01 ngo 08
I-Calcutta Ifoto yeeKhenketho zeNkcubeko iKaleidoscope Hamba
Iingqapheli zoMkhombe zihlala, Kolkata. Sharell Cook. Ukubona indawo eziphezulu ukutyelela eKolkata kwaye ufuna ukwazi isixeko ngokuthe ngqo? Uhambo oluhambayo oluhlola i-Kolkata ye-melting pot of cultures kunye noluntu yindlela enhle kakhulu yokwenza njalo.
Kwakukho ukuhlaziya ebusika ekuphumeni kwemoya njengoko sasifika kwiKhendi yeCalaidoscope yokuhamba, ekhokelwa nguManjit Singh Hoonjan weCalcutta Photo Tours. UManjit, umculi wezithombe, udale i-niche yakhe ekhethekileyo kwiimarike zokuhamba.
Nangona ezinye zeendwendwe zeManjit zigxininisa kakhulu kwiifoto kunye nezindlela zokufumana okulungileyo kwikhamera yakho, ezininzi zazo zifanelekile nabantu abanomdla wokufumana i-Kolkata kwizinga eliphantsi. Njengoko wacacisa kuthi, ityelelo leCalaidoscope leNkcubeko liwela kwicandelo lokugqibela. Ukutyelela kwenzelwe ukubonelelwa ngokubalulekileyo kwimbali yenkcubeko kunye nenkcubeko. Kwaye, kwakukunceda kakhulu ukuba uManjit ufumane isandla ukunika iingcebiso kunye neengcebiso ngezikhathi ngezikhathi.
02 ngo 08
I-Kolkata yeNkcubeko yeKaleidoscope
Sharell Cook Ephakathi kwe-19 leminyaka "iKapa yaseMhlophe" (ebanjwe iBritani ejikeleze iKhowringhee Road) kunye ne "Black Town" (ehleliwe nguBangalis ngasentla kol Kolkata), kukho into ekubhekiswe kuyo ngexesha lemihla kaRaj njenge "Grey Town". Indawo emnyama yayiba ngumxube we-eclectic wabafuduki - amaBuddha, iParsis, amaSulumane, amaShayina, amaPortugal, amaYuda kunye nabantu abavela kwezinye iindawo zaseIndiya.
Umkhulu kaManjit wayengomnye umfuduki. Kwaye, ekuhambeni kwenkcubeko yeCalaidoscope kunye noManjit kuthetha ukuba uza kuhlola indawo awayehlala kuyo ebomini bakhe bonke, apho abantu abaninzi bayazi kwaye bayamhlonela. Idala umoya omsondlo kunye nolwamkelekileyo, ohambelana nohlobo lukaManjit ophumayo (uya kukuxelela ukuba uthanda kangakanani ukuhlangana nabantu abatsha ngemihla kwiindlela zakhe zokutyelela) kunye nokuzihlaziya.
03 we-08
Amabhonkco omququ neBhisti
I-bhisti (isithwala samanzi) kunye nomsiki wakhe (isikhumba sesikhumba sebhokhwe) esigcwele amanzi. Sharell Cook. Uhambo lwethu lokuhamba luye lwaqala ukuqala ngokukhawulelana ne- bhisti (isithwala samanzi) ukuzalisa imasak yakhe (isikhumba sesikhumba sebhokhwe) esigcwele amanzi. Ngomhla wamandulo eKolkata, kwakungeyinto engalindelekanga. Laba baphathi bamanzi babaluleke kakhulu ekuboneleleni ngamanzi eBritish kodwa ukufunwa kweenkonzo zabo kuye kwehla ngenxa yokuqaliswa kwamapulangwe. Nangona kunjalo, iinqanawa zokuThambisa kwi-Bow Bazar yindawo enye apho zisasebenza khona. Ngokukhawuleza safumanisa ukuba kutheni.
Njengoko saphendulela ingqungquthela kwiiNqwelombatho zoMquba, sazifumana sisekuhlaleni kweembali zembali ezintathu kunye nezivalo ezinemibala. Ekuqaleni, emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I. Kamva, emva kokuzimela kwe-Indiya, amaxhoba athatyathwa ngamaNdiya ase-Anglo (abantu baseBrithani ababeza kutshata amaNdiya).
Umba, sifunde, kukuba izakhiwo zezindlu azigcinwanga kakuhle. Amafulethi angenazo zangasese okanye izindlu zokuhlambela. Ngaphezu koko, ezinye izakhiwo azikwazi ukufumana amanzi. Ngenxa yoko, imfuno yebhistis.
Ziziphi iinqanawa ezithandwayo ngokugqithiseleyo ngokugcina isithethe seKrismesi esaphila. Unyaka wonke, ukubhiyozelwa kweKrisimesi yoluntu kuqhutywe khona, ukususela ngoDisemba 23 ukuya kutsho uNyaka omtsha.
04 we-08
I-Came Best Fruit Cake e-Kolkata
Sharell Cook Kungekude neenqanawa ze-Bow, eWeston Street, i-nondescript i-Ajmiri Bakery yenza enye yekhekhe leqhamo eliqhambileyo oya kudla. Ukungena ngaphakathi kwevenkile, sajamelana nesitanu somlilo esasidala, ngokuqinisekileyo sinoxanduva olukhethekileyo.
