NguLiz Remmerswaal, World BEYOND War, Ngo-September 9, i-2021
UKia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā. Kua hinga te Tōtara haemata o te wao-nui o Whakatu.
World BEYOND War I-Aotearoa New Zealand idabukile lapho ibika ngokufa okungazelelwe komdala waseMaori uDes Ratima, oneminyaka engama-69.
UDes ubengumngani wenhlangano yethu nezimpawu ezikwi-movie Amasosha Ngaphandle Kwezibhamu, okuyi-International Day of Peace Virtual Film Festival yamanje ngo-18/19 Septhemba, lapho naye bekufanele abe yisigungu sezingxoxo ezingxoxweni ezilandela ukukhonjiswa.
Wayengumakadebona weminyaka engu-25 we-New Zealand Defence Force owabamba iqhaza elikhulu ekusizeni ukuhlanganisa isiko lamaMaori ebuthweni laseNew Zealand, into esegxile embuthweni wezempi.
Le filimu ilandisa indaba enamandla yokuthi iMpi Yombango enegazi esesiqhingini saseBougainville yamiswa kanjani yimbangi yeMbutho Wezokuvikela yaseNew Zealand eyafika esiqhingini, ingaphethe zikhali, ihlome ngama-guitar kuphela, i-haka nezinye izinsimbi ukuthula.
UDes ubambe iqhaza ekuhlanganisweni kwamasiko obekubaluleke kakhulu ekwakheni ukwethembana nabaholi baseBougainville abavakashile njengoba kukhonjisiwe kule filimu. Lapho bevakashela iNew Zealand njengengxenye yenqubo yokuthula, banikezwa umcimbi wokwamukela uPowhiri noma umMaori wendabuko owawuhlanganisa uHongi - ukucindezelwa kwamakhala nokuhlanganyela ukuphefumula. Babuye bahlanganyela emidlalweni yeHaka yendabuko yaseNew Zealand. Ukuhambela isiQhingi sasePacific singaphethe zikhali futhi sisebenzisa amasiko amaMelanesia kwasiza ekwakheni ukwethembana emiphakathini esesiqhingini esihlukumezekile.
UDes uthe ukuxhumana kwabomdabu nabomdabu kuvumela ukwakhiwa kokwethembana, okuvumela abantu ukuthi babe nokuzethemba ukuthi ukuthula kufanelekile ukugcinwa, yize kunengozi ebuhlotsheni babo besiko.
Njengoba uDes esho: “Njengoba abaholi bamavukelambuso babelungiselela ukwamukela i-powhiri yabo babebona ukwakheka kweqembu lokwamukela. Baqaphele abesilisa nabesifazane, baqaphela imibala ehlukene yesikhumba base bethi 'Uma bekwazi ukusebenza ngokubambisana nakanjani nathi singakwazi.' ”
NjengoNobhala Wokuthuthukiswa KwamaMaori, uDave Te Tokohau Samuels uthe: “Impilo kaDes 'yayigxile enhlanganisweni emangalisayo ye-aroha (uthando) nomsebenzi. I-aroha yakhe ye-whānau (umndeni) wakhe, iwi (isizwe) kanye nokholo kwakusobala kubo bonke abantu futhi lokhu kweqa ngokwemvelo kwinsizakalo ayinikela ngokungenabugovu ku-Aotearoa New Zealand nase te ao Māori (izwe lamaMaori). Njengesosha langaphambili ngiyama ngibingelela iqabane eliwile elalisebenzela isizwe salo ngokuziqhenya, ngesibindi nangokuthembeka. NjengoMahori ngikhothamisa ikhanda lami ku-kaumatua (umdala) ohloniphekile nohola abantu bakhe kahle, obenomoya omuhle, futhi owenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukwenza ngcono iMaori ngaphesheya kwe-motu (izwe). ”
Arohanui (uthando), rangimarie (ukuthula), moe mai ra e (uphumule kahle) othandekayo Des.
I-totara (isihlahla) esinamandla siwile, awunakubuyiselwa ndawo kodwa sizonyuka sizame ukugcwalisa izicathulo zakho ezinkulu, sikhumbule inhliziyo yakho enhle nothando lwakho lobulungiswa emphakathini wethu.
Siyabonga ngomsebenzi wakho wokubona.
Uyiqhawe langempela lokuthula futhi siyakuthanda.
Liz Remmerswaal, umngani kaDes noMxhumanisi Kazwelonke ka World BEYOND War I-Aotearoa New Zealand.
Ingxoxo noDes iyatholakala lapha:
