Sisahluko Sini Esilodwa se-WBW Ukumaka Usuku Lwezempi / Lokukhumbula

NguHelen Peacock, World BEYOND War, November 9, 2020

Iqembu lokuthula lendawo likaCollwood, iPivot2Peace, likhethe indlela eyingqayizivele yokukhumbula uSuku Lokukhumbula ngoNovemba 11^th.

Kepha okokuqala, umlando omncane.

Usuku Lokukhumbula ekuqaleni lwalubizwa ngokuthi "Usuku Lwezempi" ukukhumbula isivumelwano sempi esaqeda iMpi Yezwe Yokuqala ngomhlaka 11^th ihora le-11^th usuku lwe-11^th inyanga, ngo-1918. Ekuqaleni kwakuhloselwe ukugubha isivumelwano sokuthula, kepha incazelo yasuka ekugubheni ukuthula yaya ekukhumbuleni abesilisa nabesifazane abasebenza, futhi abaqhubeka nokusebenza, embuthweni wezempi. Ngo-1931 i-Canadian House of Commons yadlulisa umthethosivivinywa owashintsha ngokusemthethweni igama kwathiwa “Usuku Lokukhumbula”.

Sonke sijwayelene ne poppy obomvu, futhi siyigqoka ngokuziqhenya. Kwethulwa ngo-1921 njengophawu loSuku Lokukhumbula. Njalo ngonyaka, ezinsukwini eziholela kuNov 11^th, opapa ababomvu bathengiswa yiRoyal Canadian Legion egameni lamaqhawe aseCanada. Lapho sigqoka i-poppy ebomvu, sihlonipha abantu baseCanada abangaphezu kuka-2,300,000 abasebenze kuwo wonke umlando wesizwe sethu kanye nabangaphezu kuka-118,000 abazidela kakhulu.

Asazi kangako nge poppy emhlophe. Yaqala ukwethulwa yi-Women's Co-operative Guild, ngo-1933, futhi yayihloselwe njengophawu lokukhunjulwa kwazo zonke izisulu zempi, ukuzibophezela ekuthuleni, kanye nenselelo yemizamo yokugqamisa noma yokugubha impi. Lapho sigqoka i-poppy emhlophe, sikhumbula labo abake basebenza embuthweni wethu wezigidi KANYE nezigidi zabantu abavamile abafele empini, izigidi zezingane eziyizintandane ngenxa yempi, izigidi zababaleki abasuswe emakhaya abo impi, kanye nomonakalo onobuthi wezemvelo wempi.

Ibona ukubaluleka kwawo womabili ama-poppies, i-Pivot2Peace idale umqhele oyingqayizivele, ohlotshiswe ngopoppies ababomvu nabamhlophe. Bazoshiya umqhele eCollwoodwood cenotaph ngo-2: 00 ntambama ngoNovemba 11^th, futhi uthathe umzuzwana onokuthula ukuqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwabo ekuthuleni. Sengathi le wreath ebomvu nomhlophe ingabonisa wonke amathemba ethu emhlabeni ophephile futhi onokuthula.

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