Betong: Kurwisa kwakashata nemabhomba maviri
Vapari vekurwisa kwebhomba muBetong (Yala) neChishanu vakaisa kwete rimwe chete asi mabhomba maviri murori. Chekutanga, chinoputika chidiki, chaive nechinangwa chekukwezva vanoda kuziva, nepo chechipiri, bhomba rinorema rakaputika maminitsi gumi gare gare, rakanangana nekuuraya uye kuparadza.
Naizvozvo zvinogona kunzi chishamiso kuti 'chete' vanhu vaviri vakaurayiwa, kunyangwe nhamba yevakakuvara ye52 yaive yakakura, tisingarevi kukuvadzwa kukuru kwezvivakwa nemotokari.
Nzira yemabhomba maviri yakasimbiswa nezvapupu. Vakaona kuti kuputika kwekutanga kwakangokuvadza pikicha yacho zvishoma. Mwenje wemberi chete ndiwo wakasunungurwa, maererano nemasseuse. Maererano naye, kuputika kwechipiri kwakatevera maminitsi gumi gare gare.
Kuisa mabhomba maviri inzira inoshandiswa nevapanduki. Bhomba rechipiri rinobva raputiswa pachishandiswa nharembozha apo panoitwa ongororo yekuputika kwekutanga. Ndinofunga ndakaverenga kuti sezvo izvi zvave kuzivikanwa, kuferefeta kunongoitika zuva rinotevera mune dzimwe nyaya.
Hama dzevakafa vaviri muBetong dzichawana muripo we500.000 baht (pamunhu akabatwa) uye huwandu hwemazana mashanu ezviuru huchabhadharwa kune vakakuvara, gavhuna weYala akadaro.
Izvozvi zvinozivikanwa zvakare kuti 43 zvivakwa uye zvitoro, mota nomwe nemidhudhudhu makumi matatu neshanu zvakakuvadzwa, inofungidzirwa pamutengo we35 miriyoni baht.
Mutungamiri weBetong Tourism Association anoti kushanya kwarohwa nebhomba iri. Vashanyi vari kugara kure nemutambo wemichero unozivikanwa uye vachinzvenga mutambo wakarongwa weHari Raya, unotaridza kupera kweRamadan. Vashanyi vazhinji vari kusiya mahotera avo uye kubhuka kuri kukanzurwa. Sangano iri richaronga mabiko nemakambani kuitira kukwezva vashanyi kuti vadzoke.
Noppong Thiraworn, purezidhendi weYala Chamber of Commerce, akati kubhomba kwacho kwakange kusina kunaka sezvo huwandu hwekurwiswa muBetong hwakadzikira zvakanyanya mumakore achangopfuura. Imba ichaedzawo kudzoreredza chivimbo uye kukurudzira hupfumi.
Betong, iri pamuganhu neMalaysia, ine hupenyu hwehusiku hunofadza; inzvimbo inozivikanwa yeThais neMalaysian. Kune akati wandei mahotera ane makamuri zana, madhisiko mana makuru uye akawanda ezvitoro zvehusiku.
Vashanyi vanobva kuMalaysia neSingapore vava kutanga kusvika muSongkhla. Vashanyi vazhinji vakatamisa kwavaienda kubva kuBetong kuenda kuHat Yai. Vakuru vari kutarisira kuwedzera kurwiswa kwebhomba sezvo Ramadan inosvika kumagumo.
(Chinobva: Bangkok Post, Chikunguru 28, 2014)
Photo: Besong Hollywood discotheque.