Ke kū nei ʻo Ajay Singh ma ka puka o kāna hōkele hoʻoilina hale aliʻi ma Udaipur, e ʻoki pū ana i kona mau lima me ka hauʻoli.
Ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia i nā mea hoʻolālā mare a me nā mea hoʻonohonoho pua no kahi male nui i lawe ʻia ma luna o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hale aliʻi o ka maharana ponoʻī, ka Hale Aliʻi o ke kūlanakauhale, a me ka Lake Palace, i kēia manawa he hōkele ʻelima ma waena o Lake Pichola.
ʻO ka paʻi paʻi male ma waena o ka wā male o India i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ke kaikamahine a kahi mea kūʻai lima Mumbai - piha me nā malihini Lūkini he nui, ʻo kāna mau mea kūʻai aku paha.
Me nā lālā e like me nā huaʻōlelo mai kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i ka palaho ʻana i ka aristocracy Pelekania, ua lawe ka ʻohana Rajput nona Singh i kahi hana hou - nā hale mākaʻikaʻi, nā alakaʻi a me nā hōkele.
ʻO ka Maharana o Udaipur (e like me kona ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻāina) he hale hōkele a ua haʻi ʻia iā mākou e aʻo ana kāna keiki i ka hoʻokele hōkele ma Melbourne.
Ua kau ʻo Singh i nā kumukūʻai no kekahi mau malihini o kona home he 300 mau makahiki i huli ʻia i ka hōkele no ka mea ua inaina ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka "waiwai haumia" hou i India e hoʻomau nei i ka palaho o nā makahiki i hala a "ʻohi" i nā India o kēlā me kēia papa.
“Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao ke hana nei mākou i nā kamepiula super. . . akā ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā alanui, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o kāna manaʻo he hewa me ka hoʻololi wikiwiki ʻana o India.
"Inā mākou e noʻonoʻo i ka wā i hala, ʻaʻole e loaʻa iā mākou ka wā e hiki mai ana," wahi āna, me ka kuhikuhi ʻana ʻaʻole hiki i kona kupuna kāne ke hoʻololi i nā manawa a "ʻaʻohe āu mea ʻole".
ʻO Rajputs, mai ka huaʻōlelo Sanskrit ʻo ia hoʻi ke keiki a ke aliʻi (rajputra), o Rajputana, ma ke komohana ʻākau o India, kahi ʻāina mōʻaukala i kēia manawa kokoke i hui pū me ka mokuʻāina ʻo Rajasthan, ʻo ia ka Hindu o ka caste koa.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ua hoʻolilo lākou i ka waiwai nui i ka etiquet a me ka noho aliʻi a me nā pono koa i ke kaua a me nā hana aupuni.
Ua ulu ko lākou mana i ke kenekulia 7, e hoʻonui ana ma ka hapa nui o nā pāpū o waena o India, akā ʻaʻole lākou i hui pū me nā pūʻali ikaika e like me ke aupuni Mughal i paʻa i ke kenekulia 16.
Ma lalo o ka poʻe Pelekania, ua mālama ka nui o nā aliʻi Rajput i nā mokuʻāina kūʻokoʻa i loko o Rajputana, akā ua hoʻonele ʻia lākou i ka mana ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kūʻokoʻa o India i ka makahiki 1947.
Ua kaulana lākou no ke kūʻai ʻana aku i ke kālā o ka ʻohana a me nā kiʻi pena, a me nā kiʻi, (ma o kā lākou poʻe kauā) e uku i ko lākou inu ʻana a me ka pāʻina, a kūʻai aku kekahi i ko lākou mau hale aliʻi a me ka ʻāina.
Ua haʻi aku kekahi mea kūʻai kahiko a me ka mea kūʻai aku ma Udaipur i ka ulu ʻana o kahi kālepa i kēia mau kiʻi, me nā kiʻi erotic o nā courtesans.
ʻAʻole huhū ʻo Ajay Singh i kaʻu mau nīnau.
“Ua poina ka nui o lākou i kā lākou mau hana. . . ma laila lākou e mālama ai i nā kānaka a mahalo ʻia. . . ua hewa lākou, "wahi āna.
Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia i kahi kiʻi ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo kahiko ma ka paia o ka hale hōkele, ma kahi e hōʻike ana i nā tiger hunts a me nā mea kaulana e like me ka wahine mua ʻo Jackie Kennedy e ʻakaʻaka ana i ka haʻiʻōlelo i haʻi ʻia e kekahi o kona ʻohana.
