'Hayi, Akulungile!'
Ukuhamba eGrisi okanye eKyprus ngo-Oktobha? Ngo-Oktobha 28, kulindeleke ukuba udibane neminye imibhiyozo ekhunjulwa ngoSuku lwe-Ochi, isikhumbuzo sikaGeneli u-Ioannis Metaxas esiphikisayo kwisicelo sase-Italiya sokungena kwi-Greece.
Ngo-Oktobha 1940, i-Italy, eyayixhaswa nguHitler, yayifuna ukuhlala eGrisi; Iimetaxas ziphendule nje, "Ochi!" Njalo "hayi" ngesiGrike. Kwakuyi "cha" eyazisa iGrisi kwimfazwe kwicala elihlangeneyo; ixesha elithile, iGrisi yayisinye isiqabane saseBritani ngokumelene noHitler.
IGrisi ayenzanga nje ukunika ibhola likaMusolol ezamahala, kodwa bawuthabathela kwaye bawaxosha kwiindawo ezininzi zaseAlbania.
Abanye ababhali beembali-mlando bavakalisa ukuba amaGrike amelana nokutshatyalaliswa ngokukrakra kwi-landat ka-paratrooper kamva ngexesha leMfazwe yaseKrete ngokukholisa uHitler ukuba ukuhlaselwa okunjalo kubiza ubomi abaninzi baseJamani. Ukusuka emoyeni-komoya kweKrete kwakuyizamo yokugqibela yamaNazi ukusebenzisa le ndlela, kunye nezixhobo ezongezelelweyo ezifunekayo ukunqoba iGrisi zatshatyalaliswa kwaye zaphazamisa i-Reich yeThathu kwimigudu yayo kwezinye iindawo.
Ukuba iiMetaxas zithi "cha," iMfazwe Yehlabathi II yayinokuba yinto ende. Enye imbono ibonisa ukuba iGrisi yavuma ukuzinikela ngaphandle kokuchasana, uHitler wayenako ukuhlasela iRussia entwasahlobo, kunokuba enze inzame yokuzama ukuyithatha ebusika. Amazwe aseNtshona, ehlala evuyiswa ngetyala leGrisi lasendulo kunye nokuphuhliswa kwentando yesininzi, unokuhlawulwa ngeGrisi yanamhlanje ityala elilinganayo kodwa elingaqhelekanga lokunceda ukugcina intando yeninzi kwiintshaba zayo ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi II.
Ngaba i-Metaxa ngokwenene yile ncinci? Mhlawumbi hayi, kodwa yileyo ndlela ibali lidlulileyo. Kwakhona mhlawumbi waphendula ngesiFrentshi, kungekhona isiGrike.
Usuku lwe-Ochi nohambo oluya eGrisi
Ngosuku lwe-Ochi, zonke iidolophu ezikhulu zinika umkhosi wempi kwaye ezininzi iicawa zase-Greek Orthodox ziya kuba neenkonzo ezizodwa. Iidolophu eziselunxwemeni zinokuba nemigodi yezemikhosi okanye iminye imibhiyozo kwimida yamanzi.
I-Thessaloniki inikezela umthendeleko omathathu, ukuhlawulela umgcini wongcwele weso sixeko, uSytitrios, ukubhiyozela inkululeko yakhe eTurkey nokukhunjulwa kokungena kweGrisi kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi II.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, njengoko imibhikisho echasene neMelika kunye neyokulwa nemfazwe ishushu i-Greece, i-Ochi Day inokubhiyozelwa kunye namandla angaphezu kwesiganeko kunye nezinye izinto ezingaphezulu kwezopolitiko. Nangona kunjalo ukuvakala okanye ukubonwa nayiphi na imibhikisho ingabakho, akunakwenzeka ukuba ibe yinto engaphezu kwento engathandekiyo.
Lindela ukulibaziseka kwezithuthi, ngokukodwa kwimizila ye-parade, kunye nezinye izitrato zingavinwa kwimicimbi kunye nemibhiyozo eyahlukeneyo.
Hamba phambili kwaye ujabulele iimfesane. Uninzi lweendawo zezinto zakudala ziya kuvalwa, kunye namanye amaninzi amashishini kunye neenkonzo. Kwiminyaka xa i-Ochi Day iwela ngeCawa, ezinye iindawo ziya kuvaliwe kunokuqhelekileyo.
Okunye ukuchazwa: Usuku lwe-Ochi luphinda lubekwe ngo-Day Ohi okanye i-Oxi Day.