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1 | At Japan's Cafe de Monk, Tsunami Survivors Can Get Coffee, Cake and a Sympathetic Ear | Ao Amin'ny “Cafe de Monk” Ao Japana, Afaka Misotro Kafe, Mihinana Mofomamy Ary Misy Mihaino Ireo Niangana Tamin'ny Tsunami |
2 | Taio Kaneta with his signature “Cafe de Monk” truck that he uses for his pop-up cafes. | Taio Kaneta miaraka amin'ny fiarany misy marika “Cafe de Monk” ampiasainy amin'ny tranony fisotroana kafe vonjimaika. |
3 | As a Buddhist monk, Kaneta wanted to offer something special to those still reeling from the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. | Amin'ny maha-moanina Bodista azy, manolotra zavatra manokana ho an'ireo izay mbola voadona tamin'ny loza voajanahary telo: horohoron-tany, tsunami sy ny loza ara-nokleary i Kaneta. |
4 | Credit: Naomi Gingold. | Sary: Tompon-tsary: Naomi Gingold. |
5 | Used with PRI's permission | Nahazoan-dalana avy amin'ny PRI |
6 | This article and radio report by Naomi Gingold for The World originally appeared on PRI.org on October 23, 2015, and is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement. | Ity lahatsoratra sy tatitra amin'ny onjam-peo avy amin'i Naomi Gingold ho an'ny The World ity dia nivoaka voalohany tao amin'ny PRI.org tamin'ny 23 Oktobra 2015, ary navoaka teto indray noho ny fifanarahana fifampizarana votoaty. |
7 | When the triple disaster of a tsunami, earthquake and nuclear meltdown struck Japan in March 2011, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people were upended. | Raha namely an'i Japana tamin'ny volana Martsa 2011 ny loza voajanahary telo ahitana tsunami, horohorontany sy loza ara-nokleary, nikorontana ny fiainan'ireo olona an-hetsiny. |
8 | Listen to this story on PRI.org » | Listen to this story on PRI.org » |
9 | Taio Kaneta tells me it's almost like they went into shock. | Milaza amiko i Taio Kaneta fa tohina mihitsy izy ireo. |
10 | “People lost their ability to feel, they became emotionless. | “Very ny fahaizan'ny olona mahatsapa zavatra, nanjary tsy misy fihetseham-po izy ireo. |
11 | It's like their hearts froze to the point where they couldn't even cry.” | Tahaka ny mamanala ny fon'izy ireo ka tsy afaka na dia mitomany aza. |
12 | Kaneta is a Buddhist monk, and on this day, we're driving out to one of the temporary housing facilities setup after the disaster. | Moanina Bodista i Kaneta, ary tamin'ity andro ity, handeha hankany amin'ny iray amin'ireo fametrahana fotodrafitrasa fampiantranoana vonjimaika taorian'ny loza izahay. |
13 | In Japan, Buddhist monks usually do funerals and deal with the bereaved. | Ao Japana, matetika ny moanina bodista mandevina ary mampahery ireo olona nidonam-pahoriana. |
14 | After the disaster, they and other religious practitioners were overwhelmed - not just by the number of people affected, but by how to attend to so many who'd lost so much. | Aorian'ny loza, sahirana tanteraka izy ireo sy ireo mpivavaka amin'ny finoana hafa - tsy noho ny isan'ny olona niharam-boina ihany fa noho ny fomba iatrehana ireo olona marobe very zavatra betsaka ihany koa. |
15 | Kaneta says he started volunteering, giving out food, but he began to think, anyone can do this - what can I do as a Buddhist monk do that others can't? | Milaza i Kaneta fa nanomboka niasa an-tsitrapo izy, manome sakafo, saingy nieritreritra izy fa afaka manao izany ny olona rehetra, inona no azoko atao izay ataon'ny moanina bodista ka tsy vitan'olon-kafa? |
16 | The solution was not simple, though. | Tsy tsotra ny vahaolana, na izany aza. |
17 | Kaneta notes that people in the disaster areas were suffering in different ways. | Manamarika i Kaneta fa amin'ny endrika samihafa ny fijalian'ny olona tao anatin'ny faritra nitrangan'ny loza. |
18 | They have different religious backgrounds and values, and most Japanese are secular, almost suspicious of anything that smacks of religion. | Manana soatoavina sy fiaviana ara-pivavahana samy hafa izy ireo, ary laika ny ankamaroan'ny Japoney, somary miahiahy amin'izay zavatra mifandraika amin'ny fivavahana. |
19 | So he thought, “You've got to improvise, like in jazz. | Ka nieritreritra izy: “Tsy maintsy mamorona zavatra tampoka ianao, toy ny amin'ny Jazz. |
20 | The base of what we do doesn't change. | Tsy miova ny fototry ny zavatra ataonay. |