05 ka 08
UkuSamphula Ukutya Kwezitalato
Sharell Cook. Njengoko saqhubeka sihamba, ubomi besitalato beqhubeka bedlala phambi kwethu. Abanye abathengisi babetha izityuwa esantini ukuze banike i-flavour, abanye bakhupha i- chai baze bakhonze kwiindawo zobumba zendalo zobumba, kunye nezinye zokutyiwa okutyiweyo kwi-oyile.
Sekunjalo, ngokungafani nezinye iindawo zaseIndiya, iinkomo endleleni zazingekho. Kwakukumangalisi xa uManjit echaza ukuba kusemthethweni ukubulala iinkomo eKolkata kwaye isixeko sinexhelwa lokubulala. Esinye isidlo esithandwa kakhulu yenkomo - isantya esiphekwe ngeengunongo (kwaye ihlala ikhonjwe ngobungqina kunye nomnatha wethambo) --- yinto ebizwa ngokuba yi- nihari. Kudliwa ngentsasa ebusika, kunye nabathengisi bezitalato kwi-Bow Bazaar babenza ishishini elibi.
Sasihlala siyeke ukuba silinge ukutya kwesitalato kunye neesekese (i- mishti doi yayinomdla) njengoko sasihamba, kodwa sinombulelo ukunqumla i- nihari !
06 we-08
Icawa yaseChina eChinatown
I-IP IP yaseKapa, Kolkata. Sharell Cook Ukugqitha ukusuka kummandla ukuya kumakhelwane kubonakalisa ukungafani okufihlakeleyo kokutya kunye nakwizakhiwo. Kungekudala ngaphambi kokuba sifinyelele i-Old Chinatown, apho kwakukho iivenkile kunye neengulube zeengulube ezixhomekeke kwiifestile (kunye nokuxhaswa kweengxowa zeehagu zenziwe ngezantsi).
Enye yezinto ezahlukileyo malunga neKolkata yintsimi yabaseTshayina, eyabuyela kwinkulungwane ye-18 xa abathengisi baseTshayina bahlala kwisixeko. Indala yaseChinatown mhlawumbi idume kakhulu ngekusasa ekuseni ngeCawa. Nangona kunjalo, ngeli hambo lokuhamba, siye safikelela kwelinye lezinto ezifihlakeleyo, i-Sea IP Church. Lecawa yaseTshayina yakhiwa ngo-1905 kwaye iqulethe izixhobo zemfazwe ezidala, kunye noothixokazi.
07 ka 08
I-Kaleidoscope yeHarmony yoLuntu
Masenagoge likaDavide. Sharell Cook. Ukukhanyisa kunye nokuqonda, ngexesha lokutyelela sasiye kwiindawo zokunqula kuzo zonke iindawo ezihlukeneyo kuloo ndawo - uMbutho waseBangal Buddhist, obuye ube neendwendwe zabahambi; icawa yamaKatolika yamaPutukezi ngokuthakazelisayo; Ithempeli lomlilo kaParsi, elinomlilo oyingcwele ovuthayo ukususela ngo-1912; kwaye, ngokubhekiselele kuyo i-Aga Khan Jamatkhana, kwiShia Ismaili amaSulumane.
Nangona kunjalo, isiqwenga sokumelana safika ekupheleni. Masenagoge likaDavide. Efihlakele kufuphi neBha Bara Bazaar, le sinagoge lamaYuda elihle lakhiwa ngowe-1884. Linendawo ebonakalayo yobomvu ebomvu ngaphandle kwinqaba, ehluke ngokukhenketha kwetaliyali ye-style yobugcisa bayo. Ngokudabukisayo, iinkonzo azisekho apho njengamaYuda angama-30 kuphela ahlala eKolkata. Ngoku, isinagogi igcinwe ikhutshwe kwaye iyisikhumbuzo ekhuselekile phantsi kwe-Archaeological Survey yaseIndiya. Ukukwazi ukungena kwakukugqwesileyo.
08 ka 08
Kutheni Uya KuKhenketho
Sharell Cook Kwakhuthaza ukubona abantu abasuka kuzo zonke uluntu kunye nokuhamba kobomi bekhona ngokuthula ndawonye kwindawo enye. Abaninzi babo bathanda ukuthatha isithombe sabo, ngelixa abahlobo babo bebukeka behlekisa ngabo. I-Manjit ngumthombo obalaseleyo wolwazi kunye nezikhokelo zokuzonwabisa. Ibhonasi eyongeziweyo kukuba uthatha iifoto ezintle zezityeleli kunye nokubonelela ngeendleko!
Iinkcukacha
I-Calcutta Photo Tours isebenza ngeendlela zokuhamba ngeentsuku zonke. Iindwendwe zihlala malunga neeyure ezintathu, kunye neendleko zee-1,750 ii-rupees kubantu abadala kunye nama-rupee ayi-1 kubantwana abangaphantsi kwe-12. Ukunyuka kwihotele yakho kunokwenzeka ngexabiso elongezelelweyo. Isikhathi sokuqala esinconywayo si-6 ngohlobo kwaye ngo-6.30 ekuseni ebusika ukuze kube lula ukukhanya kunye nokuhamba. Nangona kunjalo, amaxesha angatshintshwa ukuze ahambisane nawe. Ubuncinane babemi babini kufuneka ukuba bahambe kwiihotele. Olunye ulwazi lufumaneka kwiwebhusayithi yeCatcutta Photo Tours.
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