Hiki i ka pō ke pōʻeleʻele loa ma Yangon, kahi kūlanakauhale kahi e ʻā ana nā kukui alanui, i ka wā e loaʻa ai, e ʻā ana a paʻa me ka lako uila ʻole. No ka pūʻulu o nā kāne Muslim e kiaʻi ana i ko lākou kaiāulu a hiki i ka wanaʻao, ʻaʻole maopopo ka mea e peʻe ana ma nā alanui potholed a me nā alaloa.
"ʻAʻole hiki i ke aupuni ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ko mākou palekana," wahi a U Nyi Nyi, he kanaka kālepa e noho ana ma luna o kahi noho plastik me ka hapalua o nā kāne 130 āna i hoʻonohonoho ai no kahi papahana kiaʻi kaiāulu Muslim improvised.
Ma hope o nā makahiki he ʻumi o ka noho maluhia ʻana me ka hapa nui o ka Buddhist ma ka ʻāina, ʻōlelo ka poʻe Mahometa ua makaʻu mau lākou i ka hoʻouka kaua e hiki mai ana. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua aʻo lākou i kekahi mau hanana hoʻomāinoino a puni ka ʻāina i alakaʻi ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻomāinoino Buddhist i aʻo iā lākou inā hiki mai ka hana ʻino i ko lākou kaiāulu, aia lākou iā lākou iho.
"ʻAʻole wau e manaʻo e pale aku nā mākaʻi iā mākou," wahi a Mr. Nyi Nyi.
ʻO ka papahana kiaʻi kaiāulu, he pūʻulu motley o nā kāne e nānā i nā poʻe waho kānalua a mālama i nā hui lāʻau a me nā koʻokoʻo metala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kahi kokoke, he hōʻailona ia o ka nui o nā pilina ma waena o nā Buddhist a me nā Mahometa ma Myanmar, i kapa mua ʻia ʻo Burma.
Ma kahi o 90 pakeneka o ka heluna kanaka o ka ʻāina he 55 miliona he Buddhist, me ka poʻe Mahometa he 4 a 8 pakeneka.
Mai nā lā colonial Pelekania, ʻo Yangon, ʻo Rangoon ma mua, he kūlanakauhale lehulehu kahi e noho ai ka poʻe Buddhist i ka papalina me nā Mahometa, nā Karistiano a me nā Hindu. ʻO nā mosques a me nā pagodas Buddhist i loko o nā aka o kekahi.
I kēia manawa, hopohopo ka makaʻu a me ka kānalua i nā hana ma waena o nā kaiāulu ʻelua, wahi a ka poʻe Muslim.
"Ke nalowale nei mākou i ka hilinaʻi me kekahi i kekahi," wahi a U Aye, kahi mea kūʻai kaʻa hoʻohana Muslim. "ʻO kēlā me kēia kālepa ʻoihana ma waena o kahi Buddhist a me kahi Muslim hiki ke lilo i mea hanana."
ʻO ke kumu o ka hana ʻino, kahi i waiho ai ma kahi o 200 mau Muslim i make i ka makahiki i hala, ua ʻike ʻia he hoʻoilina o nā makahiki colonial i ka wā i hōʻea mai ai nā India, ka hapa nui o lākou he Muslim, i ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he poʻe lawelawe kīwila a me nā koa, e hoʻonāukiuki ana i ka huhū ma waena o nā Buddhist Burmese. I kēia mau mahina i hala iho nei, ua kūkulu nā mōneka radical ma luna o kēlā mau ʻōhumu mōʻaukala, me ka hopohopo e ʻoi aku ka nui o nā keiki a ka poʻe Mahometa ma mua o ka poʻe Buddhist a hiki ke hoʻohaumia i ke ʻano Buddhist o ka ʻāina.
I kēia manawa, ʻo Yangon, ʻo ia ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o ka ʻāina, i pakele i ka hana ʻino. Akā aia kekahi mau hakakā liʻiliʻi ma ke kūlanakauhale i hoʻonui i ka hopohopo ma ʻaneʻi, e hoʻoulu ana i nā lono e pili ana i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana ma nā kaiāulu Buddhist a me Muslim.
He mau lā ma hope iho o ka uhae ʻana o ka poʻe hoʻomāinoino Buddhist i ke kūlanakauhale waena o Meiktila i Malaki, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻelua mau kaʻa i piha i nā kāne ma ke kaiāulu o Mr. Nyi Nyi a hoʻolei i nā pōhaku i nā kiaʻi pō me nā maʻa.
Ua holo aku kekahi mau Mahometa me ka waiwai i Malaysia a i Singapore paha. Ke nalowale nei nā ʻoihana ʻoihana Muslim i nā mea kūʻai aku Buddhist. ʻO kahi neʻe Buddhist ulu i kapa ʻia ʻo 969 i loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi o kekahi o nā alakaʻi o ka ʻāina ke hoʻoikaika nei no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā huahana Muslim a me nā ʻoihana a me ka pāpā ʻana i ka male ʻana o nā haipule.
Ke ʻōlelo nei ka neʻe ʻaʻole pili i ka hana ʻino, akā ʻōlelo ka poʻe hoʻohewa, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi loa, ke kōkua nei nā haʻiʻōlelo piha i ka inaina i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka pepehi kanaka.
"ʻO kēia ka manawa mua a mākou e ʻike ai i kēia i ko mākou ola," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo U Maung Maung Myint, ka mea nāna e hoʻokele i kahi hui lawe mai i waho a ʻo ia kekahi o nā kahu mālama o ka hale pule Bengali, he mau haneli wale nō ia mai kahi pagoda Buddhist. he halepule Karistiano a me ka luakini Hinedu. Ua kuhikuhi pololei ʻo ia i ka hilinaʻi ma waena o nā kaiāulu.
