Amai Kalai, murimi wokumaodzanyemba kweIndia kuTamil Nadu, vanotaura nezvekurima nzimbe uye kukosha kwemutambo wekare wokukohwa wePongal muna Ndira. Chinangwa chePongal ndechekutenda mwari wezuva nezvegoho uye kumupa zviyo zvekutanga kukohwewa. Ndakaberekwa uye ndinogara mumusha muduku pedyo neKavandhapadi. Masikati ndinoshanda pachikoro, uye manheru ndinotarisira purazi remhuri yedu. Mhuri yangu varimi venhaka. Sekuru baba vangu, baba neimwe yehama dzangu vari kuita zvekurima. Ndaivabatsira mubasa ravo ndichiri mwana. Munoziva, handina kumbotamba nezvidhori, matoyi angu aiva matombo, ivhu uye kuruwai (muchero muduku wekokonati). Mitambo yese nemafaro zvaive nechokuita nekukohwa nekuchengeta mhuka papurazi redu. Saka, hazvishamisi kuti ndakabatanidza hupenyu hwangu nekurima. Tinorima nzimbe nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzemabhanana. Patsika dzose dziri mbiri, nguva yekuibva imwedzi gumi. Nzimbe inokosha zvikuru kukohwa panguva yakakodzera, apo inenge yanyatsoguta nemuto unozogadzirwa shuga. Tinoziva kuziva kana yava nguva yokukohwa: Mashizha enzimbe anochinja ruvara uye osvibira. Pamwe chete nemabhanana, tinodyarawo karamani (rudzi rwebhinzi). Nekudaro, hazvisi kutengeswa, asi zvinogara kuti tishandise. Tine mombe 10, nyati, makwai 2 nehuku dzinenge makumi maviri papurazi. Mangwanani ega ega ndinokama mombe nenyati, ndozotengesa mukaka pamubatanidzwa weko. Mukaka unotengeswa unoenda kuna Aavin, mugadziri wemukaka muTamil Nadu. Ndadzoka kubva kubasa ndinokama mombe zvakare uye manheru ndinotengesera vanhuwo zvavo, kunyanya mhuri. Papurazi redu hapana michina, zvese zvinoitwa nemaoko - kubva pakudyara kusvika pakukohwa. Tinohaya vashandi kuti vakohwe nzimbe nekugadzira shuga. Kana ari mabhanana, broker anouya kwatiri otenga mabanana nehuremu. Kutanga, tsanga dzacho dzinochekwa dzopfuura nomuchina chaiwo unodzidzvanya, uku madzinde acho achibudisa muto. Muto uyu unounganidzwa mumasilinda makuru. Silinda imwe neimwe inoburitsa 20-20 kg yeshuga. Isu tinoomesa keke kubva kutsanga dzakatsikirirwa uye tinoshandisa kuchengetedza moto, patinenge tichibika muto. Munguva yekubikira, muto unopinda mumatanho akawanda, uchigadzira zvigadzirwa zvakasiyana. Kutanga kunouya molasses, ipapo jaggery. Tine musika wakakosha weshuga muKavandapadi, imwe yemakuru muIndia. Varimi venzimbe vanofanira kunyoresa pamusika uyu. Musoro wedu mukuru imamiriro ekunze. Kana mvura ikanaya shoma kana yakawandisa, izvi zvinokanganisa goho redu. Muchokwadi, mumhuri yedu, isu tinoisa pamberi kupemberera kwaMattu Pongal. Hatisi chinhu pasina mombe. Pamutambo tinoshongedza mhou dzedu, tinochenesa matura edu uye tinonamatira mhuka tsvene. Kwatiri, Mattu Pongal akakosha kupfuura Diwali. Nemombe dzakapfeka mbatya, tinobuda kuti tifambe-fambe mumigwagwa. Vese varimi vanopemberera Mattu Pongal zvine huremu uye zvakajeka.
2022-11-11