Igama elithi "taboo" linemvelaphi kwiilwimi ezithethwa eHawaii naseTahiti ezizezosapho olunye kwaye ukusuka kuzo zadlulela kwisiNgesi nesiFrentshi. Igama lantlandlolo lalisithi “tapú” yaye ekuqaleni lalibhekisela kukwalelwa ukutya okanye ukuyiphatha into ethile . Ngokubanzi ngakumbi, umyeki “yihambo engamkelekanga kwibutho labantu, liqela labantu, okanye lunqulo.” Ezinye i-taboos zabonakala zibulala, njenge-taboo engekho ngqiqweni eyabulala uKumkanikazi uSunanda waseThailand.
UKumkanikazi uSunandha Kumariratana waseThailand
U-Sunandha Kumariratana wazalwa ngoNovemba 1860 kwaye wasweleka ngaphambi nje kokuzalwa kwakhe kwe-20, ixhoba le-taboo engenangqondo. USandanda wayeyintombi kaKumkani uRama IV kunye nomnye wabafazi bakhe, uKumkanikazi uPiam Sucharitakul. Elandela izithethe zomnombo wobukumkani baseSiam, uSunanda wayengomnye wabafazi abane (ookumkanikazi) bomntakwabo umntakwabo uRama V.
Ekunye noKumkanikazi uSunandha, uKumkani uRama V wayenentombi, egama linguKannabhorn Bejaratana, owazalwa ngo-Agasti 12, 1878. Yaye wayelindele omnye umntwana owayeza kuba yinkwenkwe yaye ngoko ke umntwana wokuqala nokumkani wexesha elizayo, xa kwabakho intlekele ngoMeyi 31, 1880. - UKumkanikazi uSunandha usweleke ngendlela engaqhelekanga.
Enyanisweni, uKumkani uRama V wayengumntu wanamhlanje, kodwa omnye wemithetho engqongqo kakhulu ngexesha lakhe wayejongene nokufa okubuhlungu kwendlovukazi yakhe ekhulelwe, u-Sunandha kunye nentombi yakhe encinane.
Kwiinkcubeko ezininzi, omnye umthetho owawuxhaphakile yayikukusalela ukubanjwa naliphi na ilungu lentsapho yasebukhosini. Ngenkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba eSiam, akukho mntu uqhelekileyo unokuchukumisa ukumkanikazi (ngentlungu yokufa), kwaye ukuba benza oku, isohlwayo ngokuqinisekileyo "sisohlwayo sokufa".
Ukusweleka okulusizi kukaKumkanikazi uSunandha kunye neNkosazana uKannabhorn
NgoMeyi 31, 1880, uKumkanikazi uSunandha kunye neNkosazana uKannabhorn bakhwela inqanawe yasebukhosini besiya kwibhotwe lasebukhosini laseBang Pa-In (ekwabizwa ngokuba yi “Summer Palace”) ngaphaya koMlambo iChao Phraya. Ekugqibeleni, inqanawa yabhukuqa kwaye ukumkanikazi kunye nentombi yakhe encinane (inkosazana) bawela emanzini.
Ngelo xesha, kwakukho abantu abaninzi ababebukele xa kwakuqengqeleka, kodwa akukho namnye owabahlangulayo. Isizathu: ukuba umntu uchukumise ukumkanikazi, nokuba asindise ubomi bakhe, wayezibeka esichengeni sokuphulukana nobakhe. Ngaphezu koko, umlindi kwenye inqanawa naye wayalela abanye ukuba bangenzi nto. Ngoko ke, akukho bani uphakamisa umnwe yaye bonke bajonga njengoko baberhaxwa. I-taboo engenangqondo eyayithintela ukubamba umzimba wasebukhosini ekugqibeleni yaba ngunobangela wokufa kwabo.
Emva kwesi siganeko sibuhlungu, uKumkani uRama V watshatyalaliswa ngokupheleleyo. Emva koko lo mlindi wohlwaywa ngenxa yembono yakhe engqongqo gqitha ngomthetho kwiimeko ezinjalo, ukumkani wamtyhola ngokubulala umfazi nabantwana bakhe waza wamthumela entolongweni.
Emva kwale ntlekele, esinye sezenzo zokuqala zikaKumkani uRama V yayikukubhangisa isibhanxa esisisidenge kwaye ngaxesha lithile kamva wamisa isikhumbuzo sokuhlonipha umfazi wakhe, intombi yakhe kunye nomntwana ongekazalwa eBang Pa-In.
Imbali Ihambile Ihlabathi Lonke
Ukutyhubela iminyaka, ibali lesi siganeko se-macabre lasasazeka kwihlabathi liphela kwaye iintatheli ezininzi zagxeka iThailand, iyigweba njengelizwe elinophuhliso oluncinci lokomoya kunye nolunya. Babenokuthini aba bantu ukuba bayekele ibhinqa eliselula elikhulelweyo nentombi yalo eselula nalo elalicela uncedo ukuba lirhaxwe phambi kwamehlo abo lingasabelanga!
Nangona kunjalo, kwakungafane kuphawulwe kula manqaku kunye neengxelo zokuba umlindi wayethobela umthetho wakudala kunye nongqongqo waseThailand owalela nawuphi na umntu oqhelekileyo ukuba achukumise umntu wegazi lasebukhosini, kuba isohlwayo yayikukufa kwangoko.
Kufuneka kwakhona kuqatshelwe ukuba ukurhaxwa ngengozi kuMlambo iChao Phraya (uMlambo iMenam) kwakuxhaphake kangangokuba kwavela iinkolelo ezingaqhelekanga. Kwakukholelwa ukuba ekusindiseni umntu ekurhaxweni, imimoya yamanzi yayiza kufuna uxanduva kwaye kamva ithathe ubomi bomsindisi, kungoko i-stoicity kunye nokungakhathali eSiam ekusindiseni ukutshona.
Kwaye ngoko ke abalindi bathobela umthetho kunye neenkolelo kuMlambo we-Chao Phraya kwingozi yokumkanikazi, ubomi bentombi yakhe ekuphela kwayo kunye nomntwana wakhe ongekazalwa.
Amazwi okugqibela
Kuluntu lwanamhlanje, la ma-taboos angenangqondo aphelisiwe, kodwa sinezinye eziye zadlula kwaye zavela njengoko sikhula njengeqela ukususela kumaxesha amandulo.
