KARBALA / NAJAF, Iraq - Ke ulu nei ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Iraq - ka hoʻomana hoʻomana, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa - akā ke paʻakikī nei nā kahua hoʻāno Shiʻite Islam e hoʻokō i ka hoʻopiʻi.
Hiki i nā haneli haneli o ka poʻe haipule ke hele mai i Karbala a me Najaf i kēlā me kēia makahiki akā i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ua hōʻole ʻo Iraqi red tape iā lākou i ka noho ʻoluʻolu e pono ai lākou ma o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka hoʻopukapuka, hoʻopiʻi nā luna mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO ka poʻe malihini Shiʻite i Karbala, he 80 km (50 mile) hema o Baghdad, i ka Pōʻakahi no Arbain, ka piko o 40 mau lā kanikau no ka moʻopuna a ke kāula ʻo Islam ʻo Mohammad, ʻo Imam Hussein, i make i ke kaua ma laila i ke kenekulia ʻehiku.
He mau haneli kaukani Shiʻi mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua i kuʻi a hahau iā lākou iho i nā hōʻikeʻike kanikau.
ʻO nā huakaʻi hele makahiki e like me kēia e lilo i wahi gula no nā hōkele a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi i kā lākou lawelawe, akā ʻokoʻa ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.
I ka pau ʻana o nā hana i kēlā me kēia pō, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka poʻe malihini, ʻo kekahi o lākou i hele i kahi mamao loa e hiki ai i Karbala.
“ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke moe i kahi hōkele. He pipiʻi nui lākou. Hoʻolimalima lākou i $90 i kēlā me kēia lā a piha i nā kānaka. Pono ke kūlanakauhale i nā hōkele he nui, "wahi a ka pilgrim Ali Mohammad.
Aia ʻo Karbala ma kahi o 35,000 mau moena hōkele. ʻO ka nui o nā haneli haneli o nā malihini i Arbain i moe i loko o nā hale pule a i ke alanui paha.
ʻO ka poʻe i manaʻo ʻia ʻo Sunni kipi, ka poʻe i manaʻo i ka poʻe heretics Shiʻites, ua manaʻo lākou i nā hanana hoʻomana Shiʻite i nā makahiki o ka hoʻokahe koko sectarian mai ka 2003 US hoʻouka kaua. ʻElua mau hoʻouka kaua ma mua o ka Pōʻakahi i make ma kahi o 50 mau pilgrims i kēia makahiki.
Akā naʻe, ua piʻi aʻe ka nui o ke kipa ʻana iā Kerbala a me ke kūlanakauhale hoʻāno Shiʻite ʻo Najaf i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka hopena i ka makahiki 2003 o ke aupuni alakaʻi Sunni a Saddam Hussein, nāna i hōʻemi i nā hui nui Shiʻite. He nui nā helu mai Iran.
ʻO ka hapa liʻiliʻi o nā hōkele ʻo Saddam-era e hakakā nei e hoʻokō. Ua hoʻohana kekahi i ka hemahema o ka moe no ka piʻi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai.
"Ua piha koʻu hōkele no ʻelua lā a ua piʻi ʻehā mau uku no ka noho ʻana i ka pō," wahi a ka mea nona ka hōkele ʻo Abu Atheer.
He mea maʻamau nā halepaku i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a honi nā uluna i loko o nā lumi ʻinoʻino i ka hou. ʻAʻole naʻe he koho liʻiliʻi nā pilgrims.
"Maikaʻi loa ka palekana ma Kerbala, akā ua hōʻike nā luna kūloko i ka hāʻule ʻole o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi noho kūpono no ka nui o nā malihini," wahi a Salman Hibel, 42, he Bahraini.
"He ʻino wau i ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou e waiho ana ma nā alahele e like me ka poʻe noi."
Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo Mohammad Azzam, ke poʻo o ka hui hōkele hōkele ʻo Karbala, he pono ka nui o nā hōkele.
"Ke kāhea nei mākou i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Karbala, akā pono mākou i nā hōkele hanohano, ʻaʻole like me nā mea i loaʻa iā mākou i kēia manawa," wahi āna.
KANAWAI HUI
Ma Najaf, kahi kahua pilgrimage, ua manaʻo ʻia kahi mokulele hou e hoʻonui i nā helu kipa makahiki mai ka liʻiliʻi ʻewalu miliona a 20 miliona, wahi a kekahi luna. Akā he malu wale nō ke kūlanakauhale ma luna o 4,000 mau moena hōkele.
ʻO ka ʻulaʻula a me ke ʻano ambiguity kānāwai e mālama ai i nā mea hoʻopukapuka, wahi a nā luna.
Ma Karbala, ʻo ka ʻāina nui i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no nā hōkele a me nā hale kūʻai i kapa ʻia ʻo ka mahiʻai, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe mea i ulu ma laila, wahi a Azzam. Ua pāpā ʻia kahi kānāwai i nā hale ma luna o ʻehā mau papa ke kiʻekiʻe, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, e paʻakikī ana ke kūkulu hale hōkele.
Ma Najaf, ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kānāwai hoʻopukapuka kālā o Iraq, i hoʻokomo ʻia mai ka hāʻule ʻana o Saddam, a ʻo kahi kānāwai kūloko kahiko he mea nui.
ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e loaʻa ka ʻāina ma Iraq, a pono e hoʻolimalima. ʻO ke kānāwai hoʻopukapuka hou e ʻae i nā hoʻolimalima a hiki i 50 mau makahiki, akā ʻo ke kānāwai kahiko e ʻae iā 25 wale nō, a ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka ʻoihana i kūkulu ʻia ma ka ʻāina i ka mokuʻāina, wahi a Anwar al-Haboobi, he luna hoʻopukapuka Najaf.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia a me Azzam aia nō ka hoihoi nui i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ma Karbala a me Najaf, a aia nā papahana i ka pipeline. Akā, he liʻiliʻi nā hōʻike o ia mea ma ka honua.
"Pono mākou e waiho i nā mea a pau e maʻalahi ai ka ʻoihana o ka mea hoʻopukapuka ma ʻaneʻi, mai ka manawa a lākou e paʻi ai i kahi a lākou e noho ai a pehea lākou e neʻe ai i kā lākou kālā," wahi a Azzam.
"Pono mākou e hana i kahi lewa hoʻoikaika nona."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The new investment law allows leases of up to 50 years, but the older law allows only 25, after which the business built on the land reverts to the state, said Anwar al-Haboobi, a Najaf investment official.
- ʻO ka poʻe malihini Shiʻite i Karbala, he 80 km (50 mile) hema o Baghdad, i ka Pōʻakahi no Arbain, ka piko o 40 mau lā kanikau no ka moʻopuna a ke kāula ʻo Islam ʻo Mohammad, ʻo Imam Hussein, i make i ke kaua ma laila i ke kenekulia ʻehiku.
- At Najaf, also a pilgrimage site, a new airport is expected to boost annual visitor numbers from at least eight million to 20 million, one official said.
