🇰🇷 Korea · Taegeuk Warriors
U Dalela Korea: Nga Murahu Ha U Bva, Mufhiso Wa Son Heung-min U Kha Ḓi Kha Bada
U Bva Kha Bolo Ya Bada Ya Hongdae U Ya Kha Matsheloni A Chuncheon
Lwendo lwa Korea lwo nisa vhukuma, a si zwiṱambo zwa Myeongdong, a si na u luga ho fhelelaho ha tshidimela tsha tshikhafukho musi tshi tshi khou dzhena ḓoroboni, fhedzi ndi bolo ya pulasitiki kha tshitarata tsha Hongdae. Tshipiḓa tsha Korea tsho vha tsho no bva, shedulu ya mitambo kha mafhungo a luṱingo a i tsha fanela u pembeiwa u bvisa, fhedzi nga tshifhinga tsha u thoma ha vhuṱanu Hongdae ho vha hu tshe na vhathu vho ambara magu a tshipiḓa a muvhala mutswu. Vhagudiswa vhavhili vho vhea dzibegi dzavho u ita zwigoli, vha tshi tamba vhararu vhararu nnḓa ha tshitori tsha zwilḽiwa zwa u ṱavhanya. Bolo yo tanzwa tsini na vhiloi ya mutevhetsheli wa zwilḽiwa, ya dzhena kha goloi ya nyama yo vhadiwaho, vhathu vhe vha vha vho ima tsini vha si sema, vha sea vha huwelela "Sonny!" Ḽeneḽo dzina ḽo vha ḽi tshi nga mufhiso u sa athu fhela, wo ima fhasi ha zwitali zwa bada.
Bolo ya bada ya Hongdae na u tamba ha bada zwo vha zwo fhambana nga mithara ya fumi. Kha tshanḓa tsha monde ho vha hu na zwipshu zwa mizika, u vhanda zwanḓa na luṱingo lwa vhasidzana lu tshi imiswa, kha tshanḓa tsha u la ho vha hu na mupfumukuvhali wa milenzhe i tshi khou gwaswa tshigwada. Muṅwe mutukana o ambara khethe ya kale ya Spurs a imisa bolo kule, khonani yawe ya mu sema nga Lukorea, a sea a tshi khunyeledza, nga u ṱavhanya a shumisa tshitengeledza tsha lwayo u humisela bolo. Maḓipfele a bolo ya Korea a nga si tshee nnḓa sa zwine zwa ita vha la South America, a si tsha u peta zwavhuḓi sa Japan. O fana na thoko ya tteokbokki nga vhusiku ha Hongdae: lupfalaho lu thoma u ḓa, huṱungu hu tevhela; musi ni tshi humbula uri zwo fhela, muḓodzwi u kha ḓi ḓo pfa u fhisa.

Nga ḓuvha ḽa tevhelaho ndo ya Gyeongbokgung. Nnḓa ha Gwanghwamun, dzikhefi dza u hirela hanbok dzo vula matseloni-ngomu, muhanga wa masikuṭi a pinki, buluu, na kreme ntswu dzi tshi khou kungulwa zwinyu nga muya. U dzhena tshifhaṱoni tsha khosi no ambara hanbok a ni ḓo lifha, heyi ndayo i ṅwalwa kha bugu dzoṱhe dza lwendo, fhedzi musi no ima tsini na luvhondo lwa tshifhaṱo ndi hone ni tshi zwi vhona nga maanḓa: vhafambi vho ambara zwituni vha tshi khou sendeka masikuṭi vha tshi ṱuwa zwikhwekwelo, tshilidzo tsha ngoma ya u shandukisa vhalindi tshi tshi bva kha muṋango wa tshifhaṱo, murahu ha tshenetsho tshifanyiso tsha Mugaganyagwama Sejong hu na vhana vha tshi khou gidimisa bolo i siho. Mvelele ya henefha a si tshithu tsha ngomu ha galasi; i ḓo farwa nga luṱingo lwa u ḓiituledza, khadi ya tshidimela tsha fhasi, aiskofi o ṱoḓaho na magu.