“Ua pāʻani ʻelua o koʻu mau ʻanakala i ka kikiki no India. . . make lakou i ka rama. Ua hele hewa ke ola.
ʻOiai ka nui o nā keʻena lanakila ma ka demokala India hou, ʻaʻole pinepine lākou i hele i ka hale pāremata a i ʻole koʻikoʻi, wahi āna.
Ua māʻona ke aupuni India i kēia ʻano a i ka makahiki 1960 ua hāʻawi ʻia nā hōʻaiʻē iā Rajputs e hoʻohuli i ko lākou mau hale aliʻi i mau hōkele hoʻoilina.
Ua hana ʻo Singh me ka ʻole o ka hōʻaiʻē, hoʻololi i kona home i ka Hotel Mahendra Prakash ma 1964 a mālama i kahi annexe ma hope no kona ʻohana.
ʻOiai ke kūʻē nei e pili ana i ka pono o ka loli, makemake ʻo ia e hoʻomau kāna mau keiki e aʻo iā Mawardi, kahi ʻōlelo kūloko o Udaipur (a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a me ka Hindi). Ua hopohopo ʻo ia no ka make ʻana.
He "ʻōlelo maikaʻi loa, mahalo nui" a ua kōkua i ka holomua o Rajputs i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia.
"Aia i loko o nā genes e mālama i nā kānaka."
Ma ka Hale Aliʻi ʻo Nimaj, ʻaʻahu ʻo Bharat Singh i nā jodhpurs a me kahi ʻumi ʻumi nui, nā mea maʻamau no kahi Rajput o kēia lā.
ʻO ia ke kaikaina maikaʻi o Thakur i kēia manawa o ka ʻohana Udawat Ratthores o Rajputs; ka hanauna 23.
Ke inu nei ʻo ia i kāna whiskey a hele pū mākou me nā mea hoʻokani pila a me nā mea hula, wehewehe ʻo ia i kona ʻohana i kuʻuna maʻamau me ka Maharaja o Jodhpur mokuʻāina a kōkua i ke aʻo ʻana i kāna pūʻali koa. No ko lākou kūpaʻa, ua hāʻawi ʻia lākou i ʻāina a ua kūkulu ʻia ka hale aliʻi i ka makahiki 1548.
“. . .i ka makahiki 1947 ua pau i ka hopena. Ua lilo mākou a pau i poʻe maʻamau o India. . .. (akā) ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe ʻia ke kūlana e ke aupuni no nā kamaʻāina. Ke mahalo mau nei nā kamaʻāina iā mākou.
Hana ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma Jaipur akā ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kona kaikuaʻana, ʻo Behagwadi Singh, e hoʻohuli lākou i ka hale aliʻi i hōkele. E hoʻomaka ana ma kahi o ʻelima lumi i kēia manawa he 30 a ke hoʻohui hou nei a me ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi ʻauʻau.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bharat Singh ʻaʻole ʻo ia hopohopo e pili ana i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻino ana iā Nimaj, kahi kauhale ʻano ma kahi o 4,000 poʻe ma kahi apana o kahi 30,000.
"ʻO kaʻu noi wale nō i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻaʻole e hāʻawi i kekahi mea i nā keikikāne (e like me nā peni) no ka mea he hala ʻole kēia mau keikikāne a laila ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi hou i ka manawa e ʻike ai ʻo ia e manaʻo ʻo ia, 'e hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iaʻu'.
Manaʻo ʻo ia a me kona kaikunāne e kōkua ana ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā kamaʻāina, ma ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā hana, ʻaʻole wale no nā limahana hōkele (ʻo ia nā mamo a nā poʻe i lawelawe mau i kona ʻohana) akā ʻo ka tailor, barbers, masseurs, makeke kūʻai aku a hiki i nā mea pāʻani trombone o ke kaona.
Ua ʻae ʻo Behagwadi Singh: "ʻIke ʻoe i nā limahana e hana nei ma ʻaneʻi, ua hana ko lākou mau kupuna wahine no koʻu mau kupuna wahine a hele mai lākou e nānā i kā lākou lawelawe ʻana. . . ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi mea ʻoihana ma kēia wahi, ʻo ia ka moʻomeheu aliʻi āu e ʻike ai.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka wahine a Behagwadi, ʻo Divya, ka mea mālama i ka "hoʻokele i loko" o ka hōkele ʻaʻole hiki ke hele i waho i ke kauhale a kamaʻilio pū me nā poʻe kauhale.
