Ma Bukakata aia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Masaka nui ma ke kahakai o Lake Victoria, ke hana nei nā kaiāulu i ka pepehi kanaka mai ka ʻohi ʻana i kēia mea ʻono kaulana ma waena o nā mahina ua o Mei a me Nowemapa.
ʻO kēia ka wā e hoʻokuke ʻia ai nā ʻūhini i waho o kā lākou mau pahu e ka ua.
He ʻokoʻa loa ia me kahi "Kalikimaka keʻokeʻo" ma ke Komohana, kahi i hōʻike ʻia e ka hau hau e hoʻolaha i ke kau.

Ma Uganda ʻo ia nā ʻūhini e "hau" maoli mai ka lewa, e huki ana i kekahi mau kaiāulu mai nā mākua a i nā keiki animated e ʻohi leʻaleʻa nei i kēia mau manu. Inā ʻo Santa Claus (St. Nicholas) ʻo Ugandan, e kapa ʻia paha ka manawa "Kalikimaka ʻōmaʻomaʻo."

ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana, ua lilo ke kālepa i ʻoihana nui me kekahi mau ʻoihana ʻo Uganda e hoʻohana ana i nā kukui ʻālohilohi a me ka uahi mai ka mauʻu ʻā e hoʻomāʻewaʻewa i kēia mau mea nocturnal critters e haki ana i ka ʻili hao a paheʻe i loko o nā pahu e hopu ʻia a ʻohi ʻia. Ua hoʻomālamalama maikaʻi ʻia kēia mau kamaʻāina, a i kekahi manawa i ka huakaʻi ʻana i ka pō mai Kigali a i Kampala, ua kuhi hewa kēia mea kākau i nā kukui ʻo ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Masaka, akā ʻo ka ʻike ʻana he ʻūhini ʻūhini i huki ʻia i ka mālamalama, ʻo ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe. nā mea noho ʻē aʻe.

Hiki ke kiʻi i kahi ʻeke o kēia mau ʻūhini a hiki i UGX 280000 (US$80) ma ke kumukūʻai kūʻai nui ma Kampala kahi i koi nui ʻia e nā mea kūʻai alanui e kūʻai aku ana i ka poʻe kaʻa i nā mākeke nui o ke kūlanakauhale. Nui nā kaiāulu mai Masaka i hoʻoikaika i ko lākou ola, kūkulu hale, a hoʻonaʻauao hoʻi i kā lākou mau keiki mai ke kālepa.

ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, e like me ka noiʻi mai ka Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), hoʻomaikaʻi nā iniseti ʻai i ke ola, kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka meaʻai, a he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ka wāwae kaiaola i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kumu protein ʻē aʻe mai ka pipi, puaʻa, moa, a hipa.

ʻOiai ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻana o ko lākou waiwai meaʻai ma ke ʻano he kumu ʻai ʻē aʻe o ka meaʻai e pono ai a mālama ʻia i ke kaiapuni, nā ʻāina e like me USA, EU moku'āina, a me UK 'aʻole i hoʻoponopono hou i nā kapu no ka 'ae 'ana i ka lawe 'ia mai o na inike a hiki i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa 'ia no ka lawe 'ana aku. Ua hui ʻia kekahi mau huakaʻi ʻApelika me nā kaohi palena paʻa e hoʻopau ai i kēia mea ʻono maikaʻi i ka hōʻea ʻana i ko lākou mau wahi i ko lākou huhū. I kekahi manawa, ua koho ʻia kahi mākaʻikaʻi Ugandan (ua paʻa ʻia ka inoa) e bio-dispose i nā ʻūhini makamae ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i nā limahana kāhāhā US Customs, ʻaʻole ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana i ka hapalua o ka honua.

Aia kekahi mau hōʻike e hoʻokuʻu i nā kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka amonia ma mua o nā holoholona maʻamau ʻo ia ka 14.5% o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kinoea hoʻomehana honua, kahi pilikia nui ka methane mai nā holoholona he 16 pakeneka, e like me ka United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). ).

