Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, kwavela indaba eyinqaba eziqongweni eziqhelile zezintaba ze-Himalaya. Indaba yayiwukuthi ngo-1938, iqembu labavubukuli abayizimfundamakhwela lathola izinsalela zesiko lasendulo elinolwazi lwesayensi yezinkanyezi nokugcinwa kwesikhathi okwakungaphezu kwanoma yiliphi elinye isiko labantu elaziwayo ngaleso sikhathi. Kodwa okwakungaziwa nakakhulu kwakuwukuthola kwabo ikamelo elicashile eliphelele komunye wemigede, elaliqukethe isilinda esenziwe ngensimbi ababengayazi, kanye nezidumbu ezingu-7 ezinezici ezibonakalayo ezingavamile.
Ngokwalaba bavubukuli abayizimfundamakhwela—abazibiza ngokuthi “Abahloli”—baphinde bathola imibhalo eqoshwe ezindongeni eyayibonakala iwulimi oluxubile olwaluxube amaShayina asendulo nokunye okungavamile.
Ngaphezu kwalokho ukuthi bathola izithombe eziqoshiwe eziqoshwe ezindongeni ezifana nalaba bantu abayinqaba: abantu abafushane abancane abanamakhanda amakhulu nemizimba emincane uma kuqhathaniswa. Laba bahloli bamazwe babekholelwa ukuthi laba bantu babebizwa ngokuthi “i-Dropa” ngenxa yokuthi enye yalezi zithombe yayicekelwe phansi ngemidwebo ukuze bakwazi ukuyifunda.
Abakwa-Explorer bathi lesi sizwe kumele ngabe siwe ngegebe esitezi esingenhla safa ngenxa yokuntuleka komoyampilo njengoba ibingekho enye indlela yokuphuma. Baphetha ngokuthi kumelwe ukuba babengababaleki ababalekela esinye isizwe noma iqembu labantu abacekela phansi imizi yabo noma izindawo zabo ngesizathu esithile (mhlawumbe impi?). Ngakho, babangcwaba ngenhlonipho ngaphambi kokuba bahambe futhi abaphindanga bakhuluma ngakho.
Abantu bakwaDropa abangaqondakali
Ukhahlamba lwezintaba i-Bayan-Kara-Ula emngceleni we-China-Tibet yikhaya labantu bakwa-Ham namaDropa, abahluke ezizweni ezizungezile ngenxa yohlobo lwabo lomuntu oluhlukile. Izizwe zamaDropa kanye nezakwaHam zinezinga eliphansi, zinesilinganiso sobude obungu-4'2″ kanye nesisindo esimaphakathi esingamaphawundi angu-60. Ubude bazo obuncane bususwa amehlo abo amakhulu anabafundi abaluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kanye namakhanda abo amakhulu.
Njengoba bengekho abantu abangaphila endaweni ephakeme kangaka futhi baphile ngaphandle kwemishini ekhethekile, abacwaningi banquma ukuthi laba bantu kumelwe babe olunye uhlobo lwe-humanoid alien life form. Ngokwenganekwane yakudala yamaShayina, izidalwa ezibukeka ziyinqaba ezivela esibhakabhakeni zawa zivela ezulwini kodwa zaphinde zasakazwa ngenxa yezici zazo ezingokomzimba eziyinqaba.
Ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule, abahloli bamazwe baseNtshonalanga bathole ukuthi abantu bakwaDropa, abahlala esimweni sezulu esinesihluku seqhwa nasezindaweni eziphakeme zaseHimalaya eduze kwaseTibet, baye bahlala kulezi zifunda izinkulungwane zeminyaka. Ngokusho kwe I-Associated Press (AP) (Nov. 1995), “abantu abancane” abangaba ngu-120 batholakala eSifundazweni SaseSichuan edolobhaneni elaziwa ngokuthi “iVillage of the Dwarfs.”
Isithombe sezithandani ezibusayo ze-Dropa, u-Hueypah-La (4 ft. tall) no-Veez-La (3 ft. 4 in. tall), sikhonjiswe esithombeni esingenhla, esithathwe uDkt. Karyl Robin-Evans ngesikhathi sakhe. 1947 uhambo. Ingabe lokhu kubonisa ukulungiswa kokuziphendukela kwemvelo ezindaweni eziphakeme eziphakeme? Noma, ingabe lokhu okutholakele kabusha kuwubufakazi benye ithiyori ehlobene ne I-Dropa Stone Discs?
