"Umnqwazi wasePanama"-ebonakala ngokumila kwesangqa, ibhanti engqindilili, kunye nempahla yendiza-kudala yaba yifashoni yasehlotyeni. Kodwa ngelixa i-headgear ithandwa ngenxa yoyilo olusebenzayo olukhusela abathwali belanga, yintoni abaninzi abalandeli bayo abangaziyo kukuba umnqwazi awuzange udalwe ePanama. Ngokutsho kombhali-mbali wefashoni uLaura Beltrán-Rubio, esi simbo sazalelwa kwindawo eyaziwa namhlanje njenge-Ecuador, kunye neKholombiya, apho ibizwa ngokuba yi-Ecuador.“umnqwazi istraw toquilla.”
Igama elithi “umnqwazi wasePanama” laqanjwa ngowe-1906 emva kokuba uMongameli uTheodore Roosevelt efotwe enxibe esi sitayela xa wayetyelele kwindawo yokwakha iPanama Canal. (Abasebenzi abanikwe uxanduva lweprojekthi nabo banxiba izinxibo entloko ukuze bazikhusele kubushushu nelanga.)
Iingcambu zesi simbo zibuyela emva kumaxesha angaphambi kweSpanishi xa abantu bomthonyama kuloo mmandla bavelisa ubuchule bokuluka nge-toquilla straw, eyenziwe ngamagqabi esundu akhula kwiiNtaba zeAndes, ukwenza iibhaskithi, iingubo kunye neentambo. Ngexesha lobukoloniyali kwiminyaka yoo-1600, ngokutsho kukaBeltrán-Rubio,“iminqwazi yaziswa ngabakholoni baseYurophu…into eza emva kwayo yaba yingxubevange yeendlela zokuluka zenkcubeko yangaphambi kweSpanishi kunye nentloko enxitywa ngabemi baseYurophu.”
Ebudeni benkulungwane ye-19, xa amazwe amaninzi akuMbindi Merika afumana uzimele-geqe, lo mnqwazi wanxitywa ngokubanzi waza wenziwa eColombia nase-Ecuador.“Nakwimizobo kunye neemephu zelo xesha, unokubona ukuba zinjani'bonisa abantu abanxibe iminqwazi kunye nabarhwebi abazithengisayo,”utsho uBeltrán-Rubio. Ngenkulungwane yama-20, xa uRoosevelt wayeyinxiba, imakethi yaseMntla Melika yaba ngoyena mthengi mkhulu“Iminqwazi yasePanama”ngaphandle kweLatin America. Umnqwazi emva koko wathandwa kakhulu kwisikali kwaye yaba yindawo yeholide kunye nehlobo lokuya, ngokutsho kweBeltrán-Rubio. Ngo-2012, iUNESCO yabhengeza iminqwazi ye-toquilla “Ilifa Lenkcubeko Engaphathekiyo Loluntu.”
I-Cuyana co-founder kunye ne-CEO uKarla Gallardo wakhulela e-Ecuador, apho umnqwazi wawusisiseko sobomi bemihla ngemihla. Kwakungenjalo'de wemka esiya eUnited States wafumanisa ngembono ephosakeleyo yokuba isimbo sokubhala sasivela ePanama.“Ndothuswa kukuba imveliso ingathengiswa njani ngendlela engayihloniphiyo imvelaphi nebali layo,”utsho uGallardo.“Kukho umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwendawo apho imveliso yenziwe khona kwaye ivela phi kunye nento abayaziyo abathengi ngayo.”Ukulungisa oku, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uGallardo kunye nomseki-ntsapho wakhe, uShilpa Shah, baqala ngokusemthethweni.“Le ayisiyiyo iHat yasePanama”iphulo liqaqambisa imvelaphi yesimbo.“Ngokwenene siqhubela phambili nelo phulo ngenjongo yokutshintsha igama,”utsho uGallardo.
Ngaphaya kweli phulo, uGallardo kunye noShah basebenze ngokusondeleyo namagcisa emveli e-Ecuador, abalwele ukugcina ubuchwephesha beminqwazi yengca yetoquilla, ngaphandle kweengxaki zoqoqosho nezentlalo eziye zanyanzela abaninzi ukuba bavale amashishini abo. Ukusukela ngo-2011, uGallardo uye wandwendwela idolophu yaseSisig, enye yezona ndawo zindala zokuluka i-toquilla kulo mmandla, apho uphawu luye lwasebenzisana nalo ukwenza iminqwazi yalo.“Lo mnqwazi'Imvelaphi yase-Ecuador, kwaye oku kwenza abantu base-Ecuador bazingce, kwaye kufuneka balondolozwe,”utsho uGallardo, eqaphela inkqubo yokuluka enzima yeeyure ezisibhozo emva komnqwazi.
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Ixesha lokuposa: Jul-19-2024
