Wolemba Helen Peacock, World BEYOND War, November 9, 2020
Gulu lamtendere la Collingwood, Pivot2Peace, lasankha njira yapadera yokumbukira Tsiku la Chikumbutso pa Nov 11.th.
Koma choyamba, mbiri yakale.
Tsiku la Remembrance poyamba linkatchedwa "Tsiku la Armistice" kukumbukira mgwirizano wankhondo womwe unathetsa Nkhondo Yoyamba Yapadziko Lonse pa 11.th nthawi ya 11th tsiku la khumi ndi awiriwoth mwezi, mu 1918. Poyamba cholinga chake chinali kukondwerera pangano la mtendere, koma tanthauzo linasintha kuchoka pa kukondwerera mtendere mpaka kukumbukira amuna ndi akazi amene anatumikira, ndi kupitiriza kutumikira, m’gulu lankhondo. Mu 1931 a Canadian House of Commons adapereka chigamulo chomwe chinasintha dzina kukhala "Tsiku la Chikumbutso".
Tonse tikudziwa poppy wofiira, ndipo timavala monyadira. Linayambitsidwa mu 1921 monga chizindikiro cha Tsiku la Chikumbutso. Chaka chilichonse, masiku otsogolera Nov 11th, ma poppi ofiira amagulitsidwa ndi Royal Canadian Legion m'malo mwa asilikali ankhondo aku Canada. Tikavala poppy wofiira, timalemekeza anthu a ku Canada oposa 2,300,000 omwe atumikira m'mbiri yonse ya dziko lathu komanso oposa 118,000 omwe adadzipereka kwambiri.
Sitikudziwa bwino za poppy woyera. Idayambitsidwa koyamba ndi Women's Co-operative Guild, mu 1933, ndipo idapangidwa ngati chizindikiro cha chikumbutso kwa onse omwe adazunzidwa pankhondo, kudzipereka ku mtendere, komanso chovuta kuyesa kusangalatsa kapena kukondwerera nkhondo. Tikavala poppy woyera, timakumbukira amene anatumikira m’gulu lathu lankhondo NDI mamiliyoni a anthu wamba amene anafera kunkhondo, mamiliyoni a ana amasiye chifukwa cha nkhondo, mamiliyoni a othaŵa kwawo amene anasamutsidwa m’nyumba zawo chifukwa cha nkhondo. nkhondo, ndi kuwonongeka koopsa kwa chilengedwe kwa nkhondo.
Pozindikira kufunikira kwa ma poppies onse, Pivot2Peace yapanga nkhata yapadera, yokongoletsedwa ndi ma poppies ofiira ndi oyera. Adzasiya nkhata ku Collingwood cenotaph nthawi ya 2:00pm pa Novembara 11.th, ndipo khalani kamphindi kuti mutsimikizirenso kudzipereka kwawo ku mtendere. Lolani nkhata yofiira ndi yoyera iyi iwonetsere ziyembekezo zathu zonse za dziko lotetezeka ndi lamtendere.
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Yankho Limodzi
tikufunabe mtendere osati mwa nkhondo!