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I-Indonesia, izwe elihlala elangeni elelesiwa ziqhingi ezingaphezu kweziyizi-17,000, selokhu kwathi nhlo yaziwa njenge “Spice Islands”. Kusukela ezikhathini zakudala, lelizwe beliyindawo yomcebo weziqholo ezithokozisayo, ezasusa izithunywa zenkolo, abahwebi, kanye lezigqila zababusi ukuthi bathathe uhambo olude beya ezweni lakho. Iziqholo ezifana le-pala (nutmeg), bunga pala (mace), icengkeh (clove), kanye le-ikhanela (cinnamon), kazigcinanga nje ngokuguqula indlela esipheka ngayo kodwa zaphinde zaba yizisekelo zokwelapha kwendabuko kanye lezentuthuko kwezokwelapha zalamuhla. Ake sihambe uhambo olumangalisayo lokuhlola ubuhle obuyisimanga baleziqholo zase-Indonesia.
Umlando weziqholo zase-Indonesia usabalale njengomgodi omude oluhambweni lwezihambi kanye lezimpi zemibuso. Ezikhathini zakudala, i-Indonesia, ikakhulukazi iziqhingi zeMaluku ezaziwa njenge “Spice Islands”, yayiyikhaya elincane leziqholo ezithile ezingatholakali kwenye indawo emhlabeni. Lena yiyo eyadonsela abahwebi bama-Arabhu, ama-India, lama-China, kanye labazungezeli bomhlaba baseYurophu, ababefuna ukuthola umcebo waloluhlaza olumangalisayo. Impi yezokuhweba ngeziqholo yaphinda yaba ngesinye sezizathu ezinkulu zokuhlola umhlaba kanye lezimpi phakathi kwemibuso yeYurophu, okwakufakazela inani elikhulu leziqholo zase-Indonesia.

Kusukela eminyakeni yama-1500, abahloli bomhlaba baseYurophu babanjwa yisitshalo seziqholo. Amandla ePortugal, iNetherlands, kanye leNgilandi alwela ukulawula locebo, okuholela ekubusweni kwamakholoni amade eziqhingini lapho leziqholo zikhula khona. Amagama afana le-pala, bunga pala, icengkeh, kanye le-ikhanela, azungeza emhlabeni jikelele, eguqula indlela abantu abapheka ngayo, abaphilisa ngayo, kanye lokubona ngayo umhlaba.

I-pala kanye le-bunga pala zombili zivela esithelweni se-Myristica fragrans, esihlahleni esizalwa eziqhingini zeMaluku. Lokhu kuphindwe kabili kwenza kube yizinto ezinqabileyo emhlabeni weziqholo. I-pala yimbewu yaso lesi sithelo, kanti i-bunga pala yilo luhlabo olubomvu oluzungeze imbewu. Bobabili banokunambitheka okuhlukile kodwa okufanayo – i-pala inambitheka okunamandla, okumnandi futhi okumnandi okuncane, kuyilapho i-bunga pala inokunambitheka okucolisayo, okufana lenhlabathi, okuthandeka kakhulu.


I-icengkeh, izitsha zezimbali zomuthi we-Syzygium aromaticum, ziphuma eziqhingini zeMaluku futhi. Ngezithako zazo ezinamandla, ezimnandi, kanye leziqinile, icengkeh isetshenziswe amakhulu eminyaka ezweni lokupheka, elempilo, kanye lezinhlaka zokwenza iphunga. Igama lesiNgisi elithi “clove” livela egameni lesiLatin elithi clavus, okutsho ukuthi ‘isipikili’, okuchaza ukuma kwayo okufana lesipikili.


Ikhanela, evela emkhakhini wangaphakathi wezihlahla ze-Cinnamomum, iyisiqholo esithandwa kakhulu ngenxa yephunga layo elithokozisayo kanye lokunambitheka kwayo okumnandi kodwa okune-spicy. Kunezinhlobo ezimbili ezinkulu: i-Ceylon Cinnamon (eyaziwa kakhulu njenge “qiniso” cinnamon) kanye le-Cassia Cinnamon (evamile futhi enamandla kakhulu). I-Indonesia ngumkhiqizi omkhulu we-Cassia Cinnamon, ekhipha umkhakha omkhulu we-cassia. Ikhululekile kakhulu, ikhanela yase-Indonesia ihlinzeka ngendlela enhle yokudala izinhlamba ezimnandi nezinomusa.

Ngisho lalamuhla, lapho ukudla sekuvame ukutholakala kalula khona, inani leziqholo zase-Indonesia lihlala liqinile. Kazigcinanga nje ngokuba yizithako zokupheka kodwa zaphinde zaba yizinto ezibalulekile ezimbonini ezihlukene: ukwelapha, izimonyo, kanye lezokwenza iphunga. Izinhlobonhlobo zazo, iphunga lazo elihlukile, kanye lezinzuzo zazo zempilo zenza zihlale zifunwa emhlabeni jikelele. Ukutshala iziqholo e-Indonesia kuseyindlela yokuziphilisa eyinhloko yezakhamizi eziningi, okwenza indaba yaleziqholo ibe yindaba yomlando, isiko, kanye lekusasa eliqhakazile. E-Indonesia, amasiko okudla kanye nemithi yendabuko kuhlanganisa iziqholo ekusetshenzisweni kwansuku zonke, okuqinisa indawo yazo ebalulekile empilweni yabantu.
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