Ma hope o kona manaʻo ʻana he Burmese ʻo ia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Maung Maung Myint ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua "kumakaia." Ma ka liʻiliʻi o ʻelua mau makahiki o ka noho aliʻi ʻana o ka pūʻali koa, ua hui pū nā Muslim i nā mea kūʻē e kāhea ana i ka hoʻololi politika, wahi āna. “Ua hele mākou i mua o ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a oli aku, 'Makemake mākou i ka demokala!' "wahi āna.
"Ua manaʻolana mākou e ʻoi aku ka maluhia o ko mākou ola - ʻaʻole mākou i manaʻo i kēia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Mr. Maung Maung Myint i ka hālāwai ninaninau ma hope o ka pule Pōʻalima ma ka papahele ʻekolu o ka hale pule, nāna i hoʻokomo i nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi i ka makahiki i hala e kiaʻi ai i ke ahi.
Ua hoʻomalu ʻia ʻo Myanmar e ke aupuni kīwila i kapa ʻia, akā ua hoʻonui nā kuokoa hou i nā huhū kahiko.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka hana ʻino i lilo i poʻo poʻomanaʻo i loko o ka ʻāina a ma waho. Akā ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia nā hanana liʻiliʻi. I kekahi hihia, ua hoʻouka ʻia kahi hale kūʻai hale kūʻai nona ʻo U Khin Maung Htay, 59, i ka lā Pepeluali e ka poʻe hoʻomake Buddhist ma Hlaing Thaya Township, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai Hlaing mai Yangon.
ʻO Mr. Khin Maung Htay ke poʻo o ke kaiāulu, a ua aʻo aku kekahi o kona mau hoa Buda iā ia e ulu ana ka pilikia.
"Ua kāhea au i nā mākaʻi, akā ua ʻōlelo lākou, 'Mai hopohopo, ʻaʻohe pilikia,'" wahi a Mr. Khin Maung Htay.
I ka wā i hoʻouka ai ka poʻe Buddhist, ua hōʻea nā mākaʻi, akā ua haʻalele ma hope o ka hiki ʻole ke hoʻohuli i ka lehulehu e hoʻopuehu, wahi āna. Ua luku ʻia ka hale kūʻai o Mr. Khin Maung Htay, a ua hao ʻia nā mea a pau o loko.
Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kona home a i kēia manawa he puʻuhonua i kona kūlanakauhale ponoʻī, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi lumi lumi lumi ʻelua ma waena o Yangon me 22 mau ʻohana ʻē aʻe.
Ua ho'āʻo ʻo ia e hoʻi i ke kaiāulu, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, akā huhū nā kamaʻāina, ʻo kekahi o lākou nā mea kūʻai mua, hoʻōho ʻino a hoʻoweliweli iā ia.
"Ua ʻōlelo lākou: 'E hoʻi i India! E hoʻi i Bangladesh!' ” wahi a Mr. Khin Maung Htay.
ʻO ka manaʻo e haʻalele ka poʻe Mahometa i ka ʻāina he mea maʻamau ia i ka wā o ka hana ʻino, kahi e pīhoihoi ai ka poʻe Mahometa i manaʻo mau iā lākou iho he Burmese. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Mr. Khin Maung Htay, kona makuakāne a me kona kupuna kāne ma Myanmar.
ʻO ka poʻe Mahometa o Myanmar he hōʻuluʻulu like ʻole o nā lāhui a me nā hiʻohiʻona. I kekahi mau ʻohana, ʻaʻahu nā wahine i nā ʻuʻu poʻo a ulu nā kāne i kā lākou ʻumiʻumi. Akā he nui ka poʻe i ʻōlelo ua hoʻāʻo lākou e hoʻohui i ka hui Burmese.
"He nohona Myanmar ko mākou," wahi a U Maung Maung Myint, ka mea nona ka ʻoihana hoʻopuka papapihi i pili ʻole i ke poʻo o ka ʻoihana lawe mai i waho. “He kamaʻāina mākou ʻo Myanmar. Ua hele mākou i nā kula Myanmar.
He kanaiwa pākēneka o kāna mau mea kūʻai aku he poʻe Buddhist, akā i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki ua pau ka nui o lākou i ka hele ʻana mai. ʻO ia ka manawa mua i ʻike ai i ka hoʻokae ʻana, wahi āna.
Hoʻomaopopo pinepine ka poʻe Buddhist ma Myanmar i ko lākou makemake ʻole i ka Muslim.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo U Soe Nyi Nyi, ka mea nona ka ʻoihana hale ʻaina kūleʻa e komo pū ana me ka brand flagship Feel, kahi kaulahao kaulana ma Yangon, i ʻōlelo pinepine ʻo ia e pale i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā Muslim no ka mea "he nui nā ʻokoʻa - ko lākou ʻano, ko lākou ʻano, ko lākou ʻano."
Ma waena o kāna mau limahana 1,800 he ʻelua wale nō Mahometa, kahi kahu kaʻa a me kahi kanaka hana i kahi ʻano o ka ʻaila ice cream.
Ma ka waiwai paʻa, ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe nona ka hale Buddhist e kūʻai aku i nā hale i nā Mahometa, wahi a Mr. ”
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo U Myint Thein, nona kahi ʻoihana kūʻai aku i nā kapuahi kuke i lawe ʻia mai India mai, ua paʻakikī ʻo ia e wehewehe i ka hana ʻino i kāna mau keiki.
"Ua hana au i kaʻu mea maikaʻi loa e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole lākou i lohe i kēia mau mea weliweli, akā ua lohe lākou," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole wau i noʻonoʻo e haʻalele i kēia ʻāina ma mua. Akā ʻaʻole wau makemake e ola kaʻu mau keiki i nā mea hou aʻe o kēia.
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