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1 | Cooking Under Siege in Homs, Syria | Syria: Fikarakaràn'ny Homs Sakafo Anaty Fahirano |
2 | This post was previously published on Syria Untold. | Navoaka voalohany tao amin'ny Syria Untold ity lahatsoratra ity. |
3 | Homsi hamburgers, besieged sweets, tenacious pizza… This is how the people of Homs are referring to their meals these days, 24 months into a siege that has forced them to eat whatever they can find. | Hamburgers Homs, mofomamin'ny fahirano, pizza maozatra… Ireo indray izao no fomba iantsoan'ny vahoaka Homs ny sakafon-dry zareo tato ho ato, 24 volana niainana fahirano nanery azy ireo hihinana izay azony raisina. |
4 | From the grass that grows on the roadside to turtles, birds and insects, Homsis have taken their renowned creativity and lightheartedness to another level. | Miainga amin'ny bozaka maniry eny amoron-dàlana ka hatramin'ny sokatra, vorona ary bibikely, tongan-dry zareo Homs amin'ny haavo hafa mihitsy ny làzan-dry zareo amin'ny fahaiza-mamorona sy ny tsy fakàna sarotra amin'ny fiainana. |
5 | Traditional Syrian manaqish, cooked in the besieged city of Homs. | Mofo “manaqish” nentim-paharazan'ny Siriana, nokarakaraina tao amin'ny tanàna Homs iharan'ny fahirano. |
6 | Source: Meals Under Siege Facebook page | Loharano: Pejy Facebook “Meals Under Siege” (Sakafo iharan'ny fahirano) |
7 | Meals under the siege | Sakafo iharan'ny fahirano |
8 | On April 2014, a Facebook page was created under the name “Meals under the siege”, as a discussion forum on how to deal with the regime's attempts to starve the population into submission. | Ny Aprily 2014, noforonina ny pejy iray ao amin'ny Facebook ary nomena anarana hoe “Meals under the siege”, ho toy ny sehatra iray ifanakalozan-dresaka momba ny fomba hiatrehana ezaky ny fitondrana hanao izay hahamosarena ny vahoaka mba handemena azy. |
9 | Flour, rice, wheat, and all basic products traditionally present in every Syrian kitchen, were blocked for hundreds of thousands of residents in the besieged areas. | Lafarinina, vary, varimbazaha, ary izay vokatra fototra rehetra hita hatry ny fahagola tany an-dakozian'ny Siriana tsirairay tany no nosakanana tsy ho an'ireo mponina an'aliny ao amin'ireo faritra natao fahirano. |
10 | In anticipation of the siege, some residents had stored some basic products, but they are quickly running out of them as well. | Ho fialohavana làlana ny fahirano, nanangona sasantsasany tamin'ireny vokatra fototra ireny ny sasany tamin'ny mponina, saingy vetivety ihany dia lany ireny. |
11 | “They say necessity is the mother of invention,” a man living in the old city of Homs said to Syria Untold. | “Renin'ny fahaiza-mamorona ny filàna, hoy izy ireo,” lehilahy iray monina ao amin'ny tanàna tranain'ireo Homs no nilaza izany tamin'ny Syria Untold. |
12 | “So here we are, trying to make manaqish with whatever we can find, including these seeds that we found but we can't seem to agree on whether they are spices or henna”. | “Eo indrindra isika izao, manandrana mikarakara ny manaqish amin'izay zavatra hitanay izahay, isan'izany itony voamaina hitanay itony saingy tsy mbola mampitovy hevitra anay ny hoe hanitra ve izy itony sa henna”. |
13 | “Anyway, you put a pinch of salt, and… it's edible!”, he adds. | “Na izany na tsy izany, asianao sira kely fotsiny, dia …azo hanina!”, hoy izy manampy. |
14 | Necessity has also pushed the residents of besieged areas into eating whatever source of protein they could find. | Natosiky ny filàna ihany koa ireo mponina any amin'ireo faritra iharan'ny fahirano ireo mba hihinana izay loharano-nà proteina hitan-dry zareo. |
15 | This includes turtles, birds and insects, which have never been part of the Syrian gastronomy. | Tafiditra amin'izany ny sokatra, vorona ary bibikely, izay tsy tao anaty hainahandro Siriana velively tany aloha tany. |
16 | A stew made of figs and medlar. | Laoka vita avy amin'ny fangaro-nà figue sy nèfle . |
17 | Source: Meals Under Siege Facebook page | Loharano : pejy Facebook “Meals Under Siege” |
18 | “You boil the turtle meat, and then add a side of medler and figs, or prepare it as a soup. | “Ampangotrahanao ny henan-tsokatra, ary avy eo ampiana nèfle sy figue, na mikarakara azy ho toy ny lasopy. |
19 | Actually, turtle meat is very good given the circumstances.” | Raha ny marina, tena tsara mihitsy ny henan-tsokatra amin'ny toe-draharaha tahaka izao.” |
