Pastoreral nomads uye mafambiro avo muIndia

1.1 mumakomo

Kunyange nanhasi madhiri eGujmar aJammu naKashmir vane hembe dzakanaka dzembudzi nemakwai. Vazhinji vavavo vakatama kunharaunda ino muzana remakore regumi nemapfumbamwe vachitsvaga mafuro emhuka dzavo. Zvishoma nezvishoma, mumakumi emakore, ivo vamene vamakazvimisikidza munzvimbo iyi, uye vakafamba gore rimwe nerimwe pakati pezhizha ravo uye nguva yechando inogara nguva yechando. Munguva yechando, apo makomo marefu akafukidzwa nechando, vaigara nemombe dzavo mumakomo akadzika eSwalik range. Masango akaoma emakwenzi pano akapa mafuro emombe yavo. Pakupera kwaApril vakatanga kwavo kuchamhembe kwekuramhembe kwezvirongwa zvavo zvezhizha. Dzimba dzinoverengeka dzakaungana dzerwendo urwu, kuumba izvo zvinozivikanwa seKiwalala. Vakayambuka Piripi Panjal inopfuura uye vakapinda mumupata weKashmir. Nekutanga kwezhizha, chando chakanyungudika uye makomo aive akasvibira. Iyo dzakasiyana-siyana huswa dzakamera dzakapa hupfu hwakapfuma hune hutano hwemombe dzemhuka. Pakupera Gunyana BakarWals aive pane kufambidzana zvakare, panguva ino pane rwendo rwavo rwekudzika, kudzokera kuchando chando chando. Kana makomo marefu akafukidzwa nechando, mapoka akafukurwa mumakomo akadzika.

Pane imwe nharaunda yemakomo, iyo vafudzi vaGaddi veHealdal pradesh yaive neyakafanana kutenderera kwemwaka wekufamba kwemwaka. Ivo zvakare vakashandisa nguva yavo yechando mumakomo akadzika eSiwalik range, achifudza mapoka avo mumasango anopenya. Pakazosvika april vakafambisa North uye vakapedza zhizha muLahul uye Spiti. Kana chando chakanyungudutswa uye iyo yakakwira kupfuura yakajeka, vazhinji vavo vakaenda kugomo rakakwira

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Kunyora muna 1850s, GC. Bares akapa rondedzero inotevera yeiyo Gujjars yeKanga:

‘Mune zvikomo zvevakarukwa emagralation dzinza reufundisi – vanokudziridza zvishoma. Gaddhani anochengeta mapoka emakwai nembudzi uye vaGujjars, pfuma ine mapundu. Vanhu ava vanogara mumachira emasango, uye vanochengeta kuvapo kwavo chete nekutengeswa kwemukaka, ghee, uye zvimwe zvigadzirwa zvemombe dzadzo. Varume vanofudza mombe, uye vanogara vachigara kwemavhiki musango vachifudza mapoka avo. Vakadzi vanogadzira kumisika mangwanani mamwe nemabhasikiti pamisoro yavo, vane mapoto mashoma evhu akazadzwa nemukaka, butter-mukaka uye ghee, imwe yeiyi hositi ine chikamu chinodiwa pakudya kwemazuva. Munguva yemamiriro ekunze anopisa anodzinga mombe dzadzo kusvika kune yepamusoro shuwa, uko maNyunta anofara neuswa hwakapfuma hwaibva mvura uye panguva yekudziya kubva mukutsamwa kwekutambisa kuvapo kwavo mukati mapani.

Kubva: GC. Barnes, chirevo chekugadzirisa chekanga, 1850-55. meadows. Pakazosvika Gunyana vakatanga kudzoka kwavo kwekudzoka. Vari munzira vakamira zvakare mumisha yeLhul uye Spiti, kukohwa kwavo kukohwa kwezhizha nekudyara chirimwa chavo chando chando. Ipapo vakaburukira namapoka avo kukavhu ravo nguva yechando paSwilik zvikomo. Akatevera April, vakatanga kufamba mbudzi uye makwai, kune emazwi ezhizha.

Kupfuura kumabvazuva, muGarhwal uye Kumaoni, maGujj. Vazhinji vavaimbove vachibva kuJammu ndokuuya kumakomo akapfuura muzana remakore regumi nemapfumbamwe mukutsvaga mafuro akanaka.

Iyi nzira yekufamba kwesclical pakati pezhizha uye mwaka wechando mafuro aive akafanana nenharaunda dzakawanda dzeMufundisi dzeHimalayas, kusanganisira Bhotiyas, Sherpas naKinnauris. Vese vaive vakachinjira kumwaka mwaka shanduko uye kushandisa zvinoshandiswa zvinobudirira firiti inowanikwa munzvimbo dzakasiyana. Kana ruoko racho raizadzwa kana risingawanikwe munzvimbo imwechete ivo vaiziva mapoka avo neboka ravo kunzvimbo itsva. Uku kufamba kweNtinuous kwakatenderawo mafuro kuvhara; Kwakadzivirira kusaziva kwavo.

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