21 | But you've got to groove with it.” | Fa tsy maintsy mi-groove ao anatiny ianao. |
22 | Kaneta, who is also a musician, says he wanted to create a place where people's emotions could start to thaw. | “ Nilaza i Kaneta, izay mpiangaly mozika ihany koa, fa te hamorona toerana ahafahana manala ny hamafin'ny fon'ny olona izy. |
23 | That's how the charismatic monk began traveling around the area, setting up a rotating, pop-up café that he called “Café de Monk.” | Izany no nahatonga ity moanina manintona ity nivezivezy manodidina ny faritra, mametraka fisotroana kafe vonjimaika [toy ny mitety tsena] izay nomeny anarana hoe “Café de Monk.” |
24 | The name is meant to be a triple entendre. | Natao hisy dikany telo ny anarana. |
25 | For starters, he is a monk. | Voalohany, moanina izy. |
26 | But the word ‘monku' in Japanese means to complain. | Saingy ny voambolana ‘monku' amin'ny teny Japoney dia midika hoe mitaraina. |
27 | “It's like, let it out to the monks. | “Tahaka ny hoe avelao ho an'ny moanina izany. |
28 | We will share your burden,” he says. | Hifampizara ny enta-mavesatrareo izahay, “hoy izy. |
29 | And in the background he plays Thelonius Monk. | Ary ny tena votoatiny, milalao ny Thelonius Monk izy. |
30 | At Cafe de Monk, coffee, cake, and a sympathetic ear. | Ao amin'ny Cafe de Monk, kafe, mofomamy, ary sofina mahay mihaino. |
31 | Credit: Naomi Gingold. | Sary: Naomi Gingold. |
32 | Used with PRI's permission | Nahazoan-dalana avy amin'ny PRI |
33 | On this day, Café de Monk has popped up at the Yokoyama temporary housing facility in Miyagi prefecture. | Tamin'ity andro ity, nipoitra tao amin'ny toerana fampiantranoana vonjimaika tao Yokoyama ao amin'ny prefektioran'i Miyagi ny Café de Monk. |
34 | Three other young monks join in; sometimes religious practitioners from other faiths come too. | Tanora moanina telo hafa no niditra tao; miditra ao ihany koa indraindray ireo mpivavaka avy amin'ny finoana hafa. |
35 | It's casual, but there are a few ground rules. | Tsotsotra ny toerana, saingy misy fitsipika vitsivitsy. |
36 | For one, religion is not really on the table. | Ho an'ny anankiray, tsy resaka fivavahana no andehanana ao. |
37 | Kaneta says they aren't there to preach. | Nilaza i Kaneta fa tsy hitory teny no ankanesan'izy ireo ao. |
38 | “On the contrary, our job is to listen,” he says. | “Mifanohitra amin'izany, mihaino ny asanay,” hoy izy. |
39 | “We draw out their suffering, sadness, happiness. | “Mamosaka ny fijaliana, alahelo, ary ny fifalian'izy ireo izahay. |
40 | Really listen.” | Tena mihaino. “ |
41 | That kind of attention and care to their emotions and their stories is the first step they need to be able to stand on their own two feet again. | Izany karazana fihainoina sy fandraisana ny fihetseham-po sy ny tantaran'izy ireo izany no dingana voalohany ilain'izy ireo ahafahany mijoro tsara indray. |
42 | Visitors to the café eat cake, drink coffee. | Mihinana mofomamy sy misotro kafe ireo mpitsidika ao amin'ny fisotroana kafe. |
43 | There's art therapy, massages. | Misy ny fanorana sy ny fitsaboana ara-kanto. |
44 | They bead bracelets - bracelets that are technically Buddhist rosaries, but no one mentions that or seems to care. | Miravaka haingo-tanana izy ireo - haingo-tanana izay sapile (chapelet) Bodista ara-teknika, saingy tsy misy milaza izany na miraharaha. |
45 | In a lot of ways, it seems almost too ordinary - hanging out, drinking coffee. | Amin'ny fomba marobe, toa mahazatra loatra izany - miresadresaka, misotro kafe. |
46 | And that is kind of the point. | Ary izany no tena izy. |
47 | This sense of normality has been lacking in their lives. | Tsy ampy teo amin'ny fiainan'izy ireo izany fahatsoran-javatra izany. |
48 | Most of the residents in the Yokoyama facility come from Minami-Sanriku, a town on Japan's east coast that was largely destroyed by the tsunami. | Avy ao Minami-Sanriku, tanàna ao amorontsiraka atsinanan'i Japana izay tena ravan'ny tsunami ny ankamaroan'ny mponina ao amin'ny tobin'i Yokoyama. |
49 | The mountain scenery here is gorgeous, but life in these temporary housing units is not easy. | Mahafinaritra ny tendrombohitra manodidina eto, saingy tsy mora kosa ny fiainana ao amin'ireo trano fonenana vonjimaika ireo. |
