I-spa yakamuva esezingeni eliphezulu e-Iraq, ebizwa ngokuthi yindawo yokuqala yokucwala izinwele zezinhlanzi e-Baghdad, ihlose ukuletha amakhasimende ase-Iraq asanda kuqala ukuphuma futhi njengodlame olwahlasela izwe ngemuva kokuhlasela okwaholwa yi-US ngo-2003.
Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu nokudubula kusevamile, kodwa ukuphila kwansuku zonke kuye kwathuthuka kubantu abaningi eminyakeni yamuva. Inqwaba yamasaluni wobuhle, izikhungo zokuhlinza izimonyo kanye namanye amabhizinisi aseqhamuke ukuze athole imali kubantu base-Iraq abakhathele yimpi abafuna ukutotoswa.
I-Doctor's Fish Spa ivulwe kulo nyaka endaweni yaseMansour esentshonalanga ye-Baghdad. Umnikazi u-Musbah Saleh, 37, ubefuna insizakalo eyingqayizivele azoyinikeza amakhasimende ngesikhathi eshaya ama-pedicure ezinhlanzi ezisemfashinini, lapho i-carp encane ethangini idla isikhumba esifile ukuze enze izinyawo zibe bushelelezi.
Umkhuba wokusebenzisa i-garra rufa fish engenamazinyo njengendlela yokwelapha izifo zesikhumba waduma e-Asia ngo-2006. Kodwa u-Saleh wathola ocwaningweni lwakhe ukuthi waqala emashumini eminyaka adlule endaweni engumakhelwane wase-Iraq, eTurkey. Waya khona ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka futhi wathenga izinhlanzi ezingu-600 kwamanye amazwe ngemali engaba ngu-$10,000 XNUMX.
Manje, inqwaba yezisebenzi zakhe ezinoqweqwe oluqinile, ezilambile zizulazula ethangini elixhunywe esihlalweni se-pedicure, zilinde ipheya entsha yezinyawo ezizodla ngayo. Indawo yokwamukela izivakashi enezindonga ezibomvana ihlotshiswe ngama-stencil ezimbali kanye ne-aquarium eyinkimbinkimbi egcwele izinhlanzi zepulasitiki.
U-Saleh uthi unethemba lokuthi uzophumelela ngephrojekthi yakhe yokutotoswa kwe-piscine naphezu kwezithiyo ezincane zokuhlela, njengokunqanyulwa kukagesi kwedolobha okumphoqa ukuthi asebenzise ijeneretha enomsindo.
“Izikhungo zokubhucunga amaShayina, izindawo zokucwala izinwele ziyachuma. Ngakho lolu hlobo lwebhizinisi lunekusasa elithembisayo,” kusho uSaleh. "Abantu base-Iraq badinga lezi zinto ngoba bebengakwazi ukuzithola phambilini."
