INgcwele ka-Okthobha 8: Giovanni Calabria, yazi ibali lakhe

Ngomso, uLwesihlanu we-8 Okthobha, iBandla liyakhumbula UGiovanni Calabria.

Kungo-1900. Ngorhatya lwenkungu ngoNovemba, uGiovanni Calabria, umfundi oselula waseVeronese wezakwalizwi, ubona imfumba yamadlavu kumngxuma wocango: ungumGypsy omncinci onyanzelwa ukuba acele kwaye aphathe imali ethile yonke imihla ukuze abaleke ukubethwa kunye nokuphathwa gadalala; engazi apho angabalekela khona, uzama-kangangoko-ukuzikhusela engqeleni.

Uyindoda enxungupheleyo njengabanye abaninzi, omnye wabo ekungekho lizwi kubo ngekamva. UGiovanni umsa kwikhaya lakhe kwaye umbeka kunina, oqhele ukwabelana ngesisa sonyana wakhe. Ngobo busuku, nangona kunjalo, akakwazi ukulala, kwaye uluvo lokuthandaza luyavela, kodwa ngaphezulu kwako konke ukulwa ukulwa nokungabi nabulungisa okunje. Iya kwenza njalo ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-50, ikhuthaza imisebenzi yokunceda kumazwe ali-12 nakwizwekazi ezi-4 ngesiseko se-Opera Don Calabria. Wazalwa nge-8 ka-Okthobha i-1873 kwaye wamiselwa njengomfundisi kwi-1901, uGiovanni Calabria wasweleka nge-4 ngo-Disemba 1954, eneminyaka eyi-81.

UGiovanni Calabria wazalelwa eVerona ngomhla we-8 kweyeDwarha ngo-1873 kwaye wasweleka kwakwesixeko sinye ngomhla we-4 kuDisemba ngo-1954: wabhengezwa njengongcwele Upopu John Paul II nge-18 ka-Epreli 1999, ngelixa uloyiso lwenzeka ngo-Epreli 17, 1988.

Umsebenzi kaDon Calabria wawungajoliswanga ukukhuphela ecaleni naliphi na icandelo lomsebenzi apho kwakufuneka uncedo kwabo bangathathi ntweni. Ke waqala ngokwamkela abantwana abahlala ezitalatweni, iinkedama okanye iingxaki ezahlukeneyo, ejonga imfundo yabo, ebafundisa ubugcisa bokubalungiselela ubomi. Kwixesha lasemva kwemfazwe kwangoko, kwaqala kwakhona umsebenzi ojolise kwisikolo senkosi, ukuqala kwimbono yokuba eluntwini kukho imfuneko yabantu abafundileyo kunye neengcali. Kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje, iimeko eziguqukileyo zemfundo yoluntu e-Itali zathetha ukuba umsebenzi we-Opera don Calabria ujongene nabantu abakhubazekileyo kunye neLizwe lesiThathu, ngaphandle kokukhetha elinye isebe lomsebenzi apho lalikwazi ukuxhamla.