🇭🇹 Haiti · Grenadiers-ka
Kahor intaanan aadin Haiti, qof kastaa wuxuu i weydiinayay isla su'aasha
Ku soo laabashada guriga iyada oo loo marayo indhaha ciyaaryahan qurbajoog ah
Frantzdy Pierrot (Frantzdy Pierrot) ayaa hadal ku yiri ka dib tababarka. Hadalkani kuma saabsanayn kubbadda cagta—inkasta oo uu yahay weeraryahanka kooxda qaranka Haiti, kuna ciyaara naadiga Faransiiska, waana mid ka mid ah dadka yar ee matali kara Haiti goobaha caalamiga ah. Wuxuu yidhi: 'Mar kasta oo aan ku soo laabto Haiti, saraakiisha kastamka ee garoonka diyaaradaha ee Port-au-Prince waxay aqoonsan yihiin hooyaday. Ma aha sababta kubbadda cagta—maxaa yeelay waxay ka iibin jirtay rootiga mooska ee jidka bannaanka garoonka.'
Waxaan ka bilaabay hadalkan. Ma aha sababta oo ay khusayso kubbadda cagta, laakiin sababta oo ah waxay si dhakhso leh u furtay gelitaan kale oo Haiti ah: mid aan lagu qeexin digniinaha safarka, laakiin uu ka kooban yahay xusuusta ku soo laabashada iyo adkaysiga maalinlaha ah.

Haiti waxay ku taallaa Badda Karibiya, waxayna la wadaagtaa jasiiradda Hispaniola Jamhuuriyadda Dominika. Waa mid ka mid ah wadamada ugu faqriga badan galbeedka hemisphere, waxaana soo food saaray sannadihii la soo dhaafay qalalaase siyaasadeed, isku dhac kooxeedyo iyo masiibooyin dabiici ah oo is daba jooga. Inta badan wadamada, talooyinka safarka ee Haiti sanadka 2025 waxay ku qoran yihiin isla jumladdan: 'Ha aadin.' Laakiin Haiti sidoo kale waa jamhuuriyaddii ugu horreysay ee madaxbannaan ee adduunka oo ay aasaaseen kacdoonkii addoonta madow. Wadankani wuxuu ku dhawaaqay jiritaankiisa 1804 gadaasha dhagaxa weyn ee Citadelle Laferrière (Citadelle Laferriere)—in ka badan 200 sano ka dib, qalcaddii weli way taagan tahay.
Da'qii imaatinka Port-au-Prince (Port-au-Prince) ma aha mid qurux badan. Hoolka garoonka diyaaradaha, muusikada Kompa ayaa ka dhawaaqaysa raadiyaha duugga ah—oo ah laxan isku dara garaaca Afrikaanka iyo laxanka Karibiya, oo kaa dhigaya inaad si aan ikhtiyaar lahayn u ruxdo garbaha. Laba carruur ah ayaa isku riixayay dadka shandadaha qaadanaya si ay ii caawiyaan qaadista shandadahayga—ma aha naxariis darteed, laakiin waxay rajaynayeen inay helaan xoogaa lacag ah. Qoyaanka hawadu wuu ka sii culus yahay kan bannaanka garoonka. Runta ayaa ah: Da'qii ugu horreeyay ee Haiti ma aha mid jacayl leh. Laakiin waxaan go'aansaday inaanan qurxin ama xumayn, kaliya duub.
Iyadoo la raacayo wadada xeebta ee woqooyi, oo la dhex marayo duurka qalalan iyo suuqyada waddooyinka ee marmar soo baxa, Cap-Haïtien (Cap-Haïtien) ayaa ka soo muuqday cirifka. Citadelle Laferrière (Citadelle Laferriere)—qalcadda ugu weyn galbeedka hemisphere—waxay ku fadhidaa buur dhererkeedu yahay 900 mitir, sida bahal dhagax ah. Jidka buuraha ee u horseeda ayaa aad u taag badan, taasoo ka dhigaysa neefta fardaha mid ka sii dhawaaq badan garaaca gambaleelka. Markii aan fuulay, anigoo neefsashada ku dhibtoona, waxaan isku haystay gidaarka dhagaxa ah ee 200 sano jira, waxaana ii yimid hagaha maxalliga ah oo yidhi: 'Ma ogtahay, qalcaddan weligeed lama weerarin. Waa aad u weyn tahay, oo qofna kuma dhicin.' Meel bannaan oo buurta hoosteeda ah, carruurtu waxay ku ciyaarayeen kubbadda cagta. Garoonka kubbadda cagta waxaa ku sawiran xariijimo cas iyo buluug oo la mid ah calanka Haiti—iyadoo la isku dhex daray taallo qaran iyo ciyaar kubbad cagteed oo maalinle ah isla sawir. Tani waa laxanka ugu dhabta ah ee sheekada Haiti.

