01 ngo-06
Ukunikezela ngeNkosi ngomkhosi
I-artisan ibeka isicatshulwa sokugqibela kwisithixo seNkosi uGanesh kwiworkshop eLalbaug, eMumbai. Sharell Cook Mfa nekiso.
Kukho iiveki ezimbalwa eziseleyo kude kube ngumkhosi weGanesh Chaturthi eMumbai. Ngenye yeemithendeleko ezinkulu kunye nezilindelekileyo zedolophu zonyaka. Izithixo ezingaphezu kwama-200,000 zeNkosi uGanesh ziya kunqulwa kwaye zibhaptize ngamanzi ngaphezu kweentsuku ezili-10 zomthendeleko. Abaculi baxakeke malunga neeholo kwiindibano zocweyo kwindawo yesithili saseLalbaug yaseMaklabhu, njengoluhlanga ngokuchasene nexesha lokuba zonke izithixo zigqitywe. Inkqubo enzima yomsebenzi yokunikezela ngesandla iNkosi iqhubeka malunga neenyanga ezintathu. Kuquka izakhono ezizodwa, ezinikezelwa kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, kwaye abasebenzi bavela kwiBhihar ukuza kuncedisa.
Ndithanda ukubona ukuzenzela iNkosi uGanesh, ndagqiba ekubeni ndiqale kule Ganpati Bappa Morya! I-Meanderings e-Lalbaug ukuhamba ngokukhokelwa, okunikezwa yi-Breakaway.
Isikhokelo sam esilungileyo, uRamanand Kowta (umnxeba: 9892910023), wayengumntu wezinto ezihlukeneyo. Wabandakanyeka kwishishini lokukhenketho kwixesha elidlulileyo kwiminyaka eyi-10 eyadlulayo, emva kohlobo olude lwentsebenziswano olulandelayo olulandelwa li-stint kwezolimo. Ngokukhawuleza ndafumanisa ukuba wayeyindoda eqondayo ngokomoya. Ukongezelela, wayenentsimbi yokufotoza, eyandivuyisa.
02 we-06
IiGanesh Idols ezincinane zilungele ukuthengiswa
Sharell Cook Ngokukulindela okukhulu, sihamba kwi-workshops enkulu kwizithili zendawo. Ngasenyakatho yeLalbaug Flyover, kwakuyi-cavernous buildinghift structure eye yavela kwiipalo ze-bamboo kunye neentambo ezihlaza okwesibhakabhaka emva kwesango lensimbi. Ngaphakathi, izithixo zobukhulu obuhlukeneyo kunye neziyilo zihleli, umgca kumqolo, kwizigaba ezahlukeneyo zokugqiba. Amancinci ngaphambili ayepende, ahlanganiswe kwaye agxilwe, alindele ukuqokelela. Ezinye zaye zagqitywa ngokugqithiseleyo ngeempahla ezikhazimulayo.
03 we-06
Iimpawu ezinkulu zeGanesh Idols ezenziwe
Sharell Cook Uninzi lwezithixo ezinkulu zabekwa njengobumba. Uninzi, bahamba phezu kwam. Enye, ehleli ephethe ibhola enkulu, yayingqonge nge-scaffolding ukwenzela ukuba abaculi bakwazi ukunyuka baze bafikelele. Baye besetyenziselwa i-plaster nayo. Andikwazi ukunceda kodwa ndibuze ukuba umsebenzi wawuza kwenziwa njani ngexesha lomthendeleko. Emva kwakho konke, umzobo owawuguqula izithixo ukusuka kwimifanekiso emhlophe ebomvu ukuya kunkulunkulu ontendlovu owawuthanda kakhulu ufuna iinkcukacha ezininzi.
04 we-06
Ubugcisa beKambli
Sharell Cook. Kufuphi neChinchpokli Bridge, savakashela i-workshop kaMnu. Ratnakar Kambli, intloko yeKambli Arts. Iingcali eziqingqiweyo kunye nabadwebi, izizukulwana ezintathu zentsapho ziye zenza isithixo esithembekileyo seMumbai - iLalbaugcha Raja - ukususela ngo-1935. Kuzo, ukuzenzela izithixo kuninzi malunga nothando kunemali kwaye bajolise kumsebenzi wokuhlobisa umhlala-mali wonyaka .
UMnu Kambli othobekileyo nothobekileyo wamenywa nathi, wasinika isiphuzo esibandayo, waza wasinika iifoto eziqhotyoshelweyo zeRaja esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi kuyo yonke inkazimulo yakhe. Ukuthetha naye kuye kwabonisa ukuba ngelixa isithixo sasihlanganiswe ngokugcwele, kwakungekafaneki. Iinyanga ezi-1 kunye nehafu zifuneka ukuba zizalise isithombe seenyawo ezili-12. Iziqalo zalo ziqale zikhutshwe kwiibumba kwi-worksho kwaye zithunyelwa kwindawo yayo ekhuselekileyo kwimakethe yaseLalbaug, njengoko ibaluleke kakhulu ukuba iqhutywe ngokupheleleyo. Isalathisi esibukeka sisigxina, ngoku sivikelwe ngumgaqo-patent, senziwe ngumzalwana omdala kaMnu Kambli, uVenkates, owayephumelele kwiSikolo soBugcisa be-Sir JJ. Ngokuphathelele isethi yayo ecacileyo, iphathiswe ngabaqulunqi kubandakanywa nomqondisi we-Bollywood u-Nitin Desai.
UMnu Kambli wachaza ukuba kubalulekile ukuba ulungelelanise ukuklanywa kweLalbaugcha Raja, ukwenzela ukuba kulungele phantsi kweLalbaug Flyover entsha xa kuqhutywa ukucwiliswa. Ezinye zeengxenye zalo, kubandakanywa isithsaba, ngoku zenziwe ukuba zihlulwe.
Ezo zonke iindibano zeeworkshop, abakhandi ababebethe ngalo lonke ubusuku balala embhedeni phantsi kweemifanekiso zeNkosi. Nangona ukukhanya kunye nengxolo, iingqondo zabo zaziba noxolo phambi kwakhe.
05 ka 06
Ecaleni kweCraft Sculpting yaseGanesh
Sharell Cook Kweminye iindibano zokusebenzela eziye zaxutywa kwiindlela zendlela, abachwephezi abancinci babezibethe ngokukhawuleza kunye nokudweba. Abanye babengenaselula yabo, kodwa bebevele beqonda kakuhle ubugcisa obungcwele.
06 we-06
Ithenda leSalveug Spice Market
Iinqumba ezithengiswa kwiimakethe zaseLalbaug. Sharell Cook Uhambo lwam luphelile kwimakethe ye-Lalbaug. Ndishiya ndivuyayo kwaye ndithwaxwa luhambo lwalo lukaThixo, olwangandisondeza kakhulu kwiNkosi uGanesh, isususa imithintelo. Kwakunjalo ubuhle kwizinto ezininzi zokudala kunye nomzamo owazinikela ekubambiseni ubomi.
Izithixo zeNkosi yaseGanesh ziza kuboniswa kwiinqanaba kwaye zithathwe emakhayeni ngaphesheya kwesi sixeko, apho ubukho bakhe buza kubakholwa khona kwaye baya kunqulwa ngexesha lomthendeleko. Ekugqibeleni, baya kubhaptizwa emanzini baze bashiye ukutshatyalaliswa njengesikhumbuzo esinamandla sokungahambelani nobuhle babo, kwaye bahlale beqonda ukuba amandla eNkosi ayenayo nangona umfanekiso wakhe usukile.