I-Dropa Stone Discs
Indaba ithi ngo-1962, uProfesa Tsum Um Nui nethimba lakhe labavubukuli abahlanu abavela ePeking Academy of Prehistory bachaza imibhalo ye-Dropa Disc. Naphezu kwezimangalo eziyinqaba ezenziwa ekuhumusheni, ososayensi bashicilela ucwaningo lwabo. Ngenxa yalokho, uProfesa Um Nui waphoqeleka ukuba ahambe eChina, lapho ashonela khona ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho. Ngemva kweNguquko Yezamasiko, okuningi kwalahleka unomphela, nakuba kuncane okwaziwayo ngalokho okwenzeka kamuva.
Namuhla abaningi abathanda bathi, abukho ubufakazi ekamu obuphikisa indaba ka-1962 noma ukuhunyushwa kwayo. Kungaba ubuwula ukucabanga ukuthi le nganekwane yaqanjwa noma ukuthi ukuhumusha kwakungamanga. Indaba ingase ibe yinto engenakwenzeka, kodwa akunakwenzeka, futhi akekho owake wachaza ulimi lwabantu, ingasaphathwa eyangaphandle komhlaba.
La madiski atholakala phakathi kuka-1937 no-1938, futhi ngaleso sikhathi imibhalo yawo yayingakwazi ukuchazwa abacwaningi banamuhla. Kungenzeka ukuthi ngo-1962, lapho ithimba lochwepheshe lizama ukuzichaza, ulimi ezazibhalwe ngalo lwalungakaqondwa kahle. Noma kunjalo, asazi futhi noma ngabe ulimi belungakacaciswa yini ngo-1937 noma ngemuva kwalokho.
Ososayensi baseShayina bakwazile ukwenza incazelo ethile ngosizo lokuqomisana kwezobuchwepheshe kanye nezinsimbi zesimanje ngo-1962. Isimo sezulu kanye nokuguguleka kwenhlabathi kungenzeka kube yimbangela yokungakwazi ukuchaza noma yiluphi ulimi; futhi iDropa Stone nayo ayihlukile.
Ithini incazelo yemibhalo eqoshiwe?
Abantu bendawo okuthiwa iHam, ababona umkhumbi-mkhathi uphahlazeka, kuthiwa bahumusha indaba ebhalwe kumagazini. Ngemva kokuphenya lapho ingozi yenzeke khona, abantu bathola ukuthi izidalwa zasemhlabeni zehle ezulwini. Abantu bomdabu baqala ukubabulala, njengoba abahlaseli ngokuvamile benza. Nakuba babenobungane kubantu bomdabu, babulawa ngenxa yamaphutha abo.
“I-Dropa yehla isuka emafini endizeni yabo. Amadoda, abesifazane nabantwana bethu bacasha emigedeni izikhathi eziyishumi ngaphambi kokuphuma kwelanga. Lapho ekugcineni beluqonda ulimi lwezandla lwama-Dropa, baqaphela ukuthi abasanda kufika babenezinhloso ezinokuthula.”
Abakwamanye amazwe abakwazanga ukulungisa umkhumbi-mkhathi wabo ophukile ngakho bahlala nabantu bakwaHam. Ngokusho kwabahumushi abaningi, ukuzalanisa phakathi kwezinhlobo zezilwane kusikiselwa yilo mbhalo. Uma ukuzalanisa kwenzeka, yiziphi izimpawu ezibonakalayo ezihlukanisa i-Dropa yesimanje kwamanye amaTibet namaShayina? Hhayi-ke, kuningi kwalokho.
Abantu bakwaDropa bahlukile kubantu abangomakhelwane babo ngenxa yokungafani kofuzo. Ngakho-ke, kungenzeka yini ukuthi imibhalo ye-Dropa Stone Discs ilungile? Kungenzeka yini ukuthi abantu bakwaDropa empeleni bavela kwamanye amazwe?
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nama-Dropa Stone Discs kanye nemibhalo yawo engavamile, funda lesi sihloko esithakazelisayo lapha.
