Josephine" yemwe ali wolumala chifukwa cha khungu komanso mayi wazaka 50 yemwe ali ndi chotupa chachikulu pamapepala oyambitsidwa ndi ukonde wopha nsomba zomwe zimamupangitsa kuti azitha zaka 10 zomalizira, "Natalia" ndi "Sabrina" akuyankha Kuyitana kwa Santha kuti abwere pafupi ndi alendowo. Amawonekeradi kukhala wonena za kamba.

Tsopano 41, sichinali chidziwitso chake cha ma Leatherbacks, akamba obiriwira, ma Hawks Bills, Loggerheads, kapena a Olive Ridley omwe adamupangitsa wolemba kuti atenge makutu ake. Ndi pomwe adatchulapo za kudziwa kale za tsunami.

Bwanji?

Adazindikira zochitikazi masiku anayi m'mbuyomu, adalongosola.

"Ndaziwona m'maloto," adatero.

"Ndidawona nyanja ikulowerera, ikusesa nyumba, nyama ndi anthu ndikuwononga," adatero. Adangozitenga ngati maloto, chifukwa samadziwa kuti izi zikuchitika Santha adati.

Komabe, pamene nyanja yamadzi idazungulira mozungulira maondo ake ndikuchepera m'mawa, adakumbukira malotowo. Ankaona kuti zikukwaniritsidwa komanso kuti chiwonongeko china chotsatira chidzatsatira. Chifukwa chake machenjezo ake opfuula kwa enawo.

Unali chibadwa changwiro chomwe chidatsogolera kuchotsa akamba pamaso pa ana ake, adalongosola Santha. Pogwira ntchito yopulumutsa ndi kusamalira akamba kuyambira azaka zisanu ndi zinayi, sichinali chinthu chongoyerekeza, "kukhala nawo nthawi yayitali nawo," adatero.

Zikhulupiriro zambiri zakale zimapezeka padziko lonse lapansi za akamba ndi akamba omwe adasandulika mozungulira pazithunzi, zojambula m'mapanga, ndi mitengo ya totem. M'nthano zachi Greek, mthenga wa Amulungu, Hermes yemwe amakonda zamoyozo akuti adapanga zeze wake kuchokera ku chipolopolo.

Chifukwa chake, kodi malotowo anali chenjezo lochokera kumadzi kapena uthenga wosamvetsetseka womwe adamulandila chifukwa chachikondi chake komanso kulumikizana kwanthawi yayitali ndi akamba? Santha samadzinenera kuti akudziwa.

Kukonda kwake akamba kunatengera kwa bambo ake, Amarasena Fernando, wazaka 68, yemwe atha kunenedwa kuti mwina ndi wankhondo woyamba wa "kamba" waku Sri Lanka kuti apulumutse akamba ndikubwezeretsa mazira awo kuti adyeke ndi anthu.

Mawu achikulire osawadziwa pagombe la Negombo kwa Amarasena wachichepere adayamba kale kumenya nawo nkhondoyi zaka zapitazo. Amarasena adatsatira upangiri wake kuti akamba, ena omwe amakhala ndi moyo pafupifupi zaka 300, ayenera kulemekezedwa ndi kutetezedwa m'malo mophedwa chifukwa chodyedwa ndi chikhulupiriro chopusa chokhala ndi moyo wautali.

Amarasena adayamba pogula mazira akamba pamtengo woyamba kuchokera kwa anthu omwe adazikumba kuchokera pagombe kuti zigulitsidwe pamsika. Anaikidwa m'manda m'munda wake mpaka mazira ataswa. Tianapiye tating'ono pa nthawi yoyenera tinkapita nawo kunyanja usiku. Adafotokozeranso mwachimwemwe momwe adapulumutsira akamba pafupifupi asanu mwa kubowola matayala a galimoto yomwe idakhala mumchenga potumiza akambawo kuti akaphedwe.

Woyendetsa galimoto yaying'ono atapempha thandizo, Amarasena wachichepere anali atatulutsa akamba.

Amarasena anali atasamukira ku Kosgoda ndipo adayambitsa malo osungira kamba mu 1960. Pokhala ndi malo opanda dimba ambiri, mazira akamba amayikidwa m'mchenga kukhitchini yake mpaka pomwe anawo adatulukira. Nthawi zina Santha ndi abale ake omwe amagona pansi amadzutsidwa ndi akamba ang'onoang'ono akukwawa pamphasa zawo usiku.

