Embindini welinye lamahlathi angcwele amandulo aseIndiya, abantu bomthonyama baye badibana namaKristu ukuze bathethelele ukulondolozwa kweendawo abazigqala njengexabiso elixabisekileyo nezingcwele.
Ithiywe ngelali ekuyo—iMawphlang—Ihlathi lihlala kwiinduli zeKhasi ezichumileyo kumntla-mpuma welizwe laseIndiya laseMeghalaya, kude kufuphi nomda weIndiya neTshayina. Yaziwa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo njenge "Imyuziyam yeNdalo"Kwaye"indawo yokuhlala yamafu,” uMawphlang uthetha ukuthi “ilitye eligqunywe yi-moss” ngolwimi lwesiKhasi kwaye mhlawumbi yi eyona idumileyo kumahlathi angcwele angama-125 kwilizwe.
Ikholelwa ukuba yindawo yokuhlala yesithixo esikhusela abahlali basezilalini ekwenzakaleni, iMawphlang yindawo eshinyeneyo, enezinto eziphilayo eziyi-193-acre mecca yezityalo zamayeza, amakhowa, iintaka kunye nezinambuzane. Kangangeenkulungwane, abantu baye batyelela amatyholo angcwele anjengeMawphlang ukuze bathandaze baze benze amadini ezilwanyana kwizithixo abakholelwa ukuba zihlala kwezi ndawo. Nasiphi na isenzo sokungcolisa salelwe ngokungqongqo; kwanesenzo esilula sokukha intyatyambo okanye igqabi akuvumelekanga kuninzi lwamahlathi.
“Apha, kuyenzeka unxibelelwano phakathi komntu noThixo,” uTambor Lyngdoh, ilungu lomnombo wendlu yababingeleli yasekuhlaleni eyangcwalisa ihlathi laseMawphlang, uxelele i-Associated Press kwibali le-17 kaJanuwari. “Ookhokho bethu babekela bucala le mithi namahlathi ukubonisa imvisiswano phakathi komntu nendalo.”
Kodwa mva nje, utshintsho lwemozulu, ungcoliseko kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwamahlathi kuye kwawachaphazela kakubi amahlathi angcwele anjengeMawphlang. Ukuguquka kwabantu bomthonyama kubuKristu, eyaqalwa ngenkulungwane ye-19 phantsi kolawulo lobukoloniyali baseBritani, nayo ibe nefuthe kwinkcubeko yendawo yokuhlala.
Ngokutsho kukaHH Morhmen, isazi ngemekobume nomfundisi odla umhlala-phantsi waseUnitarian, abo baguqukela kubuKristu baphulukana namaqhina abo okomoya namahlathi neenkolelo zesithethe. "Baye bajonga into entsha inkolo njengokukhanya nezi zithethe njengobumnyama, njengobuhedeni okanye ububi,” inqaku leAP lacaphula uMohrmen esithi.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edluleyo, iingcali zokusingqongileyo ukusebenzisana nabahlali bomthonyama nobuKristu, kunye nee-arhente zikarhulumente, baye badlala indima ebalulekileyo ekusasazeni ulwazi ngokubaluleka kokukhathalela amahlathi. I-ikhosistim ibonwa njengexabiseke kakhulu kwibhalansi ye-ikholoji kunye ne-biodiversity yommandla.
“Ngoku sifumanisa ukuba nakwiindawo apho abantu baguqukele kubuKristu, banyamekela amahlathi,” utshilo uMohrmen.
IJaintia Hills, ummandla onamakhaya amalunga nama-500, ngumzekelo oqhelekileyo. Ngokutsho kukaHeimonmi Shylla, usibonda waloo mmandla, okwangumdikoni, phantse wonke ummi walapho ungumRhabe, umKatolika okanye ulilungu leBandla likaThixo.
“Andilithathi ihlathi lingcwele,” uxelele i-AP. "Kodwa ndinentlonipho enkulu ngayo."
Omnye umKristu ongumhlali waseJaintia Hills, uPetros Pyrtuh, uhlala engena kwihlathi elingcwele elikufuphi nelali yakhe kunye nonyana wakhe oneminyaka emi-6 ngethemba lokubethelela kuye intlonipho nentlonelo emahlathini. “Kwisizukulwana sethu, asikholelwa ukuba yindawo yokuhlala oothixo,” utshilo uPyrtuh. “Kodwa sisaqhubeka nesiko lokukhusela ihlathi kuba ookhokho bethu basixelela ukuba singalingcolisi ihlathi.”
