(eTN) Panguva ino yegore, mamiriyoni ehove dzinobva mubani remafashamo dzinobatwa murukova rukuru rweZambezi uye dzinoshambira dzichidzika kurukova kwemamaira. Pavanopfuura nomumvura zhinji, tswanda dzokuredza dzinomirira usiku hwose. Mumangwanani, vabati vehove vanofara vanobuda vari mumakoras avo kundodurura tswanda ndokugadzirira kubata hove kwousiku hunotevera.
Takaenda kunokumbanira mukukohwa bonanza mangwanani mamwe mangwanani kuchitonhora. Tichitora “dhadha” rine injini, takapinda mumipata pedyo neRoyal Chundu kuti tiongorore vabati vehove nehove dzavakabata zuva iroro. Chikamu chedu chekutanga cherwizi chaive kumusoro nemugero. Mvura yaimhanya zvekuti takanga tisina kana nzira. Kuti unzwisise simba revabati vehove mumakoras, unofanira kutenda kuti vakanga vachitipfuura!
Vachipinda mumugero mukuru, rwizi rwacho rwakanga rusina ruzha, masaisai airova nomumativi eigwa. Mhute yakarara murwizi, shiri dzakatarisa mvura dziri kumusoro pamusoro pemiti. Kwaitonhora zvikuru… uye zvino ndakanga ndanyorova tsoka. Ndakabatirira pamativi egwa, ndakanzwa kurerukirwa asi ndaiziva kuti ndaisagona kunge ndiri mumakora - zvinhu izvozvo zvakagadzirirwa nyanzvi; kunyange kugara mavari unyanzvi.
Takapinda munzira kuti tione mabhasikiti aibudiswa murwizi. Vabati vehove vanosunga tambo yakasimba pakati pemapango maviri uye, pairi, vanochengetedza tswanda dzavo. Imwe neimwe tswanda inobviswa yoiswa mumakora. Kana igwa razara netswanda, vanoendwa navo kuchitsuwa vosara vasina chinhu.
Takavatevera kuchitsuwa kuti tinoona. Tswanda dzakadururirwa pasi pemakora, dzimwe hove dzichiri kugwinha-gwinha. Hove dzacho dzaiva nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana uye hukuru, asi parrotfish yainyatsoonekwa kubva pazvigamba zvayo zvitsvuku uye zveyero.
Takawana tigerfish, barbel, yellowfish, minnows, churchill, bottlefish, bulldog, nemakororo, pamwe neparrotfish. Ndeapi mazita anoshamisa ane hove idzi. Ini handisi muredzi saka zvese zvaive zvitsva kwandiri. Ndakangotarisa ndichishamisika kuti murwizi umu makazara hove dzakasiyana siyana. Maererano nemabhuku, kune marudzi anodarika makumi matanhatu pachikamu ichi cheZambezi.
Sezvo takavaona vachisimudza magwa avo ndokuenda kunyika huru, takananga kumba, zvakare, tichinyorova zvakare asi tichitarisira kapu inopisa yekofi uye kuomesa masokisi neshangu.
Pakofi, takakurukura tsika dzeparrotfish, izvo zvichiri kundisiya ndakavhiringidzika. Asi izvi ndizvo zvatakasarudza neimwe pfungwa ine musoro. Ndafara chose kuudzwa kuti ndiri wrong saka ndokumbirawo mundizivise.
Mamirioni ehove dzeparrot dzinodzika nerwizi panguva ino yegore - pakati paChikumi naNyamavhuvhu. Idzo dzinodyisa pasi uye hadzisi kushambira kwakasimba senge tigerfish. Havadzokeri kumusoro kwerwizi gare gare mugore - sezvinoita salmon, semuenzaniso. Saka, hove dzinoenda zasi kwerwizi dzogarapo. Hove zhinji dzeparrot dzinoramba dziri munhokwe kumusoro kworwizi, uye ndidzo dzinobereka gore rinotevera. Idzo dzinoenda zasi kunotsvaka nzvimbo itsva dzekuberekesa kana kusabereka.
Ndakafunga kuti hove dzacho dzinofanira kubatwa nechamupupuri chemvura sezvainosiya mapani uye ichimhanya ichidzika nerwizi. Chakativhiringa ndechekuti hove idzi dzinongoita sedzinodzika nerwizi husiku hutema pasina mwedzi. Vanozvifarirawo kana kuchitonhora. Handikwanise kufunga kuti sei izvi zvingave. Pane ane mazano here?
Vabati vehove vese vanoshandisa matengu anogadzirwa munharaunda. Chimiro chikuru chinogadzirwa netsanga, iyo inosungirirwa pamwe chete netambo yakagadzirwa nemashizha emuchindwe. Dengu rinopiwa simba rakatenderedza rimu repamusoro nekushandisa mapazi emuti wemopane. Zvose zvine hungwaru. Chokwadika, mutoo wavo wekubata hove vachishandisa tswanda haugoneki chose chose sezvo vachibata chikamu chiduku bedzi chedziya dzinopfuura nomumakwara. Ngatitarisirei kuti ramangwana harina kuipa kuhove uye mabasa makuru ekutengesa mambure haatore.
Imwe neimwe chiteshi ndeye mhuri yakaparadzana - izvi zvinosarudzwa pakati pavo, uye hazvimbogadzira chero kurwa. Bounty yakanaka kune vese. Kunyika huru, mumwedzi mishoma inotevera, misha yakagadzira matanga avo - vanotengesa zvinhu zvose kubva kuhove kusvika kupotatatisi, kubva kune mushonga wemazino kusvika kune dzakamboshandiswa. Kwemwedzi miviri, munhu wese achitandara – takaona ngoma yechibuku ichitakurwa kumucheto kwerwizi patakabva.
Hove zhinji dzakaomeswa, asi parrotfish inokosha pakuti inzvimbo yekubika mafuta, inogona kupedza gore rose, kana ikagadziriswa zvakanaka. Hove inochekwa uye mudumbu mune bundu remafuta. Hari inoiswa pamoto ine tsanga dziri pamuromo wayo, uye mafuta anoiswa mutsanga. Sezvo hari inopisa, mafuta anonyunguduka uye anodonhera muhari iri pasi. SK, mutungamiri wedu, akati baba vake vanounganidza marita 20 emafuta nenzira iyi, uye vanoashandisa gore rose pakubika kwavo.
Pakungotanga kumhanya kweparrotfish, nhau inopararira kuna Livingstone. Makombi anotanga kusvika achitenga hove dzakaomeswa odzokera nadzo kumusika. Takasangana neimwe tekisi, mota yaparara zvachose, ichisundwa mumugwagwa une matombo - yakatozotanga, asi munhu anoshamisika kuti kwenguva yakareba sei.
Izvi kwandiri ndizvo zvinoreva Africa. Iko kukohwa kwakasimba zvachose; vanhu vave vachizviita kwezvizvarwa. Inonakidza kune vese uye yakakosha hupfumi kune vagari vemo. Ngativimbei kuti zvicharamba zvakadaro.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Holding on to the sides of the dinghy, I felt quite relaxed but knew that I could not have been in a makora – those things are made for experts.
- I decided that the fish must get caught up in the whirl of water as it leaves the floodplains and rushes downstream.
- Of course, their method of catching the fish using baskets is totally sustainable as they catch only a small proportion of those that pass through the channels.
