Nhoroondo yekuziva: iyo Meierij
Patafura yenguva dzose paAmai Vedu muPattaya, mazuva mashoma Zuva raMambo risati rasvika, ndakatanga kutaura kune mumwe munhu wokumusha kwedu akanga achigara muThailand kwenguva pfupi.
Sezvo takazove midzimu yehama mundima inotadzira, takakurukura nezvesimba uye kusasimba kwezvimwe zvivako muWalking Street uye ndakakwanisa kumuratidza dzimwe sarudzo shomanana dzinonakidza kwaari. Patakanga tapedza kutaura nezvazvo, ndakamubvunza kuti, “Uri kuuya kupati here?”
"Party ipi?" akabvunza ndichibva ndanongedzera poster raivapo rairatidza kupemberera kwedu Zuva raMambo. "Oo, izvo." akati, “Kwete, handidi chinhu chine chekuita nazvo!”
Ndakamutarisa ndisinganzwisise. Nekutsanangura akawedzera kuti: "Ndinobva kuMeierij." Kusanzwisisa kwangu kwakawedzera. Pakutanga ndaifunga kuti ndiri kutarisana neRepublican akasimba, asi ini zvino ndakanzwisisa kuti chimwe chinhu chakasiyana zvachose chakanga chiri kutamba. Sezvineiwo, ndakabva ndanzwisisa zvaaireva naMeierij, saka ndakandandama ndichiti: “Ndinobvawo kuMeierij, asi...??”
“Hamuyeuki here kuti maDutch akatibata sei?”
"Aa, nyika dzakajairika ..." Ndakagunun'una, asi ndainzwa kuti nhoroondo yangu yakanga isingaite yewandaitaura naye.
“Vave vachiuraya nekupisa nzvimbo yedu kwemazana emakore! Vaya maDutch, muzita reOrange, handidi chero chekuita navo!”
Ndakamutarisa. Aive murumewo zvake ari pakati pemakore makumi matatu, sezviri pachena asiri munhu anoverengera kana munhu wekare paranoid eccentric, asi akakomba, akajairwa muBrabant. Ndakarohwa nehana ndikakundwa. Pasina tariro kana kutendiswa ndakati, "Zvakanaka, kana ukashandura pfungwa dzako ...."
Mucondo yangu ndakabva ndatarisa muWikipedia. Ari pachokwadi. Ndakarava ipapo kuti pakuvamba muna 1579 William wokuOrange akapa mvumo yokupisa misha muMeierij ndokuparadza gohwo nenzira yakarongeka. Izvi zvakaita kuti vanhu vaderedzwe neanenge makumi manomwe muzana mumakore gumi! Kubva 1629 kusvika 1795, nzvimbo iyi yaitongwa seyakajairwa kubva kuThe Hague.
Mushure mekuchinja kweBatavian muna 1795 ndipo apo vanhu vakawanazve kodzero dzavo dzekare. Ini zvino ndinonzwisisa zvizere kuti vamwe vagari veMeierij havasati vari shamwari huru dzeDutch neOrange. Fair's fair.
Zveshuwa handina kumuona ku party. Hasha dzakadaro, dzaikosheswa kwemazana emakore uye dzichipfuudzwa kubva kuchizvarwa kuenda kune chimwe chizvarwa, dzine simba zvikuru. Usauye neni zvakare nenyaya yekuti maDutch haana pfungwa yezvakaitika kare! Zvakapesana zvakaratidzwa pasina kupokana kwandiri. Uye kana zvikauya munhaurirano pamusoro pemafungiro eVOC, Zilvervloot kana zvimwe zvinokatyamadza zvenhoroondo yenyika yedu, ndichanyemwerera zvine hungwaru ndotaura zvine musoro: "Ini ndinobva kuMeierij."