Uma ucabanga ngeHaiti, yiziphi izithombe ezigcwalisa ingqondo yakho? Mhlawumbe isiko elijabulisayo, umlando ojulile, noma izindawo ezimangalisayo. Ngempela, iHaiti iyinqolobane yokuhlangenwe nakho, enikeza yonke into kusukela ezimpophomeni ezimangalisayo kuya ekudleni okumnandi. Noma ngabe ufuna i-adventure, ulangazelele ukungena emlandweni, noma ufisa ukujabulela ukunambitheka kwasendaweni, i-Haiti inokuthile okufanela konke ukunambitheka. Kodwa yimiphi ngempela imisebenzi ephezulu okufanele uhlanganyele kuyo? Ake sicwilise ezindaweni okufanele uzibone namagugu afihliwe azokwenza ukuvakasha kwakho eHaiti kukhumbuleke ngempela.
Haiti iyikhaya lezinhlobonhlobo zezinto ezihehayo ezibhekelela izintshisekelo ezahlukahlukene. Kulabo abakhangwa ngaphandle, izimangaliso zemvelo zezwe, njengezimpophoma zaseBassin Bleu, zinikeza indlela yokuphunyuka eqabulayo. Lapha, amanzi acwebile awela emachibini azolile, alungele ukubhukuda okuqabulayo endaweni enhle. Abathanda umlando bazothola i-Citadelle Laferrière, indawo ye-UNESCO yamagugu omhlaba, ibe indawo ethokozisayo. Le nqaba enkulu, eqhwakele phezulu kwentaba, inikeza imibono emangalisayo kanye nokubuka umlando waseHaiti onezitezi.
Isiko elinempilo lezwe liyavela emculweni walo, ubuciko, nemikhosi yalo. Izigqi ezithathelwanayo zomculo wase-Haiti zingabonakala ekudlalweni okujabulisayo nasezindaweni zasendaweni, kuyilapho abathandi bobuciko bengakwazi ukuhlola amagalari nezimakethe ezibonisa umsebenzi wamaciko ase-Haiti anethalente. Imikhosi, njenge-Carnival emibalabala, inikeza ithuba lokufakazela amasiko acebile aseHaiti nomoya womphakathi.
Ukudla kwaseHaiti kungenye into egqamile, enezitsha ezixuba imithelela yase-Afrika, isiFulentshi, neCaribbean. Kusukela ku-savory griot (ingulube ethosiwe) kuya ku-pikliz enoshukela nebabayo (imifino egayiwe), ama-flavour ase-Haiti azojabulisa noma yikuphi ukudla. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusebenzelana nemiphakathi yendawo kanye nezingcweti kunikeza ukuqonda okujulile ngamagugu nemisebenzi yezandla yezwe, okunothisa ukuvakasha kwakho.
Kafushane, i-Haiti inikezela ngemisebenzi ehlukahlukene efanele abantu abasha, abathanda umlando, abathanda amasiko, kanye nabathandi bokudla ngokufanayo. Ngobuhle bayo bemvelo, amasayithi omlando, isiko elinempilo, nokudla okumnandi, i-Haiti ithembisa isipiliyoni esicebisayo nesingenakulibaleka kubo bonke abavakashelayo.
Impophoma yaseBassin Bleu
I-Bassin Bleu Waterfall, etholakala eduze kwase-Jacmel, e-Haiti, iyindawo ekhangayo yemvelo edonsa bobabili abathanda i-adventure nalabo abajabulela ubuhle bemvelo. Phakathi nohambo lwami lwemizuzu engu-30 ngiya kule ndawo ecashile, ngangihlale ngimangele ngenxa yokubukeka kwayo okumangalisayo. Imisindo emnandi yempophoma nezimila eziluhlaza ezizungezile yafaka umuzwa wokuthula nenkululeko.
Lapho ngifika e-Bassin Bleu, ngamukelwa ukubona amachibi amathathu acwebe ngendlela emangalisayo, ngalinye liheha ukwedlula elangaphambili. Amanzi ampophoma, ampophoma apholile angimemele ukuba ngibhukude, enginikeza ithuba eliyivelakancane lokuzithokozisa endaweni engokwemvelo engonakalisiwe.
Ukuze ngenze ukuvakasha kwami kuzuzise nakakhulu, ngafuna ubuchwepheshe bomqondisi wendawo, uSadrak. Ubuntu bakhe obufudumele nolwazi olujulile ngendawo kwengeza ungqimba lokuphepha nokunothisa ohambweni lwami. Unikeze ukuqonda okuthakazelisayo mayelana nempophoma nezindawo ezizungezile, kuhlanganise nokuxhumana kwayo ne-Citadelle yomlando.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olufanele, ukuvakashela i-Bassin Bleu ngemva kwesikhathi esinganamvula kuyafaneleka. Lesi sikhathi siqinisekisa ukuthi amanzi acwebile, okwenza amachibi ameme ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngosizo lomhlahlandlela onekhono njengo-Sadrak, i-Bassin Bleu Waterfall ithembisa uhambo olukhumbulekayo kulabo abalangazelela ukucwiliswa ebukhazikhazini bemvelo.