Ndo ṱangana na mutambi o ritshaho tsini na Gyeongbokgung. A si dzina ḽihulwane, o ri u thoma o tamba kha K League ya vhuvhili, nga murahu ha u huvhala nga gona o thoma u gudisa vhaswa. Zwi mangadzaho, o vha o ambara khethe ya kale ya FC Seoul, o ima bvulani a tshi shumisa tshibodelo tsha maḓi u ita mutevhe wa matambwa, a tshi ṱalutshedza vhatukana vhararu vha miṅwaha ya fumimbili uri mukonḓo wa sia u fanela u bvela phanḓa lini. Minwe yawe yo rala mutalo kha mavu, vhana vha tshi khou sedza vho kotama, vhafambi vha tshi fhira tsini, vha tshi humbula uri hezwi ndi tshiṅwe tsha u tamba ha bada. Hezwo ndi zwidodombedzwa zwa Korea zwine zwa ḓivhiwa fhedzi nga u ya hone: bolo a i kha mathukhwi a goloi ya mitambo, tshiṅwe tshifhinga i nnḓa ha luvhondo lwa tshifhaṱo tsha khosi fhasi ha murunzi, i tshi kha ḓi ambiwa nga muthu a sa tsha tambaho.
Nga matsheloni ndo humela Euljiro, nda ṋea goloi ya u thoma ya nyama yo vhadiwaho kha tshitori tshi si na menyu ya Tshiisimane. Nngetshi ya goloi o khethekanya nyama ya khumba u ita zwipiḓa zwa u la nga tshifhinga tshithihi, magari a konofolo a wela kha mafhura a nnḓa ha thabulu, kimchi yo vhadiwa u swika mafhungoni. Muhulwane wa ṱafula ya tsini o vhona ndi tshi nwa maḓi fhedzi, a sa humbuli a ṱuṱuwedza tshigwada tsha soju tsha Korea a tshi ri u sedza bolo zwi itwa ngoho, naho mutambo u sa tsha vha na Korea. Luṱingo lwavho lwo vha lu tshe kha u dovholola tshifanyiso tsha Son Heung-min, vhaṅwe vha tshi humbula, vhaṅwe vha ri o no ita zwo linganaho. Soju i kha muḓodzwi ya kunakela, fhedzi nungo i ḓa nga murahu, i tshi nga maḓipfele a World Cup kha Korea: o kundwa, fhedzi a si wa fhola tshoṱhe.

Jagalchi Market ya Busan yo shandukisa uyu mufhiso u ita munukho. Nga tshifhinga tsha vhuraru, maḓi a lwanzhe, munukho wa khovhe, ayisi, munukho wa dizila na musi wa supu yo ṱahaho dza vhuraru dza fhethu ha u ḽa zwo vha zwo ṱangana, zwi tshi nga luvhondo lu tshi khou fhambana. Khovhe kha thangi ya maḓi dzo vha dzo nambatela galasi, mme a shumisa tshipanḓe tsha tsimbi u rwa, thovhe ya imiselela, maḓi a ṱuṱuwedza kha zwituni zwanga. Busan a i vhilaeli, i shumisa munukho wa zwilḽiwa zwa lwanzhe u kunga u bva kha dziḽa dza kofi na tshifhaṱo tsha khosi tsha Seoul. Nnḓa ha makete ho vha hu na vhana vha tshi khou raha bolo selithaneng, bolo ya gidimedzela u swika milenzheni ya mutshini a tshi rekisa khovhe, mufumi a i ṱuṱuwedza nga dziraba dzawe dza raba, a i posa nga vhuronwane. Ula mulenzhe u fhira tshifanyiso tshiṅwe na tshiṅwe tsha u khwaṱhisa vhafumi.