Jacmel (Jacmel) waa magaalo ka samaysan warqad iyo midab—maskaheeda Carnival-ka ayaa ah farshaxanka ugu adag ee Karibiya oo dhan, halka farsamayaqaannada sameeya ay ku nool yihiin guryo aan lahayn koronto. Farsamayaqaan maskaxda warqadda ayaa ku fadhiya albaabka gurigiisa oo shaqeynaya. Maskaxda gacantiisa ku jirta waxay tahay kala badh dhoola cadeyn, kala badhna qaylo—daanyeerka timaha ayaa isu beddelay ilko bini'aadam, shimbirta baalasha ayaa ku milmay qaababka Afrika. 'Carnival-ka qof walba wuu xirtaa maskax,' ayuu yidhi, 'laakiin maskaxda hoosteeda waxaa ku jira Haiti dhabta ah. Waxaa jira cabsi, cadho, iyo sidoo kale laxan kaa dhigi kara inaad caga dhigto ilaa waaberiga. Dadka Haiti weligood ma xirtaan hal maskax.' Waxaan xusuustay Wilde-Donald Guerrier (Wilde-Donald Guerrier)—weeraryahanka kooxda qaranka Haiti, oo ka yimid xeebta koonfureed ee Port-à-Piment (Port-à-Piment) ilaa garoomada Yurub. Jid nololeedkiisu wuxuu u eg yahay maskaxda Jacmel: kala badh waa dhibaato, kala badhna waa iftiin adduunka ku qasbaya inuu fiiriyo.
Urta Griot (Griot)—hilib doofaar shiilan oo leh basbaas la shiiday (pikliz)—ayaa ka soo baxaysa dukaan jidka dhinaciisa saddex mayl. Mulkiiluhu waa haweeney da'deedu ku dhowdahay lixdan, dhexdeeda ku xidhan maro la xoqay, markay i aragtay anoo sawiraaya, way qososhay oo waxay ku riddaysay saxankayga laba xabbadood oo hilib ah oo dheeri ah: 'Cun wax badan, waxaad u egtahay inaad u baahan tahay.' Xoogga basbaaska pikliz (Pikliz) kama yara mid ka mid ah basbaaska Aasiya—dadka Haiti waxay u isticmaalaan basbaaska inay la qabsadaan kulaylka, faqriga, iyo dhammaan arrimaha aan lagu xallin karin cabasho. Saliidda shiilan ee Griot (Griot), muusikada Kompa ee geesaha jidadka, iyo xawaaraha gacmaha haweenka suuqa oo qolofta digirta ka saaraya, waxaan ku arkay wax aan ku sifeyn karin erayga 'adkaysi' mooyee.
Habeenkii ka hor intaanan ka tagin Haiti, waxaan ku fadhiyay balakoon huteel ku yaal Port-au-Prince (Port-au-Prince) anigoo daawanaya dhibcaha iftiinka ee buuraha fog—taas ma aha nalalka waddooyinka, waa shumacyo iyo nalalka saliidda, waa caadada goobaha korontadu go'do. Waxaan xusuustay erayada qabow ee digniinaha safarka—'heerka dembiga waa sarreeyaa', 'kaabayaasha dhaqaale ayaa liita', 'laguma talinayo in la aado'. Weedhahani qalad ma aha. Laakiin haddii aad akhrido oo keliya weedhahan, ma ogaan doontid sida dadka Haiti u sameeyaan basbaaska ugu kulul ee Karibiya oo dhan; ma ogaan doontid sababta dhagaxa Citadelle (Citadelle) ugu adkaystay 200 sano oo aan dhicin; ma ogaan doontid sababta hooyada Pierrot (Pierrot) uga iibin jirtay rootiga mooska bannaanka garoonka diyaaradaha, labaatan sano ka dibna wiilkeedu ugu dhex ciyaari jiray garoomada caalamiga ah magaca Haiti.

Ku soo laabo hadalkii ugu dambeeyay ee Pierrot (Pierrot) wareysiga: 'Calanka Haiti waxaa ku qoran—Midnimadu waa xoog. Markii aan yaraa ma aanan fahmin. Hadda mar kasta oo aan xidho shaati kooxda qaranka, waxaan xusuustaa sida hooyaday uga iibin jirtay rootiga jidka. Taasi ma aha is dhiib. Waa qaabka Haiti—meesha joogsiga baska aan la sugayn, ka dhigo dukaan gaar ah.'
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