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Da farko da aka buga a 1887, ta haɓaka zuwa jarida ta yau da kullun a cikin 1900. Ta ƙunshi shafi 6, kashi uku cikin huɗu cike da tallace-tallace.
Akwai labaran duniya, kamar yakin Boer, da lafiyar sarkin China, da kisan shugaban Amurka McKinley da mutuwar Sarauniya Victoria, amma kuma sun kunshi labaran cikin gida da yawa da kuma karin nishadantarwa, gajerun labarai. Duk wannan yana ba da haske mai kyau game da rayuwar yau da kullun, musamman game da damuwa da rashin tsaro na ƴan gudun hijira na wancan lokacin, bai bambanta da na yau ba. Bari mu rubuta wasu. A shekara ta 1900 ko 1901.
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Duk da cewa al'ummar Turai ba su zo tashar jiragen ruwa a Gabas mai Nisa ba, kamar Bangkok, don ganin rayuwa da al'adun mutanen Siamese, har yanzu suna da sha'awar yadda muke nuna ƙarancin sha'awar rayuwar mutanen da ke kewaye da mu. Muna aiwatar da kwastan namu sosai a cikin ƙaramin yanki namu kuma muna yanke kanmu daga sauran al'umma. Mu farangs da wuya sanin wani abu game da talakawa rayuwar Siamese. Muna ziyartar nishaɗin Siamese masu ban sha'awa, wanda ɗaya ko wani sashe ke shirya, amma ga 'yan Siamese kaɗan a wurin, yayin da aka tsara duka duka bisa ga ƙa'idodin Turai.
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Mun samu ziyara daga wani Mista GMSchilling wanda ya shaida mana cewa ya yi cacar baki cewa zai zagaya duniya ba tare da ko kwabo a aljihunsa ba. Mun taba jin labarin wannan zamba a baya kuma mun ga da yawa ba su biya ba.
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A karshe ‘yan sanda sun dauki mataki a kan matan da ke neman abin da suka gani a cikin dare a Nieuwe Weg (yanzu Charoen Krung Weg). Babban Sufeton ya aika da wasu maza da suka kama mata hudu da wani mutum daya da suka bayyana a gaban kotu a yau. Bai kamata ya zama da wahala a daina irin wannan aikin a Bangkok ba.
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Ana sa ran cewa, bisa ga sabuwar dokar majalisar birnin, za a bindige mai karen hayaniya, wanda aka daure a gidansa, har lahira.
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Ba a ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo ba sabon shiga Bangkok ya gane yadda cunkoson ababen hawa suke. A cikin birni girman da mahimmancin Bangkok da kuma inda titin ba ya nan gaba ɗaya, ƙa'idodin halayen abin hawa ya zama dole. Lokacin da kuke tafiya, ku ce tare da Sabuwar Titin, ba ku san yadda ake guje wa duk waɗannan rikshas, karusai da doki ba, balle “Bangkok Express”, tram ɗin gida. Ganin ci gaban Bangkok cikin sauri, yana da mahimmanci cewa akwai wasu dokoki. Da wuri mafi kyau.
Hanyar Charoen Krung a Chinatown Bangkok (1912)
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A daren jiya wasu Turawa biyu da suka bugu sun haifar da wani babban tashin hankali a farkon "Layin Gabas". Sun nuna soyayyar juna ta hanyar amfani da sandar tafiya da laima kyauta.
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Babur ya shiga Bangkok.
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A cikin kwanaki 5 da suka gabata, titin Windmill (Silom) ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 5 daga cutar sankarau kuma an sami karin wasu kararraki a kalla goma sha biyu a titi daya, galibi yara. Akwai kuma cutar kwalara. Tabbas, Bangkok ko da yaushe yana da cututtukan ƙanƙara, amma da alama akwai wani nau'in annoba a yanzu.
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Da misalin karfe 4 na safiyar ranar Litinin, ‘yan sanda sun cafke wani mutum da ke yawo dauke da damshi dauke da juzu’i da dama, da kayan hakowa, ’yan kwaro, da wasu layu, kamar barayi sukan dauka. Ya shaida wa ’yan sanda cewa ya sayo su ne daga wani kantin sayar da kaya. ’Yan sandan sun dauka bakon labari ne suka tafi da shi.
Mutumin ya zama Mom Chao, ɗan sarki, wanda ke jin daɗin gata da ke hana a tsare su ko kuma a gwada su ba tare da izini na musamman ba. An nemi wannan izini kuma muna ɗauka cewa yanzu an ba da shi.
Sarakuna da sauran manyan mutane suna jin daɗin gata a ko'ina, amma ba zai yiwu ba cewa wannan ya keɓe su daga tuhumar aikata laifuka.
Wannan Mama Chao ta yi aiki a baya shekaru 10.
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A kusa da Khorat, fasinjoji daga cikin jirgin sun ga damisa yana jan barewa. Injiniyan ya busa busa, sai damisar ta jefar da abin da take ci ta gudu cikin daji a firgice.
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Ruhu. Dubun dubatar maza suna fama da raunin jijiya kuma ba su sami magani ba. Ku rubuto min, ko sisin kwabo ne kawai, kuma ina ba da tabbacin maganin duk cututtukan da aka lissafa a ƙasa waɗanda suka zama ruwan dare a waɗannan sassan.
Idan kana fama da: Maniyyi, Rashin Namijin Namiji, Gajiya, Rashin kuzari, Kuskuren Matasa, Tsufa da wuri, Ciwon Ƙwaƙwalwar Ƙwaƙwalwa, Melancholy, Skin Spots (wani euphemism ga syphilis), Tinnitus, Cututtukan Hanta, Koda, Mafitsara ko Ciwon fitsari (wataƙila. a euphemism for gonorrhea), kar a yi shakka a aiko ni……..
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Source: Steve van Beek, Bangkok, Sa'an nan kuma Yanzu, Ab Plubications, Bangkok 2002 (har yanzu akwai)
Yana da ban mamaki yadda kadan ya canza a zahiri. Nice yanki, Tino. Na karanta/kallon littafin Steve van Beek. Kyawawan hotuna.
Bambancin kawai shine cewa an rufe babban fadar a lokacin. 😉
Wani yanki mai kyau Tino. An riga an yi tashin hankali a Bangkok a lokacin. Ba za mu iya tunanin yadda rayuwa ta kasance a lokacin ba. Yaya zai kasance a cikin shekaru dari?
A lokacin sun fi son dabbobi kuma har yanzu suna azabtar da waɗanda ke da alhakin. Ina mai cewa: "Ana fatan cewa, a karkashin sabon dokokin majalisar birnin, za a harbe mai karen hayaki, wanda aka daure a gidansa." Ma’ana, “A karkashin sabbin dokokin, za a harbe mai kare mai hayaniya da aka daure a gidansa. Shin wannan kare mai kururuwa zai daure ubangijinsa don kada ya kubuta daga hukuncinsa na adalci? Dabba mai amfani!