01 ngo 08
Ngaba i-Mumbai okanye yi-Goa?
Isitrato saseVasai. Sharell Cook Izitrato ezixhaswe ngesundu, inxweme engaphiliyo, kunye nelifa lePortugal eliqhelekileyo lenza idolophu yaseVasai, emaphandleni angasenyakatho eMumbai, ngokumangalisayo kukukhumbuza iGoa.
Awunakuze uqikelele kodwa uVasai wayebaluleke ngaphezu kwe-Mumbai. Kwimihla ye-16 neye-17, yayiyikomkhulu lolawulo lwesiPutukezi kunye nedolophu eneenqaba. Namhlanje, i-oasis epholileyo evakalelwa ngokunyanisekileyo kwixesha le-warp. Ngokungafani nemimandla ejikelezile, ininzi yamaVasai iye yasindiswa ekuphuhliseni, njengoko ihlala ivuyiswa ngokukhawuleza ukusuka kwidolophini yeedolophu. Okwangoku, ibhuloho kuphela kuMlambo waseVasai, ohlukanisa iVasai kuyo yonke indawo yaseMumbai, ibhuloho yesitimela.
Imbali ye-Vasai eyahlukileyo kunye neendawo ezizinzile (kunye nomoya omtsha!) Kuthetha ukuba kuninzi ukubonelela abahambahambayo abafuna ukuhamba-umkhondo. Amabini amabini aseburhulumenteni obuPortugal aqhubeka ebonakalisa inkolo kunye nendlela yokuphila yabemi baseVasai, abahlala ngamaKatolika. Inkcubeko yabo idibanisa iConkani, isiPutukezi, iMarathi kunye neBrithani.
Ndandwendwela iVasai kwiNdwendwe yoSuku oluPhezulu lweVasai lokuHlola olunikezelwa ngumkhokeli wendawo uLoyoy D'Mello, ophethe ama-Amaze Tours. Emva kokusebenza ekwindwendwe nasekuphathweni kwehotele, kubandakanywa izicatshulwa njengekhanda kwihotele zentengiso kunye neenqanawa zamazwe ngamazwe, uLoyoy waqonda ukuba wayefuna ukuqala ishishini lokutyelela ukukhuthaza inkcubeko nezithethe zaseNdiya. Uyazi uVasai ngokukhawuleza njengoko intsapho yakhe ihlala kwaye ibe nomhlaba apho kwizizukulwana ezininzi, kwaye oku kubangela ukhenketho kunye noluntu. Unokutyelela iicawa ezintle, ubone abenzi bokusebenza emsebenzini, isampuli yokutya ekhethiweyo, kwaye uthathe inxaxheba kwinkqubo yokupheka.
Funda ukuze ufunde malunga neenqwelomoya ezivezwe ngotyelelo.
02 ngo 08
Vasai Fort
Ukungena kwi-citadel eVasai Fort. Sharell Cook. Amanxuwa ase-Vasai ayinqabileyo yenkqantosi ngokungathandabuzekiyo inqabileyo ekhangayo yedolophu. Ukuyihlolisisa kuya kukuthatha ixesha elide kwixesha elichaziweyo kwimbali xa i-fort yayingumzi ophilileyo kwi-Persian rule. Iindonga zayo ezinqabileyo zikhusele iindwendwe eziphezulu zePortugal, kunye neecawa, iitempile, iithempeli, izibhedlele, iikholeji kunye namaziko olawulo.
Iqonga libhekiselele kwiMfazwe ende yeVasai, phakathi kwePutukezi neMaratha, ekugqibeleni iphelile iMarathas eyithatha inqaba ngo-1739 emva kokuchitha igazi.
Funda ngakumbi: Ukhangele ngaphakathi kwi-Historic Vasai Fort
03 we-08
Iicawa zeMveli
Ngaphakathi kwecawa likaSt. Thomas. Sharell Cook. Kukho iicawa ezingama-40 kwindawo yaseVasai. Abanye banamakhulu eminyaka ubudala. Banobaluleka obuphawulekayo bembali kwaye basasetyenziselwa unqulo namhlanje.
Icawa yaseSanta Thomas, icawa ebaluleke kakhulu yeVasai, yakhiwa ngo-1566 kwaye yayiyonto yokuqala yokusekwa ngaphandle kwe-Vasai. Kwakubonakala kunotyebi kangangokuthi abahlaseli base-Arabhu baseMrazil baseGujarat bahlutha baze bawubeka umlilo, ngo-1571. Wakha kwakhona ngowe-1573.
