Mawa - October 17^th - ndi International Real Vanilla Day. Gulu la LittlePod likukondwerera mwambo wapaderawu ndi alimi a Made ndi vanila kuno ku Indonesia. Ndidapitako kawiri ku Bali ndipo ndizapadera kwambiri komanso ndizosangalatsa kubwerera. Ndi chifukwa cha ubale womwe ndili nawo ndi Made komanso anthu ammudzi kuno tinaganiza zopanga izi. Mawa, tikhala tsiku ku munda wa zipatso wa LittlePod, yomwe ili kutali ndi hotelo yathu pano. Sindidikira kuti ndiziwone ndekha.

Pamene Made adayamba kufika zaka zonse zapitazo kuti awone ngati panali chidwi chochuluka kuchokera ku Ulaya mwa iye kupanga vanila kuno, ndinayankha pazifukwa ziwiri. Chifukwa choyamba chinali ubale womwe ndinali nawo ndi Bali. Chachiwiri chinali chakuti Made anandiuza kuti anamaliza digiri ku Bali, Masters ku Netherlands ndi PhD ku Chicago. Izi zidandiuza zonse zomwe ndimafunikira kudziwa za Made ngati mwamuna komanso kulimba mtima komanso kulimba mtima komwe ayenera kukhala nako.

Ndiye ndabwerera ku Bali. Kwa masiku ochepa chabe nthawi ino - nditakhala milungu isanu pamaulendo anga onse am'mbuyomu! Pokhala mphunzitsi wakale, ndili ndi chizolowezi choyang'ana masukulu apulaimale ndikamayenda. Pamene ndinabwera kuno koyamba - zaka 20 zapitazo - ndinachita izi ndipo, mkuluyo atadziwa kuti ndine mphunzitsi, adandipempha kuti ndilowe ndikuphunzitsa ana Chingelezi, masamu ndi nyengo zinayi. Pali nyengo ziwiri zokha ku Bali - kotentha ndi konyowa - ndipo ana onse adachita chidwi ndi lingaliro la kuzizira, mphepo, ayezi ndi matalala. Ndinaphunzitsa anawo kwa milungu isanu ndipo, ngakhale kuti kunalibe zolembera kapena mapepala m’sukulu, iwo anali ofunitsitsa kuphunzira. Ndinabwerera ku Bali patapita zaka ziwiri ndipo ndinatha kuona kuti zina mwa maphunzirowa zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito komanso kuti chilakolako chophunzira chinali champhamvu kuposa kale. Ndikuziwonanso kwambiri tsopano.

Titafika kuno Lamlungu, tinakumana ndi Syiraz ndi gulu lochokera ku famuyo komanso malo opangira zinthu. Ndi anyamata, koma kuphunzira ndikofunika kwa iwo. Amakonda kusintha kwanyengo komanso chilengedwe ndipo ndikuwona kuti tsogolo la Bali ndi lotetezeka ndi anthu ngati awa. Indonesia ndi dziko lachinyamata, 50% ya anthu ndi achinyamata, koma ichi ndi chuma chamtsogolo. Zonse zimamangidwa pamaphunziro ndipo ndizolimbikitsa kuwona. Kale, maphunziro a boma adatha pa 12. Tsopano, ndi 18 ndipo kusiyana kuli koonekeratu. Achinyamata pa famu ya vanila ya LittlePod amayang'ana ku Made ndipo ali ndi chidwi chophunzira za njira ya polyculture yomwe adachita upainiya komanso momwe zimakhudzira zamoyo zosiyanasiyana. Iwo angomanga malo apamwamba kwambiri opangira zojambulajambula, zomwe tipitako kumapeto kwa sabata ino. Ndakhala nthawi yayitali ndikuyesera kuti ndikhale chete - kuba ndikadali vuto lalikulu pamsika wa vanila, ndipo simudziwa momwe mbewuyo idzakhalire - ndipo ndizabwino kuyankhula motere. Zonse zamangidwa pa kudalira ndipo ndizokhutiritsa kuziwona zikukhala bwino.

Kwa alimi kuno ku Bali, ndikufuna kunena izi: Kulimbikira kwanu ndi chidaliro chanu mwa Made zakuthandizani kukwaniritsa chinthu chapadera kwa mbadwo wotsatira. M'badwo umenewo udzakuthokozani chifukwa chotsitsimutsa makampani a vanila, chifukwa cha luso lanu logwirizana ndi Made's polyculture system komanso momwe izi zakhudzira kupanga mfundo za tsogolo la Indonesia.

Zaka khumi ndi zitatu zapitazo, ndinauzidwa ndi Patricia Rain - Mfumukazi ya Vanilla ku California - kuti tinali pamtunda ndipo tikhoza kutaya vanila weniweni. Mwadzuka ku zovutazo ndipo thandizo lomwe mwapereka pakukonzanso nkhalango ku Bali ndilopindulitsa tonsefe. Kugwirizana kumeneko ndi kukhulupirirana kumeneko kwapindula ndipo ndizomwe tidzakondwerera mawa, pa International Real Vanilla Day, ndi kupitirira - mpaka mtsogolo. Ubwino wa zonsezi ndi chinthu chomwe tonse titha kunyadira nacho…

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