M'kati mwa nkhalango zopatulika zakale kwambiri za ku India, anthu ochokera m'madera ozungulira agwirizana ndi Akhristu kulimbikitsa kutetezedwa kwa nkhalango zomwe amaziona kuti ndi zamtengo wapatali komanso zopatulika.
Dzinali linachokera kumudzi komwe kuli Mawphlangnkhalangoyi ili kumapiri obiriwira a Khasi kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa India ku Meghalaya, pafupi ndi malire a India ndi China. Amadziwika mosiyanasiyana kuti "Nature Museum” ndi “malo a mitambo,” Mawphlang amatanthauza “mwala wokutidwa ndi moss” m'chinenero cha Khasi ndipo mwina ndi wotchuka kwambiri wa 125 nkhalango zopatulika mu boma.
Mawphlang ndi malo obiriwira a maekala 193 omwe amapangidwa kuti aziteteza zomera, bowa, mbalame ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, anthu akhala akuyendera nkhalango zopatulika monga Mawphlang kukapemphera ndi kupereka nsembe za nyama kwa milungu imene amakhulupirira kuti ili m’malo amenewa. Mchitidwe uliwonse wodetsedwa ndi woletsedwa; ngakhale kungothyola duwa kapena tsamba ndikoletsedwa m’nkhalango zambiri.
“Pano, kulankhulana pakati pa munthu ndi Mulungu kukuchitika,” Tambor Lyngdoh, membala wa mzera wa makolo a fuko la ansembe la kumaloko limene linapatula nkhalango ya Mawphlang, adauza Associated Press m'nkhani ya Januware 17. “Makolo athu anaika pambali nkhalango ndi nkhalango zimenezi kusonyeza kugwirizana pakati pa munthu ndi chilengedwe.”
Koma posachedwapa, kusintha kwa nyengo, kuipitsa ndi kudula mitengo mwachisawawa kwawononga nkhalango zopatulika monga Mawphlang. Kutembenuka kwa anthu akumeneko kukhala Chikhristu, yomwe inayamba m'zaka za m'ma 19 pansi pa ulamuliro wa atsamunda a ku Britain, yakhudzanso chikhalidwe cha m'deralo.
Malinga ndi HH Morhmen, katswiri wa zachilengedwe komanso mtumiki wopuma pantchito wa Chiyunitarian, awo amene anatembenukira ku Chikristu anataya unansi wawo wauzimu ndi nkhalango ndi zikhulupiriro zamwambo. "Anawona zatsopano zawo chipembedzo monga kuwala ndi miyambo imeneyi monga mdima, yachikunja kapena yoipa,” nkhani ya AP inagwira mawu a Mohrmen.
Kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi, akatswiri azachilengedwe kugwilizana ndi amwenye ndi akhristu, pamodzi ndi mabungwe aboma, atengapo gawo lalikulu pofalitsa uthenga wokhudza kufunika kosamalira nkhalango. Zamoyozi zimaonedwa kuti n’zofunika kwambiri chifukwa cha mmene chilengedwe chilili komanso mmene zinthu zilili m’derali.
"Tsopano tikupeza kuti ngakhale m'malo omwe anthu atembenukira ku Chikhristu, akusamalira nkhalango," adatero Mohrmen.
Mwachitsanzo, dera la Jaintia Hills, lomwe lili ndi mabanja pafupifupi 500. Malinga ndi Heimonmi Shylla, mutu wa derali, amenenso ndi dikoni, pafupifupi wokhalamo aliyense ndi wa Presbyterian, Mkatolika kapena membala wa Mpingo wa Mulungu.
"Sindikuwona nkhalangoyi kukhala yopatulika," adauza AP. "Koma ndimamulemekeza kwambiri."
Mkristu wina wokhala ku Jaintia Hills, Petros Pyrtuh, nthaŵi zonse amalowa m’nkhalango yopatulika pafupi ndi mudzi wake pamodzi ndi mwana wake wamwamuna wazaka 6 ndi chiyembekezo chomuphunzitsa kulemekeza ndi kulemekeza nkhalango. Pyrtuh anati: “M’mbadwo wathu, sitikhulupirira kuti ndi malo okhala milungu. Koma tikupitiriza ndi mwambo woteteza nkhalangoyi chifukwa makolo athu adatiuza kuti tisaipitse nkhalangoyi.