Ayaziwa xa icawa yesibini ebaluleke kakhulu, i-Lady of Grace yeCate Cathedral, yakhiwe. Nangona kunjalo, kukholwa ukuba ku-1570s.
04 we-08
Izindlu zoLuntu
Imizi yomlando eVasai. Sharell Cook Umnyaka oneminyaka engama-135 uRautwada ungomnye wamakhaya ambalwa amagugu asele eVasai, nakwi-Mumbai. Le mihla, ininzi ithathelwe indawo yezakhiwo zepropati zanamhlanje. Indlu yenziwe ngamatye e-teak kwaye iileyili ngaphandle kwayo yinto efanayo eyayisetyenziswe kwiChrisrapati Shivaj Terminus (iVictoria Terminus) kwisikhululo sikaloliwe, esakhiwa yiBritani eMumbai ngo-1887. Ngaphakathi, kukho izinto ezindala kunye nefenethi ye-antitique.
05 ka 08
ISitatimende seNkolo yeCarving Workshop
I-Statue yokudweba i-workshop e-Vasai. Sharell Cook Ejikelezwe ngamatye enkuni yonke imilo kunye nobukhulu, izifanekiselo zikaYesu kunye neNtombikazi kaMariya zenziwe ngokukhawuleza kwi-workshop kaRoque noRenold Sequeira Abazalwana baseVasai.
Eli shishini elimangalisayo lasekwa ngowe-1920 kwaye liye lasebenza kwizizukulwana ezintathu. Ukususela ekuqaliseni ukuthobeka okuthobekileyo, abenzi bezithombe baye baqokelela ngoku ukuqokelela amabhaso amahlanu e-UNESCO ngokulondolozwa kwelifa. Igalelo labo lokuqala lifumene ngo-2005, ukusuka ekubuyiselweni okubuhlungu kwe- Dr Bhau Daji Lad yaseMgungundlovu yaseMkhathini .
Xa ndandwendwela kwi-workshop, umfanekiso ovela eDaman, owawuqala kwi-16 okanye ye-17 leminyaka, wawuza kubuyiselwa. I-Sequerias ifumana amagosa amasiko avela kulo lonke ihlabathi, kuquka nee-oda zegolide ezifakwe kwiifoto.
Kuthatha malunga neenyanga kunye nesiqingatha ukugqiba umfanekiso. Inkqubo iqalisa ngobumbano obunobumba bomfanekiso obonelelwe. Umzekelo ubuyaphinda uqhutywe emthini, odla ngokusuka kwiGoa nakwindawo yaseKonkan. Intloko yayo kufuneka isuswe ukuze ifake ubuso obunjengobomi kodwa ukujoyina kungabonakali emva koko.
Indoda eneetalente ezininzi, uRenold Sequeira naye uyisibhakabhaka esiqinileyo seenkwenkwezi. Amabini akhe ayenziwa kwi-Sydney Observatory kunye ne-Powerhouse Museum e-Australia.
Jonga iifoto zam I-Statue Carving Workshop kwi-Facebook
06 we-08
Indawo yokudlela yaseMahila Mandal
Abafazi bepheka eMahila Mandal. Sharell Cook Ngamaxabiso angabonakaliyo, ukulungelelanisa ukutya okunjengokuthi uza kufumana njani ekhaya, uye ngqo ngqo kuMahila Mandal kufuphi neSikolo esitsha saseNgilandi kuMahatma Gandhi Road eVasai. Ibukeka i-nondescript. Nangona kunjalo, ukutya kukhwela kwaye kukho ibali elikhethekileyo emva kwalo.
Indawo yokutyela iyingxenye ye-NGO ekhuthazayo eyasungulwa iminyaka engama-25 edlulileyo ngumfundisi wendawo uNksz Indumathy Vishnu Barve ukuqesha abafazi abasweleyo. (Ngelishwa, iintsapho ezininzi zalahlekelwa ngeniso emva kokuba izitya zakwaMumbai zivalwe). Ngoku, kunamaziko asixhenxe kunye naseVasai, kunye nabesifazane abangaphezu kwama-250 ababandakanyekayo! Kwaye, uNksz Barve uneminyaka engama-90 ubudala kwaye usasebenza!
Akumangalisi ukuba ukutya kudume kakhulu. Ndineplate ye batata bhaji (i-dry Maharashtrian style style dish) kunye ne-chapatti malunga nama-rupie angama-30. Kwakungekho ixesha lokuthatha umfanekiso njengoko kwakulungile, ndazidla ngokukrakra kwimizuzu emibili! Endaweni yoko, lo ngumfanekiso wabasetyhini abawenze.
