Mayi Kalai, mlimi wa ku Tamil Nadu kumwera kwa India, akukamba za kulima nzimbe komanso kufunika kwa chikondwerero chamwambo chokolola Pongal mu January. Cholinga cha Pongal ndikuthokoza mulungu wadzuwa chifukwa chokolola ndikumupatsa mbewu zoyamba kukolola. Ndinabadwa ndipo ndimakhala m’mudzi waung’ono pafupi ndi Kavandhapadi. Masana ndimagwira ntchito kusukulu, ndipo madzulo ndimayang’anira famu ya banja lathu. Banja langa ndi alimi obadwa nawo. Agogo anga aamuna, abambo ndi m'modzi mwa abale ndi alimi amachita zaulimi. Ndinawathandiza pa ntchito yawo ndili mwana. Mukudziwa, sindinasewerepo zidole, zoseweretsa zanga zinali miyala, nthaka ndi kuruwai (chipatso chaching'ono cha kokonati). Masewera onse ndi zosangalatsa zinali zokhudzana ndi kukolola ndi kusamalira nyama pafamu yathu. Choncho, n’zosadabwitsa kuti ndagwirizanitsa moyo wanga ndi ulimi. Timalima nzimbe ndi nthochi zamitundumitundu. Kwa zikhalidwe zonse ziwiri, nthawi yakucha ndi miyezi khumi. Nzimbe ndi zofunika kwambiri kukolola panthawi yoyenera, pamene zakhuta monga momwe zingathere ndi madzi omwe shuga amapangidwa pambuyo pake. Timadziwa kudziwa nthawi yokolola: Masamba a nzimbe amasintha mtundu n’kukhala obiriwira. Pamodzi ndi nthochi, timabzalanso karamani (mtundu wa nyemba). Komabe, sizogulitsa, koma zimakhalabe kuti tigwiritse ntchito. Pafamupo tili ndi ng’ombe 10, njati, nkhosa 2 komanso nkhuku pafupifupi 20. M’maŵa uliwonse ndimakama ng’ombe ndi njati, kenako ndimagulitsa mkakawo pakampani yapafupi. Mkaka wogulitsidwa umapita kwa Aavin, wopanga mkaka ku Tamil Nadu. Ndikabwera ku ntchito, ndimakamanso kukama ng’ombe ndipo madzulo ndimagulitsa kwa ogula wamba, makamaka mabanja. Palibe makina pafamu yathu, zonse zimachitika ndi manja - kuyambira kufesa mpaka kukolola. Timalemba ganyu antchito kuti azikolola nzimbe ndi kupanga shuga. Koma nthochi, broker amabwera kwa ife ndikugula nthochi molemera. Choyamba, mabango amadulidwa ndikudutsa mu makina apadera omwe amawasindikiza, pamene thunthu limatulutsa madzi. Madzi awa amasonkhanitsidwa mu masilindala akulu. Silinda iliyonse imatulutsa 20-80 kg ya shuga. Timawumitsa keke kuchokera ku mabango oponderezedwa ndikuigwiritsa ntchito kuti tisunge moto, pomwe timawiritsa madziwo. Pakuwira, madziwo amadutsa magawo angapo, kupanga zinthu zosiyanasiyana. Choyamba amabwera molasses, kenako jaggery. Tili ndi msika wapadera wa shuga ku Kavandapadi, umodzi waukulu kwambiri ku India. Alimi a nzimbe akuyenera kulembetsedwa pamsikawu. Mutu wathu waukulu ndi nyengo. Ngati pali mvula yochepa kapena yambiri, izi zimasokoneza zokolola zathu. M'malo mwake, m'banja lathu, timayika chikondwerero cha Mattu Pongal patsogolo. Ndife opanda ng'ombe. Pamsonkhanowo timaveka ng’ombe zathu, kuyeretsa nkhokwe zathu ndi kupemphera kwa nyama yopatulika. Kwa ife, Mattu Pongal ndi ofunika kwambiri kuposa Diwali. Ndi ng'ombe zovala bwino, timapita kokayenda m'misewu. Alimi onse amakondwerera Mattu Pongal mwaulemu komanso mowala.
2022-11-11