Ngaphezu kokudweba kwi-papyrus, ibuye isetshenziselwe ukwenza amanothibhuki, amashidi okuphrinta futhi aphinde asetshenziswe ephepheni.
Phakathi kwezwe eligcwele irayisi e-Nayile Delta, abalimi be-Al Karamus bebethembele ku-papyrus waseGibhithe amashumi eminyaka (umhlanga wephepha noma utshani beNayile kuwuhlobo lwesitshalo esiqhakaza emanzini esiyisisekelo sephepha le-papyrus, manje esitshalwa ikakhulukazi njengokuhlobisa. plant – note rep.). Okwamanje, bathwele kanzima ukuze basindise ukuphila kwabo, besongelwa yisibalo esincishisiwe sezivakashi, yazisa i-AFP.
Ngawo-1970, abalimi bakuleli dolobhana, elingamakhilomitha angama-80 enyakatho-mpumalanga yenhloko-dolobha yaseCairo, babuyisela izindlela zeminyaka eyinkulungwane zezolimo nezobuciko ezazicishe zanyamalala.
Kusukela lapho, ukukhiqizwa okuningi kwe-papyrus yaseGibhithe kuvela kule ndawo engaphansi kombuso (i-governorate) ye-Ash Sharqiyah, ngokusho kochwepheshe bezimboni.
Futhi uma eGibhithe lasendulo i-papyrus yayisetshenziswa njengesisekelo sokubhala, namuhla imidwebo emaqabunga ayigugu esitshalo yizikhumbuzo ezikhethwa yizivakashi zakwamanye amazwe.
Abaculi base-Al Karamus naseCairo banezinhlobonhlobo zezindikimba zemisebenzi yabo: ama-hieroglyphs, oFaro, onkulunkulu nonkulunkulukazi basendulo, i-calligraphy yesi-Arabhu noma indawo.
Nokho, ngemva kokuvukela kuka-2011 kanye nokuntengantenga kwezombusazwe okwalandela, izivakashi zahoxa eGibhithe.
Lapho beqala ukubuya kancane kancane ngo-2020, ubhubhane lwe-Kovid-19 lwahlasela izwe nomhlaba wonke lwaphinde lwahlasela futhi kulo mkhakha obalulekile.
Ngonyaka odlule, imali engenayo yezokuvakasha ibingama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezine kuphela, isuka ku- $ 4 billion ebilindelwe.
E-Al Karamus, angu-25 kuphela amapulazi azama ukuziphilisa nge-papyrus, esuka ku-500 ngaphambi kuka-2011, kusho uSyed Tarakan, 60, umlimi nomdwebi owasungula inhlangano yegatsha esigodini ngo-2014.
U-Abdel Mobdi Musalam ungumnikazi we-studio lapho i-papyrus iguqulwa ibe amaphepha amaphepha.
“I-Papyrus iyona kuphela esingenisa imali. Angazi omunye umuntu. Impilo yami le,” kusho uMusalam (48) oselahlekelwe cishe ngamaphesenti angama-80.
Ngaphambi kuka-2011, abantu abayisishiyagalombili bamsebenzela, manje sebebabili kuphela.
E-Güzeh, engekude namaphiramidi adumile, u-Ashraf el Sarawi oneminyaka engu-48 ubudala, ongumnikazi wesitolo esikhulu sokupenda i-papyrus esingasenazo izivakashi, ukuqinisekisile ukukhathazeka kulo mkhakha kodwa walahlekelwa ithemba.
"Ezokuvakasha azifi, zingagula isikhashana, kodwa zizolulama," esho, wengeza ngokuthi isitolo sakhe, esivale izinyanga ezimbalwa ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, silahlekelwe yimali eningi ngonyaka odlule.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, ukubhekana nale nkinga, u-Sayed Tarkan uye wahlukanisa izimpahla zakhe. Manje ukhiqiza izincwadi ze-papyrus, amaphepha okunyathelisa ngisho nephepha le-papyrus eligaywe kabusha.
