Ibhalwe nguCym Gomery, Montreal for a World BEYOND War, November 16, 2022
NgoNovemba 11, 2022, izishoshovu zokuthula zaseMontreal zahlangana esikhungweni somphakathi i-Maison Bellarmin ngomgubho wokuthula owawuhlelwe Ukuqoqa échec à la guerre, okuyimfelandawonye yezinhlangano zokuthula ezizinze e-Québec, okuhlanganisa neMontréal World BEYOND War.
Kulo nyaka, omunye umcimbi woSuku Lwesikhumbuzo wamukele indawo entsha nefomethi. Esikhathini esedlule, izishoshovu zokuthula zaseMontreal zenze umlindelo wokuthula emaphethelweni emikhosi yendabuko yoSuku Lokukhumbula. Ngonyaka ka-2022, nokho, u-Échec à la guerre wanquma ukuziqhelelanisa ngokomzimba nezinganono namathangi, nokuzwakalisa ukulangazelela kwethu ukuthula ngendlela eqabulayo nenobuchule.
Umgubho uqale ngokucula kwekwaya ngaphandle, ngo Les chorales Allez Chante! Isixuku sibe sesingena ngaphakathi esikhungweni somphakathi. Ngahlala eduze kwesishoshovu sokuthula sase-Montreal kanye noGogo Othukuthele uMarjorie Moffatt. UJean Baillargeon wamukele izethameli, futhi salalela izitatimende nezethulo ezivela kubantu abahlukahlukene emphakathini wokuthula waseMontréal.
Okulandelayo, ngemuva komculo opholile womqambi wase-Estonia u-Arvo Pärt, u-Zoe Laporte wenze umdlalo we-shadowbox. Izithombe zesipoki ezikhanyiswe izibani ezilokozayo zaphakamisa ukuqala kokuphila eMhlabeni, okusidlulisa enkathini yama-dinosaurs, kulandelwa izithombe zabantu, izimpi ezilandelanayo, futhi ekugcineni, indawo esabekayo nemnyama yobusika benuzi—okusikisela ukuthi abantu bangenza kanjalo, njengama-dinosaur, ayashabalala, kodwa ezandleni zawo—yeka isiphetho esibuhlungu se-Anthropocene!
Ngokuhambisana namakhonsathi ahlukahlukene, umdwebi u-Jacques Goldstyn (odume ngelika-Boris), udale ikhathuni enamagama-ncazo athi, 'Kuzoba usuku oluhle, usuku lapho abadayisi beziqhumane belambile, bebanda, futhi besaba.' Upopayi wakhe uphendulela indaba evamile yezempi ekhanda layo—ebonisa udwendwe olujabulisayo lwabantu ababemasha bephethe ijuba phezulu, kuyilapho ngaphambili, kugqolozele umuntu ophansi ephuma, okungenzeka ukuthi wayengumthengisi wezikhali.
Bekukhona nezinye izinkulumo ezimfushane—ezilethe ekhaya isimo esibi somhlaba ngalesi sikhathi ngesikhathi—kodwa ngenxa yokuthi besizwa lezi zitatimende kusimo sobumbano nobushoshovu, ngakwazi ukuba nethemba elingaphezu kwalokho engivame ukukuzwa lapho ngifunda. iphephandaba!
Umdlalo wokugcina womgubho ngumculi wesintu uDomlebo, naye owayengumongameli weqembu Les artistes pour la paix, kanye nelungu lesikhathi esisodwa le-Les Cowboys Fringants. Enye yezingoma ayezicula, eyethulwa ngokuthi 'Ingoma yokuthula enkulu kunazo zonke eyake yaba khona,' yayiyi I-Quand les gens vivront l'amour, ebhalwe ngu-Québecois Raymond Lévesque ngo-1956. Le ngoma yomdabu edumile iqoshwe abaculi abaningi, okuhlanganisa no-Félix Leclerc. Ibhalwe ngokombono wesishoshovu sokuthula esicabanga ngefa laso, izwe elinokuthula lekusasa, 'lapho abantu behlala ngothando'.
'Mhlawumbe bazocabanga ngelinye ilanga,
Okwethu, manje sesifile, mfowethu.
Thina ezikhathini ezimbi zakudala zenzondo nempi
Wafuna ukuthula, wafuna uthando
Ukuthi sebeyazi manje mfowethu.'
Izingoma zomculo zihlakaniphile—ukuthi kuthathe isikhathi eside ukuthi sivuke–kodwa futhi siphakamisa ukholo lokuthi ukuthula kungenzeka. Uma ngicabanga ngaleso sikhathi, lapho mina kanye nezishoshovu ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa ezilalele u-Domlebo, siqala uhambo olumnandi olumangalisayo, ngiyabona ukuthi leli culo liyisibonelo sesimo sengqondo esenza abashisekeli bokuthula behluke kakhulu kubantu bendabuko.
Masibhekane nakho: Imikhosi yoSuku Lwesikhumbuzo eyenzeka emhlabeni wonke ngoNovemba 11 imikhosi yempi. Le mikhosi ivama ukufaka inkondlo ethi, EFlanders Fields, inkondlo ecabanga amasosha ebulawa empini, ebiza abaphilayo emathuneni, ebancenga ukuba 'Baxabane nesitha.' EFlanders Fields kubizelwa impi, ngomoya wokuziphindiselela. Futhi siyakuphinda, emasontweni, emikhosini yangaphandle nasezindaweni zezombusazwe, unyaka nonyaka. Shono abantu bebonakala besabambekile emzuliswaneni wobudlova!
Ngemuva komcimbi wokuthula, ngajabula ukuthola ukuxoxa noMontreal isikhathi World BEYOND War ilungu lesahluko nomngane, uLouise Royer nomyeni wakhe uStone, kanye nokuhlangana nesishoshovu sendawo uMaria Worton.
Naba uLouise Royer, Umxhumanisi we-WBW Mtl uCym Gomery, noMaria Worton bendawonye ngaphandle kweCentre Bellarmin. Qaphela ukuthi ngisho nenja ka-Maria yayigqoke i-poppy emhlophe!