Santha akupitiliza ntchito ya abambo ake yogula mazira akamba mwachangu, kuwateteza kufikira ataswa, ndi kutulutsira ana m'nyanja.

Lero, Santha ali ndi akamba pafupifupi 400 m'malo ake obisalira mosiyanasiyana. Amasunga akamba pafupifupi 20 akuluakulu okula m'matanki. Mwa iwo, asanu ndi olumala pomwe ena amakhala akhungu pomwe ena olumala chifukwa chovulala. Otsalawo amasungidwa kwa zaka pafupifupi zisanu kuti amasulidwe kuti awonetsetse kuti sangakhale ozunzidwa ndi zilombo zomwe zimatenga ana akamba ambiri omwe amapita kunyanja chaka chilichonse. Akuti pafupifupi mbalame imodzi yokha mwa ana 1,000 aliwonse amakhala ndi moyo mpaka atakula.

Kukonda akamba kunayimitsa maphunziro a Santha adakali aang'ono koma osati maphunziro ake. Amayang'ana zambiri zamitundu yosiyanasiyana ya akamba, kutalika kwa moyo wawo, chakudya, ndi nyama zomwe zimawabera, komanso kuwopsa kwa akamba onse kuyambira maukonde osaka mpaka matumba apulasitiki.

Kuyambira pakanyumba kamene kali ndi milu ya mazira okutidwa ndi mchenga, alendo amatengedwa mozungulira akasinja angapo amadzi am'nyanja omwe ali ndi akamba m'njira zosiyanasiyana. Santha akuwoneka kuti amawadziwa aliyense payekha momwe amafotokozera za iwo.

“Ndimaona tiana tanga tating'ono tisanaponye m'nyanja. Pali ena omwe ali akhungu ndi opunduka. Ndimawasunga mu thanki lina kuti ndiwasamalire, ”akufotokoza.

Santha amaima ndikuyitana mayina pa thanki iliyonse, ndipo akamba amayankha ndikusambira kwa iye. Ambiri amatchulidwa ndi alendo aku Europe omwe adapereka ndalama kuti asungidwe. Pali Kara King ndi Jane waku England. Pali "Julia," albino yemwe adachita "kugwedeza" ndi munthu wosakhulupirika yemwe adakopeka ndi ndalama zambiri kuchokera kwa mlendo.

Santha samalimbikitsa kulimbikitsa akamba. Alendo atha kukhala kuti ali ndi ma virus omwe amawononga ndalama zawo, komanso zinthu zopangidwa ndi khungu tsiku lililonse zomwe zitha kuvulazanso akamba osalimba, akufotokoza. Komabe, pali zosiyana. “Mungayesere kukhudza iyi.”

"Imaluma," akuchenjeza. Amalowetsa dzanja lake m'madzi ndipo amatulutsa mofulumira ngati kamba akumaphulika ndikuthyola. "Ndiwachipsinjo ndipo amamenya nkhondo ndi ena," akutero.

Matanki ena amakhala kunyumba ya wakhungu wamkulu wina ndi wina kwa amene anavulala pamapiko ndi ukonde wopha nsomba.

Ovulala komanso akhungu amasamalidwa ndipo sadzapulumutsidwa kunyanja chifukwa Santha akuwopa kuti akhoza kuzunzidwa ndi adani.

Santha akuyembekeza kuti tsiku lina adzamanga chipatala cha kamba pafupi ndi malo. Koma pakadali pano zikuwoneka ngati maloto oti akwaniritsidwe, chifukwa nthaka yokha idzawononga ndalama zokwana 30 miliyoni.

Pakadali pano, Amarasena, yemwe adagwirapo ntchito ndi wasayansi wotchuka waku Sri Lankan, malemu Cyril Ponnamperuma, ali ndi lingaliro lake lokhudza tsunami. Zinali zakusintha kwa mwezi ndi nyenyezi zingapo mlengalenga zomwe zidapangitsa kukoka kwakukulu pa Dziko lapansi komwe kudatsogolera, akutero. Kunena kuti sanamvere machenjezo a tsoka lalikulu (makamaka tsunami) kwa atolankhani pafupifupi miyezi itatu isanachitike.

Amaneneratu tsoka lina lalikulu mu 2030.

Zithunzi zonse © Panduka Senanayake