Musi ndo vhuya Seoul ndi tshi bva Busan, ndo namela ITX u ya Chuncheon. Milambo ya Han nnḓa ha fasiṱere yo konda zwihuli, ḓorobo ya fhela ya vha dzithavha, madamu na zwiṱitshini zwo dulahothe. Hayani ha Son Heung-min a si na musumbedzo muhulwane u itaho uri i vhe fhethu ha vhukhethwa, u ḽiṅwalela, nga nḓila ye nda vha ndi tshi khou fhambana nayo ho vha hu si na dakalo ḽo fhiseswaho. Chuncheon i fana na fhethu hu ḓivhaho uri hu na u ḓihudza, fhedzi hu sa ṱavhanyeli u hu amba. Kha bada ya dakgal, thabulu dza tsimbi dzo vha dzi tshi khou pfeṱha, khaphetshe yo vha yo tou vha tswu nga thoko, thelevishini ya goloi yo vha i tshi sumbedza mafhungo a mitambo. Mufumi o pfa ndi tshi ri "Son Heung-min", a sea, a sumba tshifanyiso tsha posita tsha luvhondo, a ri vhathu vhanzhi vha ḓaho Chuncheon ṋamusi a si u ḓo vhona Nami Island, ndi u ḓo vhona hune a bva hone.
Nga matsheloni ndo ya mulamboni, vhagudiswa vha vhukati vho vha vha tshi khou ḓowedza u raha zwigoli kha tshikhala tshi si na zwithu, zwigoli zwo vha zwi dzibegi mbili. Muṅwe mutukana o raha kha sia a sa wii, a sa ḓiṱukufhadzi, a ita nga lune a imitela lwa u pembelela lwa Son Heung-min, a ita minwe yawe sa khamera, a tshi "dzhia" tshifanyiso tsha khonani dzawe. Vhoṱhe vho sea nga maanḓa, musi vho no sea vha bvela phanḓa na u gidima. Korea i tshi vha yo no bva, zwo vha zwi sa tsha vha zwi thusi kha Chuncheon. Mitambo ya lushaka i ḓo fhela, vhatambi vha ḓo lulama, zwivhaswa zwi ḓo shanduka, fhedzi musi ṅwana a tshi khou edzisa tshiito tsha tshiga tshawe, mufhiso u ḓo vha u tshi khou fhululedzwa hafhu.

Ndi sa athu tuwa Korea, ndo humela Hongdae. Yeneyo bada nṱhuku yo vha i tshe na mbilaelo, musi wa nyama yo vhadiwaho u tshi bva kha tshipombi tsha u bvisa, dzibodelo dza soju dza kwamana zwavhuḓi kha ṱafula. Bolo ya bada yo shanduka vhathu, bolo yo vha i tshe yeneyo bolo ya pulasitiki yo xedzaho. Muṅwe mutukana o ambara magu a Korea o imisa bolo fhasi ha lwayo, a takuwa ṱhoho a sedza sibidzavhoni ya muhumbulo wa murahu ha mutambo, a ri: "Nga zwiṅwe tshifhinga." O zwi amba nga u fhumudza, u nga a si khou khuthadza vhaṅwe, fhedzi u itela u ḓiṋea muya wawe muṋe.
Hezwi ndi zwine nda zwi humbula nga ha lwendo lwa Korea: a si u dalela Gyeongbokgung, Hongdae, Jagalchi Market na Chuncheon nga u tevhekana ha tshedulu, fhedzi nga murahu ha u bva, u kha ḓi vhona uri lushaka lu vhulunga hani dakalo. Lu dzumbame kha tshigwada tsha soju tshe tsha ṋewa kha goloi ya nyama yo vhadiwaho, kha mutalo wa mutambi o ritshaho kha mavu, kha mulenzhe wa mufumi wa makete a tshi humisela bolo, na kha sekonde ye ya vha i tshe na vhathu vha tshi vhidza dzina ḽa Son Heung-min bvulani nga murahu ha musi a tshi tuwa World Cup. Mufhiso wa bolo ya Korea a wo ngo ima kha sibidzavhoni khulwane, u kha ḓi kha bada, u kha ṱhoho ya lwayo, u kha muṅwe na muṅwe muswa a ambao "nga zwiṅwe tshifhinga".
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