E-Huasteca yaseHidalgo, ekhoneni elinabantu abaningi eMexico, imiphakathi ethile itakula ukuziqhenya kwesiko labo lamaNahuatl. Ngaphezulu kwamanye amasiko omkhosi, ukudweba umzimba kugqamile, isiko langaphambi kweSpanishi elifinyelela esigabeni sobuciko.
UDeveli ukhululekile eCoacuilco. Emasontweni edlule, ama-quiquixahuitles ayesevele ekuqaphelile lokhu, u-Antonio uyangitshela njengoba egcoba isifuba sendodana yakhe ngodaka olumpunga. Uma nje ngicabanga ukuthi ama-elves, uTerencio omdala ucwayiza iso, ubheka esikhwameni sakhe futhi akhombisa insimbi yokhuni, enomlomo womhlanga ofakwe emaqabunini ophayinaphu: "i-quiquixahuitle le." Uyayishaya. Bese ukhumbula ukuthi kusuka esigodini kuya entabeni nokusuka entabeni kuye esigodini, isililo sakhe esimnandi sazwakala esigodini ngasinye, saboshelwa ngamaketanga, ubusuku nobusuku ngokulutha okukhulu. Isibhakabhaka sonke. Ngemuva kwalokho bathula futhi lokho kwaba ukuqala kwamalayisense e-Huasteco carnival.
Ilanga liphindaphinda ukukhanya kwalo kusuka esilinganisweni esisebenza njengolwandle phambi komfula. Lapha amadoda aqoqekile - kepha izingane kube ezokuqala ukufika - zivela emphakathini omncane waseCoacuilco, phansi kwegquma le-emerald kanye nohhafu wehora (umuntu angakholwa kahle uhhafu womhlaba), ngomgwaqo, usuka eHuejutla de Reyes. Ngenkuthalo ekhuthele abadala balungisa lezi zingulube bese abanye bependa imizimba yomunye nomunye. Imiklamo eminingana yalezi zithombe ezingabonakali ithatha ukufana; abafuna umona kakhulu bafuna okwangempela. UTerencio usesimweni sokuveza izimfihlo futhi ungisondeza emaphethelweni omfula iCalabozo lapho amabhakede akha uthingo khona. Amalahle, itshe le-tepetate, amagxolo esihlahla se-pemuche nobumba, ahlanjululwe kuze kube seqophelweni, anikeze imibala. "Endleleni yokhokho bethu," kumemezela ngokuziqhenya, ngaphambi kokuvuma ukuthi kukhona nopende we-vinyl powder. "Kodwa hhayi kakhulu njengaseHuejutla, eh? Lapho amavila akhohliwe, lapho athenga konke ezitolo ”.
Ixubene nesinqumelo, amanzi noma uwoyela wemoto oshile, lezi zingulube sezivele ziyisikhumba sesibili sabantu esihlangana nezimbumbulu ze-chromatic. Akukho? Izigqoko zophaphe, izigqoko zamakhadibhodi nocelemba bento efanayo. Ngakho-ke sineqembu lama-mecos lapho ukukhala kwabo komkhosi kukhula ngamandla njengoba belungiselela ukumasha babheke edolobheni. "Yiya kwabesifazane," kungihlebela u-Juanito endlebeni yami.
"Okwabesifazane?" Ngiphinda ngobuwula. “Impela, namuhla uLwesibili, usuku lwethu. Bazokhokhela abakwenze kithi izolo ”.
Ngokuphakama okungu-1.40 - isilinganiso sifaka nesigqoko esikhazimulayo okuvela kuso izimpondo ezimbili - umzimba umnyama njengebhitume ukugqamisa amabhande amhlophe angemuva aqhamuke ngenganekwane "yakudala", okuyisitatimende semigomo, Umfana ukhala futhi ujoyina isixuku. Kufanele usheshise ijubane lakho ukuze ungaphuthelwa umbukiso ...
Ngaphakathi kwemingcele eyabiwe, imikhosi ye-Huasteca yaseHidalgo iyashintsha ukusuka emphakathini iye emphakathini. Bangakwazi ukuhlala izinsuku ezinhlanu noma ezintathu, bangaba ngama-ascetic kakhulu noma ama-epicurean amaningi. Akukho noma ngabe ngeke kube khona umkhosi womdabu, ukuvumelanisa okuhle kakhulu. Izinyanga ezilindiwe kusengaphambili - yingakho amaQuiquixahuitles ajabulela ukuvusa ukuphelelwa isineke - avusa, njengokulindelekile, injabulo, imidanso, ukuminza nokugqoka. Ngalesi sikhathi izici eziqala kuqala: isifunda, esigcwele isizwe samaNahuatl, sivuselela amasiko wangaphambi kweSpanishi ngokugqoka - imininingwane eminingi, imininingwane emincane - njengamaqhawe asendulo namuhla abizwa ngokuthi amaMecos.
