Gidan Pepper, a Fort Kochi
Jihar Kerala, Indiya ta Kudu, an san shi da harabar Tierra de Dios. Dalilin ba wani bane face kyawawan dabi'unta, gami da kasancewar mafi girman tsarin fadama a duniya, sanannen kasancewar abin da ake kira na baya. Koyaya, kafin ku nutsar da kanku a cikin irin wannan yanayin na aljanna, zai fi kyau ku ɗan dakata ku nemi mafaka Fort Kochi, birni ne da aka buɗe wa teku kuma ya mamaye kayan yaji, kayan alatu da al'adu daban-daban wanda ya ratsa ta titunan ta tsawon shekaru ɗari shida da suka gabata.
Fort Kochi: ƙamshi na tarihi, kwakwa da kayan yaji
Babban Kocin Katolika
Mun isa tashar jirgin kasa na Ernakulam wata rana a cikin Fabrairu. A lokacin awanni na karshe na tafiyar, ciyawar tekun dabinon da ke ambaliya a kudancin jihar Kerala na ta daɗa tsananta, kwakwa na maimaituwar kowane wurin shago ko ɗan kasuwa (gami da waɗanda ke cikin jirgin), da zafi mafi shaƙa.
Birnin Ernakulam Tana gefen gabar tekun yamma na Indiya kuma tana cike da hayaniya, da itacen dabino da gidajen abinci wanda ke ba da wadatattun biryanis da romon ayaba (shadya, ɗayan kayan marmarin Kerala). Ernakulam ya fito fili don ƙananan temples masu launuka ko manyan cibiyoyin sayayya da suka mai da hankali kan kayan lantarki, amma zai kasance da kuzari cewa a wani lokaci zai kai ku ɗaukan ɗayan ɗayan manyan motocin bas da ke birni kuma ku nufi bakin teku.
Kuma shine Ernakulam yana tunanin bakin kofa zuwa rafin Kochi inda Fort Kochi yake, wuri na farko da masu nasara na kasar Portugal suka jagoranta karkashin jagorancin Alfonso de Alburquerque a shekara ta 1503. Bayan isowarsa a gabar tekun farko ta Indiya, mai nasara ya taimaka wa Rajah na Kochi don yaƙar ƙabilun abokan gaba kuma, a sakamakon haka, wannan ya ba shi damar gina katangar da za ta ba da sunansa zuwa yankin na yanzu.
A cikin karnonin da suka biyo baya, tasirin Katolika da na Turai ya mamaye titunan wannan gari da ke warwatse a wani sashin teku da ya shahara da kamun kifi, kere-kere da kayan yaji wanda ya zama maslaha ta tattalin arziki ta farko ga mulkin mallaka Kerala har zuwa, a karshen karni na XNUMX, Raj Ingilishi ya kafa tasirinsa a cikin wannan yanki, yana ba da icing na zamantakewar al'umma wanda ke bayyana a yau zuwa birni mafi birjik a cikin jihar Kerala.
Ziyarci ma mafi kyawun cibiyoyin sadarwa a duniya
Yayin da muke ziyarci Fort Kochi zamu wuce Tsibirin Wellington, inda wuraren shakatawa ba su da yawa, kuma a ƙarshe mun isa gabashin ɓangaren teku, yankin da ake kira Fort Kochi. A cikin wannan unguwar, 'yan Hindu, Turawa da yahudawa suna raba gari kwata-kwata, an buɗe wa masu yawon buɗe ido kuma an yi musu ado da zane-zane a kowace titunanta.
Game da masauki, mun tsaya a Homeungiyar Tarayyar Tarayya, a gidan baki Shawara sosai a kan titin Burgar a tsakiyar Fort Kochi. Yanayin wannan yanki na birni ya kasance cikin annashuwa, shagunan gargajiya sun zama manyan abubuwan jan hankali kuma shahararren Kashi Arts Café yana ba da kek ɗin kwakwa mai arha bayan gidan kayan fasaha. Bugu da kari, a cikin wannan yanki mun sami sanannen Cathedral na Santa Cruz, wanda aka gina a ƙarshen karni na XNUMX, ko kuma mafi tsufa Cocin St. Francis, waɗanda Portuguese suka gina a shekara ta 1502. Misalai biyu na darajar tarihi mai ƙarfi na wannan wuri a Indiya inda tsofaffin wuraren zama na Yaren mutanen Holland suka mamaye ko'ina cikin kewayenta. Wuraren da ke haifar da amo na mulkin mallaka waɗanda a yau suke baje kolin zane-zane ko cibiyoyin zamantakewar al'umma warwatse a cikin lambuna masu zafi da tsarin Turai.
Ta hanyar titunan wannan tsibiri za ku iya samun natsuwa, masu yawon bude ido suna hadewa da muhalli da yiwuwar barin Fort Kochi a baya da karkatar da su zuwa gabashin Kochi, ita kanta cibiyar biranen, ta zama mai hikima idan muka nemi majami'u masu launi, shuke-shuke a cikin ɗakunan bayansu suna shirya ruwan 'ya'yan itace ko wasu rumfunan titi inda cinye mai kebap mai dadi ke biyan cents 80. A hakikanin gaskiya, shawarata ta kashin kaina ita ce, ka kwaikwayi yanayin ka kuma bar kanka ya tafi da kai ta hanyar haduwa da ambaliyar ruwa a wadannan titunan inda al'adu da dama suka kasance tare tsawon shekaru.
Kochi ya hada da kwata-kwata na yahudawa inda muka samu daga kasuwannin yaji (kamar sanannen Canjin Internationalasa na Kochi na Kochi), kyawawan fadoji kamar Fadar Mattancherry, tare da frescoes ɗin ta Vishnu da kayan adon Dutch, misali ne na kwalliyar mulkin mallaka da ke cikin wannan ginin.
Bayan tafiya kan titunan Fort Kochi zamu fahimci kyawawan tsibirin da ke tattare da zagayawa da kuma, musamman, babban abin jan hankalin wurin: sanannen gidan sauro na China (ko Cheena vala) wanda aka kawo, bisa ga almara, da mai binciken Sinawa Zheng He ya kawo shekaru bayan zuwan Vasco de Gama.
Da yamma, fuskantar kusa da waɗannan tarun da kuma yin tunanin masunta suna ceton kyaututtuka daga cikin teku (wasu ma zasu ba ku wani ɓangare na kamun kifin su don ku iya zama kanku romon ruwa) ya zama abin farin ciki na gaske, a cikin injin wani wuri a Indiya inda tarihi ke haifar da yanayin sararin samaniya, kusa. Musamman.