Uzbekistan Bishimbi: Nendete Nshila ya Silk Difuku Sambo, Napete Amba Marco Polo Wadiyilwe Bintu Bivule

Registan Square ya Samarkand pa nsaa 6:45 ya nkome mu kutwa kwa diyu iyaluka mu mutala wa gold shiwamwenepo kumpala. Bipande bya blue bya madrasa isatu bifumina mu kyangi kya bipimo bya Islam, bitatwika kumunga luya lwa diyu lufwanga. Mukulu umune wapwanga juice ya pomegranate wansapwile mu English ipwanga: 'Kino kifulo kyadi kya kutwaya mafuku nkama asambombo apite — bafundi ba kufuma mu madrasa yoso isatu babandanga mu musenke. Theologie, astronomie, mathematike, byoso.' Panyuma wangilwile musoto mu kapu kyami ne wasapula: 'Binwa. Juice ya pomegranate kushii sukadi — ngo mushindo watontolwanga Nshila ya Silk.'

Adi na bubine. Juice ya pomegranate kushii sukadi iji na bilula bya lusende, nansha bu buta bwa byonso pa ino nshila bikapwa. Ne lupangu lwami lwadi: kika kyashiyala mpatupatu ku Nshila ya Silk?

Uzbekistan iji na bantu babwanya pankama 36 millions, buloba buji na bantu bavule bwine mu Asia ya Pakatwa, ne nbuloba bumune bupopwe pa mabidi monso abunyinwe na buloba (bukwabo nkwikala Liechtenstein). Kwa buloba bushiilwe mwanda na buloba nso ku mapande onso, Nshila ya Silk kanye binunu apopwe — nkwo kumweneka kukile kwa mbamulamatadi ino buloba bwaketenga kwinene mwishina mu nshilikishi. Mu 2026, White Wolves — kipanyi kya nshinta kya Uzbekistan — bekakumoneka pa bukata bwa World Cup lwa ntanshi. Kwa bantu bavule ba football, akekala lumpala lwa ntanshi lubadi bakimbanga 'Uzbekistan ke kwepi.'

Difuku dya ntanshi diadya Tashkent. Metro ya Tashkent ke mushindo apopwe wa kufuma kupityila — nkyo kilongolwelo kikile kutadila kya Union soviétique kyalekye ku Uzbekistan. Stasyo yonso nkya bilondolwe byayo mwine: dome ya stasyo ya Alisher Navoi ileja ba poètes ba Asia ya Pakatwa mu mosaïque; bipupa bya stasyo ya Kosmonavtlar bipana lusangelelo kwa muntu yonso kufuma kwa Yuri Gagarin kufika kwa ba cosmonautes ba Uzbek. Mulami-metro umune wamwene meso ami a munzenza, wambulwashile diso, wanswishishe kupita — baba mu kisanga babadilanga, banzenza kwabuntu, nkino kishusho kishisonelwepo kya Tashkent.

Difuku dya bubidi nadi mu trè ya lwendo lwa mfulo ku Samarkand. Panze pa windo, kishalelo kyashintulwanga kufuma ku kipindi kya tshini kya bwilele kufika ku kisuku kya mapamba a cotton, panyuma kufika pa kikombe kya mukala kya Desert ya Karakum. Mulumi mupembe eshale pa kipuna kyadi pafupi wandinganyine na application ya kutembula kwakula kwanshintulwisha kwetu nafumine, panyuma wansonyele screenshot ku telefone: mukandu wa amba Uzbekistan bakatambe ku World Cup. 'Abdukodir Khusanov,' wasapule, ukalombesha mukumbi wa myaka makumi abidi wa kunyuma pa ekràn. 'Ukashanga mu Lens. Mu France. Leelo ba-Français bayukile kwadi Tashkent.'

Mafuku a busatu ne a bunayi adya Samarkand ne Bukhara. Bipande bya blue bya Samarkand biji munda kwibila kupita bikekomwa kufotwa na foto — blue pa-kyakyo imweka bu bashimine ku nshi ya Mediterranean anka babakamikye ne kuyumya panshi ya diyu dya Asia ya Pakatwa. Mu bwilele bwa kala bwa Bukhara, nazimbilwe mu nsaa isatu. Kadi mwanda bwilele nbulampe, anka mwanda kibelo kyoso kya mabaya kijule pakati kyadi bu kibalo kya kwingila mu nkonko ikwabo. Mupano-musoko wa silk mushale mu shitolo dyandi — silk ya bubine, bafumine ku Kifulo kya Fergana, bafwimbe na mutala wa mukashi — wammone nkitala silk ya mukashi kyondo kilampe. 'Uyukile,' wasapula, 'Marco Polo kasonekepo bitale uno mutala. Wasapule amba silk ya Uzbek yayeeyele anka kasonene bupenya patale ya mukashi.'

Khiva wadi difuku dya butanu. Uno bwilele bwa kibolwe, bwakyelwe nso na bipompo bya makala a ochre, bwadi bushii muntu pashikatwa pa diyu. Nashale mu kishinkunkulu kya minaret ya Kalta Minor. Mukulu umune wapite bukeeya-bukeeya, weshale pafupi nami. 'Bantu ba kwenda bakafikanga pa nsaa inayi ya nkome,' wasapula. 'Dituku nkyaba kya Khiva kyabo mwine.' Twashiyale kimye kilampe. Panyuma walombola peulu pa ndembelo ya Uzbek ibabulanga, wasapula: 'Umwene kibala kya football ekyo? Kyadi buloba bwa kwingidila banyama. Mu nsaa ya Nshila ya Silk, bapano-bapano bashintanga baswanyi bamanyama pano. Leelo bakupanyi bakupangila mupila. Ki bashintanga nkishintulwike, anka nshila iji nayo ino.'

Difuku dya busambombo dyapangikwe mu bwato bwa bufuku — Khiva kubwela Tashkent, kulonda lukunungu lwa desert. Radio ya wagon yadyumwanga na nyimbo ya kala ya Russian na muteto wa Asia ya Pakatwa. Panze pa windo, pankima bakapite bingamia bikengye ne bimulikye bikeemu-bikeemu. Nalangulukye pa kya musapula mupano-silk mu Bukhara, pa gold ya Samarkand, pa diso dyambulushilwe dya mulami-metro mu Tashkent. Panyuma nalamike highlights ya Ligue 1 ya Abdukodir Khusanov pa telefone — mwana Uzbek wa myaka makumi abidi na umune ukutshibuka, ukulonda, ukutuma bipasula-bipasula bilampe mu kipanyi kya France.

Difuku dya musambombo, kubwela Tashkent. Diyu dyadi byawumi ne byakapi nansha bwakadi bukupe umune bupite. Anka kyo naselengye ku nshibo ke binfwatulo nyi bishintano — adi lwaluvula lwa lupangu. Nshila ya Silk ta'kine 'kulesha' kantu — yashintulwike apopwe kikalashi kyayo. Bilungo byaudi bya bilombo byalukile muntu-muntu ya football; mfulo ya kwingila banyama apimanga bengidi byalukile ma-arrêt ya trè ya lwendo; silk yalukile mikatiti ya kushinta bakupanyi. Kya Marco Polo kadiyile kadi apopwe mutala wa silk ya mukashi — wadiyile bukyelele amba bantu ba pa ino nshila kebafumina mpatupatu. Bashintanga apopwe bikingamilo na ba trè, bilungo na football.