Izikhali namasu
UJuanito waphinde wahlangana namaphoyisa. Impi, bangena bashiye izindlu, bathathe abesifazane baye endaweni ebekwe njengejele. Ubukhali nokusebenza kahle kubonakala kuphela. Ngokushesha lapho umuntu eqaphela, kutholakala ubuthakathaka. Ubuqili besifazane buyakwazi ukuzivikela ngama-tamale amnandi we-zacahuil, isesame eligcwele ubhontshisi kanye ne-cilantro, ezingilazini ze-pulque. Bona, ngenhliziyo nesisu esibuthakathaka, banikela kalula, bakhohlwe ukuziphindisela nokuthi ukudla okunjalo kwenziwa ngenxa yemali yabo yesihlengo ngosuku olwandulela usuku. Ngokufunga kukaTerencio, ngoMsombuluko - ngosuku lwabesifazane - omama, amakhosikazi, namadodakazi babekwazi ukuthumba abesilisa. Bangene ezindlini bedansa, bahlala nomndeni futhi, ngesikhathi esilindelekile, bathathwa njengesiboshwa. Noma babaphonsa ngokungenamahloni emigwaqweni, bebamaka ngopende ukuze babahole, ngaphansi kwensimbi yokuhleka, baye endaweni ababengeke bakwazi ukuyishiya kuze kube yishumi nambili. Futhi lokho, ngemuva kokukhokhwa kwenhlawulo esikhwama sazo sizoya kuma-tamales.
ECoacuilco abavamile ukuvakashelwa, ngisho nasemadolobheni esifunda ngesikhathi semikhosi. Mhlawumbe yingakho bengazizwa bephoqelekile ukugcina umbhalo oqinile futhi bahlanganise izahluko zomkhosi ngokukhululeka. Ngokuphazima kweso, amabutho amabili ahlanganisiwe abhekene ubuso nobuso, emigqeni efanayo ehlangana empini ehlekisayo umklomelo wayo ifulegi lomkhosi, uphawu lobubi.
Izazi ze-anthropologists zinengxoxo yokuthi ngabe ziyizikhumbuzo yini zomzabalazo "wamaMoor namaKrestu" owalethwa usuka eSpain noma ngabe uyifa langaphambilini. Kunoma ikuphi, impi iphela ngokungazelelwe njengoba iqale futhi iqembu liba udwendwe olungena indlu ngendlu lubeke esihlalweni sobukhosi umakhelwane okhuliswe "endiza". Futhi-ke kwesinye, nakwezinye. Usizo olukhulu lukaTerence luchaza injabulo: “Kungumkhuba wokuxosha amadimoni namashwa kumuntu, ukuze babe nenjabulo unyaka wonke. Yileyo ndlela abazoqhubeka ngayo baze bakhathale noma kuze kuphele i-pulque ... "
Angilindi ukuyihlola. Ngivalelisa ngokuqonda futhi ngithatha imoto ukuhamba amakhilomitha omhlaba azongiyisa eJaltocan. Futhi idolobha elisentabeni, kepha elikhudlwana, elinezakhiwo ezinezitezi ezimbili nezitolo. Mhlawumbe lokhu kuchaza umehluko ophawulekayo emkhosini wabo. Kukhona okuntantayo nezindlovukazi namaqembu, kepha ama-mecos asengabaphikisi abaphambili. Esigcawini, ngaphansi kwepherola yensimbi nemisindo yebhendi likamasipala, abesilisa nabesifazane abagqoke imibala yangaphambi kweSpanishi, balinde ukwahlulelwa kwamajaji ngokuzijabulisa okungcono kakhulu. Ukubabona benjena, ngemidwebo yabo yomzimba, amaplamu, ubuhlalu namagobolondo, umuntu uzizwa njengofakazi olilungelo lesiko elihlengiwe ebunzimeni besikhathi. UBernal Díaz del Castillo ngokwakhe bekungafanele abone ubuhle obumangalisa ngokwengeziwe.
