- Idilesi: Orange Walk, eBelize;
- Kufunyenwe: ngowe-1973.
IQuayo yidolophu yaseMean yakudala kwiphondo lase- Orange Walk ngasentla kweBelize . Omnye wemimandla yamaMeya endala emhlabeni: mhlawumbi, yayikhiwe ukususela ngo-2000 BC. e. (ngokokuphanda kutshanje-ukususela ngo-1200 BC). Amatongo esixeko saseQuayo anomdla kubo bonke abanomdla kwiinkcubeko zamandulo zaseNdiya. Amangcwaba okuqala afunyanwa eBelize aseQuayo. Ngethuba lokucubungula, kukho inani elikhulu lobumba kunye neendlovu, okwangoku ziboniswe kumyuziyam.
Imbali ye Quayo
Izidumbu zendawo yokuhlala yaseMeya zafunyanwa ngengozi ngowe-1973 ngumgcini wezinto zakudala waseBrithani uNorman Hammond kwiindawo zokuphunga izixhobo zendawo. Akukho mntu wayesazi ukuba igama laloo mzi lalingubani, ngoko bafumana igama labo langoku ngegama lefama elisondeleyo kwintsapho yaseQuayo. Uhlalutyo lwezinto ezifunyenweyo (kuquka iindawo eziseleyo zezilwanyana kunye nezityalo) kubonakalisa ezithile ezizodwa zobomi bamaNdiya. Basebenzisa ingqolowa kunye ne-cassava ekudleni, izinto ezibaziweyo ezivela amathambo ezilwanyana, amatye aqingqiweyo kunye namaqebunga olwandle. Sekunjalo ngaloo mihla kwisixeko saseQuayo kwakukho isakhiwo sentlalo, isahlulo sibe ngabantu abahle kunye nabampofu, umzekelo, kwelinye lamangcwaba abantwana, abaphandi bafumana amatye anqabileyo. Kwakhona kwidolophu yafunyanwa iiparele ezivela kwiphondo, kude ne-400 km ukusuka kwiQuayo, eqinisekisa ukuba kukho ukuhanjiswa kwezorhwebo kunye nezinye iindawo zokuhlala zaseNdiya.
Amanxuwa esixeko saseQuayo namhlanje
Kwintsimi yeso sixeko unokubona isikwere esikhulu, ibhotwe eliphambili, itempile yepramramidal, iindawo zokuhlala zezakhiwo zemidiliya emicinci, ziboshwe kunye kunye kunye nobuninzi bomdongwe, kunye neendawo zokugcina eziphantsi komhlaba. Izakhiwo zibukeka zidala kwaye zingenangqangi njengamanxuwa kwezinye iidolophu zaseMeya, kodwa zingenomdla ongenakutsholwa kubo abanomdla kwimbali yempucuko yeMeya yexesha langaphambili. Izakhiwo ezininzi ziye zagcina imimandla yeemfazwe nemililo, kwaye umntu unokucinga nje ukuba ubomi obusondezayo bupheka ngaphi kule mihla.
Ndingafika njani?
Amanxuwa ase-Quayo atholakala ngeekhilomitha ezingama-5 ukuya entshonalanga ye-Orange Walk, kwi-Yo-Creek Road malunga neekhilomitha ezili-150 kumntla we-Belize. Ekubeni amatshabalalo ayindawo yangasese, kufuphi neendawo zokugcina impahla kunye neRaribbean rum, abakhenkethi baya kufuna ukufumana imvume kubanikazi bezixhobo zokutya ii-distillery. Ukuba ufuna, ungasebenzisa iinkonzo zesikhokelo esivela ku-Orange Walk.