50 | They were never meant to be long-term housing: The units don't retain heat or cold well; you can hear almost every sound from your neighbor; and people here are in limbo trying to figure out how to move on with their lives. | Tsy natao ho trano fonenana maharitra izy ireo: Tsy mitàna hafanana na hatsiaka tsara ny efi-trano; saika henonao daholo aza ireo feo saika avy ao amin'ny manodidina; ary mbola miraviravy tanana mieritreritra ny fomba irosoana amin'ny fiainana ry zareo ao. |
51 | At the end of the day, Kaneta visits the home of café guest Eiko Oyama to talk and pray at the Buddhist shrine set up for her 2-year-old granddaughter. | Mitsidika ny tranom-bahiny fisotroana kafe Eiko Oyama i Kaneta amin'ny hariva mba hiresaka sy hivavaka ao amin'ny toerana masina Bodista natsangana ho an'ny zafikeliny vavy 2 taona. |
52 | She passed away from a sudden fever after they came to live here. | Namoy ny ainy tamin'ny tazo tampoka io zafikeliny io raha tonga honina eto. |
53 | Oyama says that sometimes they have other gatherings in the community room, but Café de Monk is completely different. | Nilaza i Oyama fa indraindray misy famorian'olona ao amin'ny efitranon'ny fikambanana, saingy hafa tanteraka ny Café de Monk. |
54 | “When they do Café de Monk, a lot of people come. | “Rehefa manao Café de Monk izy ireo, marobe ny olona tonga. |
55 | And we're able to open our hearts to each other. | Ary tsy mifanafina am-po izahay. |
56 | And the monks, they're really good at listening.” | Ary tena mahay mihaino ny moanina. “ |
57 | Levi McLaughlin, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University who studies Buddhism in Japan, points out that the café doesn't carry a stigma in the way that therapy or government aid may. | Nilaza i Levi McLaughlin, mpanampy mpampianatra ao amin'ny Oniversitem-panjakana ao North Carolina izay mianatra ny Bodisma ao Japana fa tsy manilikilika tahaka ny mety ataon'ny mpanampy mpitsabo na avy amin'ny fanjakana ny trano fisotroana kafe. |
58 | And although it isn't a religious event, he says the café does “draw upon [the monks'] professional skills as religious practitioners to care for the dead and offer memorials and do other things … that a therapist wouldn't be able to do.” | Na dia tsy hetsika ara-pivavahana aza izany, nilaza izy fa “mila ny fahaizana matihanin'ny [moanina] tahaka ny mpivavaka mikarakara ny maty sy manome fahatsiarovana ary manao zavatra hafa ny hotely fisotroana kafe … ary tsy vitan'ny mpitsabo izany. “ |
59 | While it weaves in low-key Buddhist themes, McLaughlin says Kaneta and others freely cross boundaries of sects and religions in order to do what's necessary to help people. | Na dia somary maneho ny ambangovangon'ny lohahevitra bodista aza izany, nilaza i McLaughlin fa miampitampita malalaka ny fetran'ny sekta sy ny fivavahana i Kaneta sy ny hafa mba hanao izay ilaina hanampiana ny olona. |
60 | On the drive back to his temple from Yokoyama, I ask Kaneta if he ever gets tired. | Teny an-dalana hiverina any an-tempoliny rehefa tany Yokoyama, nanontany an'i Kaneta aho raha mba efa reraka izy. |
61 | He's been hosting these cafés around the region almost every week for the past four years. | Mampiantrano ity fisotroana kafe ity eo amin'ny manodidina saika isan-kerinandro izy nandritra ny efa-taona. |
62 | He laughs, and says, “Of course I do. But there's nothing you can really do about it.” | Nihomehy izy, ary namaly hoe: “Mazava ho azy fa reraka aho. Saingy tsy misy zavatra azonao atao momba izany. “ |
63 | Sometimes, he's says, he's totally depleted, both physically and emotionally. | Indraindray, hoy izy, tena valaka tanteraka ara-batana sy ara-pihetsehampo. |
64 | About a year ago he actually wasn't sure he could keep going. | Teo ho eo amin'ny herintaona lasa izay, tsy dia natoky fa mbola afaka hanohy izy. |
65 | But he started going to more hot springs to unwind, and when he has time, he plays his guitar around town - doing jazz or covers of the Beatles. | Saingy nanomboka nilona ranomafana izy hialana sasatra, ary raha manam-potoana, dia mitendry ny gitarany manodidina ny tanàna - manao Jazz na mihira ny hiran'ny Beatles. |
66 | He tells me he has a recent recording in the back, and when we get back to the temple, he hands me a CD: | Nilaza tamiko izy fa manana rakipeo natao vao haingana, ary rehefa tafaverina ao amin'ny tempoly izahay, dia nanome kapila mangilatra iray ahy izy: |