Le ndawo ethokozisayo, ehambisana nesiqondiso sabantu bendawo abanolwazi, igcizelela ukubaluleka kokulondoloza lezi zimangaliso zemvelo. Isebenza njengesikhumbuzo sobuhle obumangalisayo obukhona eHaiti, obuvame ukusibekela ezinye izici zokulandisa kwayo. I-Bassin Bleu ayiyona nje indawo yokubhukuda; kuwubufakazi bobuhle bemvelo kanye nomlando ocebile wesifunda, okunikeza isipiliyoni esingenakuqhathaniswa kulabo abazimisele ukusihlola.
I-Haitian Cuisine
Ngemva kokuvakasha kwami okuthakazelisayo e-Bassin Bleu Waterfall, ngajabula kakhulu ngokungena kwesinye isici saseHaiti esathembisa ukuhlanganisa izinzwa zami futhi ngijulise ukwazisa kwami ngamasiko ayo: I-Haitian Cuisine. Lokhu kudla, kuhlangene ngokujulile nomlando waseHaiti, kubonisa ubuciko bezwe obucebile bezamasiko.
Ukudla kwase-Haiti empeleni kuyinhlanganisela yamasiko okupheka ase-Afrika, anikeza izitsha eziqinile, ezisindayo zenyama ezijabulisa noma yimuphi umthandi wokudla. Thatha i-bouillon, njengesibonelo, isitshulu senyama yenkomo egcwele inyama enoshukela nezinhlobonhlobo zemifino, noma i-griot, ingulube ethosiwe egayiwe ngengxube ecebile yezinongo, eletha ukulandisa kwefa elicebile lase-Haiti ngakho konke ukulunywa.
Ukuze ucwiliswe ngokugcwele endaweni yokudla yaseHaiti, ukuhlola izimakethe zendawo kubalulekile. Kulapha lapho uzohlangana khona nokudla kwasemgwaqweni kwendabuko kwase-Haiti, okumbozwe ngamaphunga amnandi enyama ephekiweyo, izinongo zangaphandle, nesinkwa esisanda kulungiswa. Okufanele uzame iwundlu, i-conch eyosiwe, umphako obalulekile ku-gastronomy yase-Haiti.
Izidlo zase-Haiti nazo zibungazwa ngokuhlanganisa kwazo izithelo nemifino yasezindaweni ezishisayo, kwethula ukushaphaza kokusha nama-flavour agqamile esitsheni ngasinye. Umango, nokunambitheka kwawo okumnandi nokumnandi, namakhukhunathi, anikeza inhlansi yokuqabuleka yasezindaweni ezishisayo, abonisa inala ecebile yemvelo yase-Haiti.
I-Citadelle Laferrière
Imi esiqongweni sentaba i-Bonnet à l'Evêque, i-Citadelle Laferrière iwuphawu oluhle lwamandla ahlala njalo e-Haiti kanye nokunqoba kwayo empini yenkululeko. Le nqaba yakhiwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1800 ngaphansi kobuholi beNkosi u-Henri Christophe, akuyona nje indawo yomlando; kuyindaba yokukhululwa ebugqilini.
Uma usondela e-Citadelle, ubukhulu bayo nobukhazikhazi bezakhiwo kukuhlasela ngokushesha. Yakhiwe ngamatshe, phakathi kwendawo ewuhlaza, iye yamelana nokucekelwa phansi kwesikhathi, ifakaza buthule emlandweni waseHaiti. Ukubekwa kwayo entabeni ngamabomu, kunikeze indawo ephakeme yokuzivikela ezinsongweni, ngaleyo ndlela ivikele isizwe nezakhamuzi zaso.
Uma usungaphakathi, kuba sengathi isikhathi simile. Izindonga eziqinile zale nqaba, inqwaba yezinganono, kanye nezindawo ezinhle zokubuka izinto kuqokomisa ubunjiniyela obumangalisayo babantu baseHaiti nokubona kwamasu kusengaphambili. Kuwubufakazi obuphilayo bokuzimisela nomoya wabo.
Kulabo abazimisele ngokuhlola, i-Citadelle inikeza izinkambo eziqondisiwe ngezigaba zayo zomlando, okuhlanganisa isigodlo sasebukhosini, amabharaki, nesitolo sezinhlamvu. Uma ukhuphuka esakhiweni, ukubukwa okunwetshiwe kwenyakatho ye-Haiti kuyembuleka - umbukwane wezintaba, izigodi, nolwandle olucwebezelayo lwe-Caribbean, umbono omangalisa ngempela.
Ukuvakashela i-Citadelle Laferrière kudlula uhambo lomlando nje; kuwukucwiliswa kwefa lamasiko elicebile laseHaiti. Ima njengendawo ebalulekile kunoma ngubani ofisa ukubamba ingqikithi yomzabalazo waseHaiti kanye nokunqoba ekufuneni kwayo inkululeko.