Funda kabanzi malunga noMahila Mandal kunye nomsunguli walo kweli nqaku.
07 ka 08
Indawo yokutya kunye nokupheka
Ukwenza isanti. Sharell Cook. Ummandla wamaKatolika eNdiya uyaziwa ngokutya okwehlukeneyo okuyi-fusion yeendlela zokupheka. Ewe, uhambo lwezithethe kunye nelifa leVasai aluyi kuzaliswa ngaphandle kokufumana ukutya!
Ukutyelela kwikhaya lentombazana ethandekayo ngokupheka, ndathatha inxaxheba ekwenzeni i- sandni. Olu hlobo lwendawo lwendawo yokuqhafaza lulungiselelwe ukusuka kumbethe we-gram engama-bengal gram kunye nomgubo welayisi, owutyhefu.
Isonka sincedisa isidlo sasemnandi esasiphathwe ngumama kaLoyoy. Izidlo ezidla ngokutya inyama yamaKatolika zizonwaba.
Ngaphambi kwesidlo sasemini, senza i- foogyas ethandwa kakhulu (ekwaziwa nangokuthi igugu ). Ezi iibhola ezidibeneyo zomgubo, ubisi lwekakhukhunathi, i-cumin, iswekile, ityuwa kunye nemvubelo ziyakhupha ngaphandle kwaye zihlutha ngaphakathi. Akunakwenzeka ukutya omnye!
08 ka 08
Ngaphantsi
Icawa yaseSanta Saint-Franciscan, iVasai Fort. Sharell Cook I-Vasai luhambo olucetyiswayo olusuka eMumbai, kungekhona nje ukubalekela izihlwele zesixeko kunye neengxabano kodwa ukuba ufunde malunga ne-Indiya yabemi beKatolika kunye nokubaluleka kwembali kwidolophu.
I dolophu inomlinganiselo omkhulu wokuzonwabisa. Njengoko ndithe ndagqiba isiqingatha semini apho, ngelishwa andizange ndibe nexesha lokubona ezininzi (i-excuse yami yokulungiselela olunye uhambo)!
Ukongeza kwento endikuyiyo, uhambo olugcweleyo lwe-Explore Vasai Tour olunikezwa ngesikhokelo sendawo uLoyoy D'Mello wee-Amaze Tours luquka ukuhamba kwinqanawa kunye nokutyelela elwandle lwaseVasai, i-colony kunye nabahlali basekuhlaleni.
Bona iifoto ze-My Vasai Tour kwi-Facebook
Enyanisweni, ukuba ufumane uninzi lwawo uhambo oluya kuVasai, kufuneka uhlale ubusuku bonke. Kuninzi kakhulu ukupakisha komnye usuku, kuya kuba nzima. ULoyoy uhlose ukongeza indawo yokuvakashela iindwendwe ngokukhawuleza, oko kuya kuphucula kakhulu amava.
Ukufika apho
I-Vasai itholakala malunga neyure elisenyakatho ye-Mumbai. I- train yaseMumbai yindlela elula kakhulu yokufikelela kuVasai, njengoko ibhuloho kuphela kwiCravee yaVasai (eyahlula iVasai kuyo yonke indawo yaseMumbai) ibhuloho yesitimela. Thatha isitim e-Virar, esivela kwiChurchgate kumgca weNtshona , kwisikhululo sesitimela sase-Vasai. (Gwema amaxesha amaninzi, njengolu xwebhu oluxhasayo!). Ukususela kwisikhululo, thabatha ibhasi okanye u-auto rickshaw. I-Vasai Fort ijikeleze imizuzu engama-20.
Ukuba uhamba ngetyelelo kunye noLoyoy, uya kukhupha ehotele yakho aze ahambe nawe ngesitimela eya kuVasai. Ngaphandle koko, ukuba uhamba ukusuka eMumbai, ukhetho olulodwa kuphela yi-Western Express Highway (iNational Highway 8), eyona ndlela ende.
Njengoko eqhelekileyo kwishishini lokuhamba, umbhali unikezelwa ngeenkonzo ezincedisayo ukwenzela injongo yokuphonononga. Ngelixa lingazange luchukumise le ngongoma, i-About.com ikholelwa ekudaluleni ngokugcwele zonke iingxabano ezingabangela umdla. Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe vetshe, jonga iNkqubo yethu yokuziphatha.