Enkabeni yelinye lamahlathi angcwele asendulo nahlonishwa kakhulu eNdiya, abantu abavela emiphakathini yendabuko baye bahlanganyela namaKristu ukuze balwele ukulondolozwa kwendawo abayibheka njengegugu nengcwele.
Iqanjwe ngegama lomuzi lapho itholakala khona—iMawphlang—Ihlathi lisendaweni evundile yaseKhasi Hills enyakatho-mpumalanga yeNdiya yaseMeghalaya, bude buduze nomngcele waseNdiya neChina. Kwaziwa ngezindlela ezahlukene ngokuthi “I-Nature Museum"Futhi"indawo yamafu,” uMawphlang usho ukuthi “itshe elimbozwe u-moss” ngolimi lwendawo lwesiKhasi futhi mhlawumbe i edume kakhulu emahlathini angcwele angama-125 esifundazweni.
Ikholakala ukuthi iyindawo kankulunkulu wendabuko ovikela izakhamuzi zasesigodini ekulimaleni, i-Mawphlang iyi-mecca eminyene, ehlukahlukene yezinto eziphilayo engamahektha angu-193 yezitshalo zokwelapha, amakhowe, izinyoni nezinambuzane. Sekungamakhulu eminyaka abantu bevakashela izindawo ezingcwele njengeMawphlang ukuze bathandaze futhi benze imihlatshelo yezilwane konkulunkulu abakholelwa ukuthi bakulezi zindawo. Noma isiphi isenzo sokwehliswa isithunzi sinqatshelwe ngokuphelele; ngisho nesenzo esilula sokukha imbali noma iqabunga asivunyelwe emahlathini amaningi.
“Lapha, ukuxhumana phakathi komuntu noNkulunkulu kwenzeka,” uTambor Lyngdoh, ilungu lozalo lokhokho bomndeni wabapristi wendawo owangcwelisa ihlathi laseMawphlang, utshele i-Associated Press endabeni yangoJanuwari 17. “Okhokho bethu babekela eceleni lezi zikhova namahlathi ukuze babonise ukuzwana phakathi komuntu nemvelo.”
Kodwa muva nje, ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukungcoliswa komhlaba kanye nokugawulwa kwamahlathi kuye kwalimaza amahlathi angcwele njengeMawphlang. Ukuguqulwa kwabantu bomdabu ebuKristwini, eyaqalwa phakathi nekhulu le-19 ngaphansi kombuso wamakoloni waseBrithani, nayo ibe nomthelela kusikompilo lwendawo.
Ngokusho kukaHH Morhmen, isazi semvelo nomfundisi osethathe umhlalaphansi we-Unitarian, labo abaguqukela ebuKristwini balahlekelwa ubuhlobo babo obungokomoya namahlathi nezinkolelo zendabuko. “Babuke entsha yabo inkolo njengokukhanya nale mikhuba njengobumnyama, njengobuqaba noma ngisho nobubi,” isihloko se-AP sacaphuna uMohrmen ethi.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, abezemvelo ukusebenzisana nemiphakathi yomdabu kanye neyamaKristu, kanye nezinhlaka zikahulumeni, kube neqhaza elibalulekile ekusakazeni ulwazi ngokubaluleka kokunakekela amahlathi. I-ecosystem ithathwa njengebalulekile ekulinganiseni kwemvelo kwesifunda kanye nokuhlukahluka kwemvelo.
“Manje sesithola ukuthi nasezindaweni lapho abantu sebephendukele ebuKristwini, banakekela amahlathi,” kusho uMohrmen.
IJaintia Hills, indawo enemizi engaba ngu-500, iyisibonelo esivamile. Ngokusho kukaHeimonmi Shylla, induna yesifunda, ephinde ibe idikoni, cishe sonke isakhamuzi singamaHabe, amaKhatholika noma ilungu leBandla LikaNkulunkulu.
"Angiliboni ihlathi lingcwele," etshela i-AP. "Kodwa ngiyakuhlonipha kakhulu."
Omunye umKristu oyisakhamuzi saseJaintia Hills, u-Petros Pyrtuh, uvame ukungena ehlathini elingcwele eduze nedolobhana lakubo kanye nendodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-6 ngethemba lokugxilisa kuye umuzwa wokuhlonipha nokuhlonipha amahlathi. “Esizukulwaneni sethu, asikholelwa ukuthi yindawo yokuhlala yonkulunkulu,” kusho uPyrtuh. “Kodwa sisaqhubeka nesiko lokuvikela ihlathi ngoba okhokho bethu bathe singalingcolisi ihlathi.”