“Na mākou ka ʻōlelo i hana. Hiki iā ia ke kamaʻilio me nā lede e hele mai nei. . . Inā ʻike lākou iā mākou, nānā lākou i lalo. ʻO ke ʻano o ka mahalo.
ʻO ka uhi ʻana o nā maka mai nā lā Mughal i ka wā i "hoʻomaka ai ka poʻe lanakila e nānā i ke ala hewa i nā wahine".
“Ke loli nei ʻo India. . . akā no nā ʻohana naʻauao ʻaʻole ia e loli, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka moʻomeheu ʻohana Rajput, "wahi a Behagwadi singh. “E mau nō nā kuʻuna akā ke loli nei ke ʻano o ka nohona.
“Aia mākou me kēlā mau kuʻuna no ka mea makemake mākou e noho pū me lākou. Inā nalowale kā mākou mau kuʻuna, manaʻo wau ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hele mai ana mai nā ʻāina ʻē iā India. Ke hele mai nei ʻoe no nā kuʻuna.”
ʻO kā mākou alakaʻi i ka huakaʻi, ʻo Yaduvendra Singh (ʻike ʻia ʻo Yadu), he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi o kahi kanaka Rajput.
No Jaipur ʻo ia akā ua ulu ʻo ia ma India a ʻoiai ʻo kona makuakāne i ka pūʻali India, kahi hana kuʻuna no kahi Rajput.
Hiki paha i kona kaikaina ke hahai i ke alakaʻi o kona makuakāne akā ua makemake ʻo ia e aʻo i ke Kalepa ma ke kulanui i ka wā e ulu nui ana ma India. Akā, me ka manaʻo ʻole, ua komo ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi huakaʻi no Peregrine.
Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā ma luna o nā mauna ma ka Monsoon Palace, kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i kahi hiʻohiʻona e wehewehe ana i ke kumu i kūkulu ʻia ai ʻo Udaipur ma ʻaneʻi, me kona mau pā kaua kūlohelohe mai nā pūʻali koa hao wale e pono e hele i nā mauna a me nā ululāʻau i piha i nā leopards, ma mua o ke alo. nā loko i hana ʻia e ke kanaka.
Ua manaʻo ka poʻe ʻĀkau ʻĀkau iā lākou iho ʻo Aryan, e hele mai ana mai ka Middle East, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻĀina Hema ka poʻe ʻōiwi, wehewehe ʻo ia.
"Ua ʻike au i ke koʻikoʻi o ka lilo ʻana i Rajput i koʻu wā e ulu ana no ka mea e hoʻolilo nā kānaka iaʻu i hoaaloha no ka mea he Rajput wau."
Ua makemake lākou i kāna moʻomeheu, moʻomeheu a me kāna moʻolelo ikaika.
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ua mare ʻia nā aliʻi wahine ʻo Raj i nā mōʻī Mughal ma ke ʻano he ala e hana ai i nā kuʻikahi. Akā, ʻaʻohe keiki kāne i mare i ka wahine Muslim.
I kēia mau lā, manaʻo nui kona makuahine e mare ʻo ia i kahi wahine Rajput.
“ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī no ke keikikāne. . . me ka nānā ʻole inā ʻo ʻoe ʻo Rajput a i ʻole Brahmin ka ʻae ʻana o nā mākua he mea nui loa. He mea paʻakikī loa ka hele ʻana i nā ala ʻē aʻe.
“. . . ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe e komo mai i loko o ka ʻohana pono e hoʻopili a maʻalahi ia inā he ʻāpana ʻoe o ka ʻohana hoʻokahi.
ʻOiai ma ka male ʻana i kēia lā, noho kaʻawale nā wahine a me nā kāne.
“He ʻokoʻa loa ka moʻomeheu. . . no ka mea, hele mai mākou mai nā ʻohana aliʻi i nā ʻoliʻoli a me nā ʻano a i ʻole kou kūlana i loko o ke kaiāulu e hoʻokomo iā ʻoe i kahi kūlana ʻokoʻa.
Inā ʻoe e hele
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