I-Sans Souci Palace
Lapho singena emdwebeni ocebile womlando wase-Haiti, sidlulisela ukugxila kwethu eSigodlweni seSans Souci esimangalisayo, uphawu lomoya ongapheli wesizwe kanye namagugu. Njengoba ibekwe eduze kwedolobha laseMilot, hhayi iPort au Prince njengoba kuvame ukucatshangwa ngokungeyikho, le ndawo ye-UNESCO yamagugu omhlaba iheha izivakashi emhlabeni wonke ngendaba yayo ekhangayo namanxiwa ahlebayo mayelana nobuhle obudlule.
ESans Souci Palace, isipiliyoni singaphezu kokuvakasha okulula; kuwuhambo olujulile phakathi kwama-echoes enkathi edlule. Njengoba uhamba phakathi kwezinsalela zalesi sakhiwo esake saba sihle, kulula ukuhanjiswa ubuye ngesikhathi. Ubuhle bezakhiwo zesigodlo kanye nokubukwa okumangalisayo kwendawo ezungezile, okuhlanganisa neziqongo ezesabekayo zeMassif du Nord, kuyinto emangalisayo.
Ukuze uthole uhambo olungokomlando olucebisa ngempela, ukubhanqa ukuvakasha kwakho kweSans Souci Palace nezitobhi eziseduze ne-Palais Sans Souci kanye nesakhiwo sodumo se-Citadelle Laferrière kuyanconywa kakhulu. Lezi zingosi ezintathu zinikeza ukungena okujulile esikhathini esidlule saseHaiti esinesiyaluyalu kodwa esihehayo, sinikeza ukuqonda okugcwele kwesimo samasiko nomlando.
I-Sans Souci Palace ime njengesibani sokunqoba komuntu nenkululeko, ifanekisela ukuqina nomoya ongenakunqamuka wabantu baseHaiti. Njengoba ihlonishwa njengeNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO, igcizelela ukubaluleka komhlaba wonke kokulwela inkululeko yaseHaiti kanye namandla ahlala njalo abantu bayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungumthandi womlando ozinikele noma othile olangazelele ukucwiliswa ebuhleni obumangalisayo namasiko e-Haiti, ukuvakashela i-Sans Souci Palace kuyinto engasoze yalibaleka.
Ngokuhlola iSans Souci Palace, kuyabonakala ukuthi kungani lesi siza sinohlu oluhlonishwa kangaka lwe-UNESCO. Akukhona nje ngokumangalisayo kwezakhiwo noma ubuhle bendawo; kuwukuhlonipha umoya ongenakunqotshwa wenkululeko nokuqina ophawula iHaiti nabantu bayo. Ukusebenzelana naleli sayithi kunikeza ukwazisa okujulile ngefa eliyinkimbinkimbi laseHaiti, okulenza libe yinto okumele ivakashelwe kunoma ubani ofuna ukuxhumana nenhliziyo nomphefumulo walesi sizwe sase-Caribbean esinempilo.
Idolobha Jacmel
I-Jacmel, idolobha elichumayo ngomoya walo wobuciko kanye nedizayini ehlukile yedolobha, ithwebula umongo wefa elicebile lase-Haiti. Ibekwe ngasogwini lwase-Haiti, i-Jacmel iyisikhungo sezivakashi ezifuna inhlanganisela yokucwiliswa kwamasiko nezindawo ezinhle. Ukungena emsuka womlando wedolobha kuyisipiliyoni esicebisayo, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezifana neJacmel Cathedral. Lesi sakhiwo siwubufakazi bobuhlakani bezakhiwo ze-Gothic futhi sidonsa abathandi bomlando abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba. Ngokufanayo, i-Maison Cadet igqama njengegugu lekhulu le-19, enikeza imininingwane ngokuziphendukela kwemvelo kwe-Jacmel.
Abathandi bemvelo bazothola indawo yabo e-Bassin Bleu, iqoqo lezimpophoma ezinhle ezimbozwe uhlaza olugqamile, ezihlinzeka ngokuhlehla okuzolile kusukela esiphithiphithini sasemadolobheni. Ukwengeza, i-Jacmel's Carnival, umbukwane waminyaka yonke, iveza ukunyakazisa kwamasiko kwedolobha ngoxhaxha lwalo lwemvunulo ebabazekayo, umculo onesigqi, nokudansa okunomoya, okuhlanganisa ukuthakazelisa kwasendaweni kwempilo.
Ukuzulazula emakethe ye-Jacmel kunikeza ukunambitheka kwesiko langempela lesi-Haiti, kusukela ekudleni kwasemgwaqweni okumnandi okufana ne-griot, ubumnandi benyama yengulube ethosiwe, kuya emisebenzini yezandla eyinkimbinkimbi kanye nezingcezu zobuciko ezibonisa ubuciko bendawo kanye nobuciko bobuciko.
U-Jacmel umi njengesibani sobuciko, umlando, nokuheha kwemvelo, ebhekelela izithakazelo ezihlukahlukene. Idolobha lapho abathanda ubuciko, abathanda umlando, kanye nalabo abafuna indawo yokuphumula enokuthula behlangana khona ukuze bathole ubuhle obuhlukahlukene baseHaiti.