Pono nā ʻōpala i kahi hapa o ka ʻāina, nā mīkini mahiʻai e like me nā tractor, pesticides a i ʻole nā pauma wai, a ulu i nā lā ma mua o nā mahina a i ʻole mau makahiki. Hoʻemi lākou i ka ikehu liʻiliʻi e hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā ʻano mahiʻai ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokele nui loa o ka nalowale o nā olaola honua a he mea kōkua nui i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kinoea. Me ka lakio o 1 kanaka i 1.4 biliona insects, he mea nui kēia a hiki ke lilo i mea hōʻoluʻolu no ka meaʻai honua ʻoiai inā lawelawe ʻia i loko o ka pauka a i ʻole nā mea ʻono e hoʻopakele i nā ola.

ma ka ʻO COP26 kahi i komo ai ʻo Greta Thunberg me ka poʻe ʻōpio ʻōpio, ʻo Vanessa Nakate o Uganda i hōʻailona ʻole i ka piko me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he "ʻahaʻaina ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻĀkau honua."

ʻAʻole mamao ʻo ia mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo kahi i hele ʻole ai ka G20 i ke kamaʻilio ʻoiai ke hāʻawi nei i ka 80% o nā hoʻokuʻu CO2. I ka wā ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā insect i ka papa ʻaina ʻahaʻaina e hiki mai ana (e like me ka mea i manaʻo ʻia akā no kekahi mau bottlenecks pāpā ʻia) e hoʻohui i ka escargot, sushi, a me ka caviar - ʻoi aku ka maʻa i ka palette komohana, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ia he hemahema. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Nakate, "Ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻo ʻApelika ke kuleana no 3% wale nō o nā hoʻokuʻu honua a ke ʻeha nei ka poʻe ʻApelika i kekahi o nā hopena koʻikoʻi i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka pilikia aniau." Akā naʻe, hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā huaʻōlelo o ka manaʻolana, e ʻōlelo ana e hiki ke loli inā hoʻomau ka poʻe hana i nā alakaʻi i kuleana no ka hōʻino ʻana i ke aniau.

ʻO ka mea pōʻino, hoʻi i ka home ma Nakate's Uganda, ua emi nā hua mai ka ʻohi ʻūhini e like me nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau ma muli o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ululāʻau. Ma Bukatata, ʻo nā ʻāpana nui a hiki i 9,000 mau ʻeka o ka noho ʻana i ka nahele a me ka mauʻu i kēia manawa he mau mea kanu paina.

Ma Kampala kahi i hāʻule ai nā ʻūhini a hiki i ka makahiki 90, ua hāʻawi nā wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā ʻāpana o ka ululāʻau i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hale kūʻai ākea, nā hale kiʻekiʻe, nā hale noho, a me nā alanui.

Malia paha i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana, he ʻelele me ka ʻike ʻole no nā ʻūhini a me nā mea hoʻololi i ke aniau no ia mea, ʻo ia ʻo Lupita Nyongʻo, ka mea lanakila o ke kula no ke kākoʻo ʻoihana maikaʻi loa i ka makahiki 2014, i ka wā i hoʻokaʻawale ai ʻo ia i kona lole i ka wehe ʻana o ka ʻaha kiʻiʻoniʻoni Cannes ma ka "nsenene o Uganda. , "no kona waihoʻoluʻu a me nā ʻēheu e like me nā ʻēheu a mahalo i nā wahine o Uganda no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka lauoho.

A hiki i kēlā manawa, e noho pohihihi ana ka poʻe kālepa ʻūhini o Uganda e like me ko lākou mau nooks ma Masaka a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka memo i kekahi o ka G20.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

These hamlets are so well lit that on one occasion when traveling at night enroute from Kigali to Kampala, this writer mistakenly pointed out the lights as Masaka city, only to realize it was a swarm of grasshoppers attracted to the light, much to the disappointment of other occupants.
A sack of these grasshoppers can fetch up to UGX 280000 (US$80) at wholesale price in Kampala where it is on high demand from street vendors selling it to commuters in traffic to the major city markets.
What's more is that according to research from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), edible insects improve livelihoods, contribute to food and nutrition security, and have a lower ecological footprint as compared to other sources of protein from beef, pork, chicken, and sheep.