20 | The expertise that Homsis have acquired in the field of creative cooking under siege has turned out to be useful for residents of other areas facing similar situations. | Ny fahafehezana azon-dry zareo Homs eo amin'ny sehatr'ity fahaiza-mamorona hainahandro rehefa iharan'ny fahirano ity dia lasa zavatra iray ilain'ireo mponina any amin'ny faritra hafa ao Syria iharan-javatra tahaka izao ihany koa. |
21 | The meals prepared are photographed and shared on Facebook on a daily basis, so that others can take inspiration and use the scarce ingredients at their disposal. | Nalaina saripika ary nozaraina ao amin'ny Facebook ireo sakafo nokarakaraina isanandro, mba hahafahan'ny hafa maka hevitra sy mampiasa ireo zavatra kely eo an-tànany. |
22 | True to their renowned sense of humor, residents of Homs reflect on their situation with comments such as “I just prepared this bird that was so small that I'm not sure if it was an animal or a spice”, and “A friend just told me that his grapevine has talked to him and says the leafs are scared to come out, after seeing what happened to its neighbors.” | Tsy mivadika amin'ny lazan-dry zareo hoe tsy maka sarotra, milaza ny toe-draharaha iainany ireo mponina Homs ary arahany fanehoankevitra toy ny hoe “Vao avy nikarakara an'ity voronkely ity indrindra aho izao saingy kely loatra lery ka tsy haiko izay hilazàna azy na biby izy ity na ho hanitra fanomezana tsiro”, ary “Niteny tamiko ny namako iray hoe nilaza taminy ny hazom-boalobokany ka niteny fa matahotra ny hivoaka ireo ravina, taorian'ny nahitàny ny nanjo ny mpifanolo-bodirindrina taminy.” |
23 | Overcoming every barrier | Mandingana ny sàkana rehetra |
24 | To an outside observer, the psychological barrier that needs to be broken in order to eat something one never thought could be eaten seems hard to overcome. | Ho an'ny mpitazana ety ivelany, ny sàkana ara-tsaina izay ilaina tapahana mba hahafahana mihinana zavatra iray tsy noheverina velively ho fihinana dia toa mafy tokoa ny handinganana azy. |
25 | But Syrians under siege are far past that point. | Saingy ho an'ireo Siriana iharan'ny fahirano dia nihoarany lavitra io teboka io. |
26 | “When you are hungry, there is no psychological barrier regarding anything that can be eaten.” | “Rehefa noana ianao, tsy misy sàkana ara-tsaina izany manoloana izay zavatra rehetra azo hanina.” |
27 | Creativity and wit are helping the people under siege to resist the policy of starvation that the regime is imposing on them. | Ny fahaiza-mamorona sy ny tsy fivakiana loha dia manampy ireo olona iharan'ny fahirano hanohitra ny politikan'ny fitondràna manao izay haha-mosarena azy ireo. |
28 | But even the scarce ingredients they have managed to find are running out. | Nefa na dia ireo sakafo zara raha nisy notantanan-dry zareo aza efa manomboka ho lany. |
29 | When asked about this, our source answers: | Rehefa anontaniana momba io, dia hoy ny valintenin'ilay mpanome vaovao anay: |
30 | “We really can't think beyond the present. | “Tsy afaka misaina afa-tsy ny anio aloha izahay. |
31 | What will happen tomorrow, we don't know, but we have noticed that whenever we think there are no resources left, we find something else that can be eaten. | Izay hitranga rahampitso, tsy fantatray, nefa rehefa misaina izahay hoe tapitra tsy misy tavela intsony ny tahiry, mahita zavatra hafa azo hanina indray izahay. |
32 | We hope that God will continue to provide.” | Antenainay fa hanohy hanome hatrany Andriamanitra.” |
33 | Meal made of grasshoppers. | Sakafo vita tamin'ny valàla. |
34 | Source: Meals Under Siege Facebook page | Loharano : pejy Facebook “Meals Under Siege” |
35 | Along the same line, the Facebook page where the meals are posted includes comments which highlight the fact that “a human being can be happy even in the most adverse circumstances. | Anatin'izay ihany, ilay pejy Facebook nampakàrana ny sarin'ireo sakafo dia ahitàna fanehoankevitra manasongadina ny hoe “afaka ny hifaly ny olona iray na dia ao anatin'ny fotoana faran'izay sarotra indrindra aza. |
36 | What matters is that he is at peace with himself, and with God.” | Ny mavesa-danja dia ny fanànany fitoniana manoloana ny tenany ihany, sy Andriamanitra.” |
37 | From the first demonstration that took hundreds to the streets in March 2011, until today, the people of Homs continue to teach the world the meaning of dignity, resistance and creativity in the face of adversity. | Hatrany amin'ny fihetsiketsehana voalohany indrindra izay nidinan'ny olona an-jatony maro teny an-dalàmbe, tamin'ny Martsa 2011, ka mandraka androany, mitohy mampianatra an'izao tontolo izao ny dikan'ny hoe hajan'ny tena, fanoherana ary fahaiza-mamorona manoloana zava-tsarotra ireo vahoaka Homs. |