Imandwa no Kubandwa. The Sacred Names of Rwanda’s Spiritual Heritage
Imandwa ni imwe mu myemerere gakondo y’Abanyarwanda, aho abantu bemeraga ko hari imbaraga zidasanzwe bashoboraga kwiyambaza kugira ngo babone ubufasha mu buzima bwabo. Ubusanzwe, iyi myemerere yari ifitanye isano n’imihango y’ubupfumu, aho abantu babaga bafite abavugabutumwa b’imandwa babafasha kuyiyambaza.
Imandwa bivugwa ko zaje mu Rwanda ziyobowe n’umutware wazo Ryangombe rya Babinga ba Nyundo zivuye mu gace ka Gitara mu Gihugu cya Uganda, ubu ni hafi y’ikiyaga cya Rwicanzige. N’ubwo nta wuzi neza igihe ibi byabereye ariko hari abavuga ko ngo byaba byari ahagana mu kinyejana cya 16 ku ngoma y’umwami w’u Rwanda Ruganzu Ndoli.
Imandwa ni imyemerere ifitanye isano n’ukwemera kw’abantu ku bushobozi bw’imbaraga zidasanzwe, ibyo bita “imbaraga z’Imana” cyangwa “imbaraga z’abakurambere.” Imandwa zitandukanye zabagaho, hakaba izo abantu bemeraga ko zirinda, izo bakoresha mu kuvura, ndetse n’izo bemeraga ko zitanga amahirwe. Mu mateka y’u Rwanda, imandwa zagize uruhare runini mu mibereho y’abantu, kuko benshi bemeraga ko imandwa ari umuyoboro uhuza abantu n’imbaraga z’ikirenga.
Abantu basengaga imandwa babikoreraga mu buryo bwihariye, aho habagaho imihango yihariye nk’igitabo, ibitambo, n’ibindi bikorwa by’ubuvanganzo gakondo bigaragaza uwo mubano. Byemezwaga ko hari abavugabutumwa b’imandwa bari bafite ubushobozi bwo guhuza abantu n’izo mbaraga, bakoresha imihango yihariye kugira ngo umuntu abashe kubonana n’imandwa.
Mu Rwanda rwo hambere, imandwa zari zifite agaciro kanini, ndetse zari zikomeye mu buzima bwa buri munsi bw’abantu. Ibi byagaragaraga cyane mu mihango y’ubwiru, aho umwami yagombaga gukurikiza imihango y’imandwa kugira ngo agire ububasha mu bwami bwe. Imandwa zafatwaga nk’uburyo bwo kurinda ingoma no gufasha umwami gutanga ubutabera.
Ubwiru bw’abami bw’u Rwanda bwari bugizwe n’imihango ikomeye, irimo gukorera imandwa ibirori byihariye, gutanga amaturo, no gukurikiza amahame n’amategeko y’imandwa. Abami b’u Rwanda babaga bafite abiru b’inzobere bagenzura uko imihango y’imandwa ikorwa, kugira ngo ubutegetsi bwabo bugende neza.
Nubwo imandwa zagize uruhare rukomeye mu Rwanda rwo hambere, kugeza ubu iyo myemerere yaragabanutse cyane kubera impamvu zitandukanye. Izi mpamvu zirimo:
Nubwo imandwa zitatse ubukana bwo hambere, ntabwo zaciwe burundu. Hari bamwe bagikomeza kubyemera no gukurikiza imihango yazo mu buryo butandukanye. Hari amatsinda y’abantu bakora ubushakashatsi ku mateka y’imandwa, ndetse hari n’aho u Rwanda rugaragaza ko rufite ubushake bwo gusigasira amateka y’imyemerere gakondo nk’igisigi cy’umuco nyarwanda.
Mu biganiro n’ibikorwa bitandukanye by’ubuvanganzo, hari abantu bakomeje kwandika ku mateka y’imandwa nk’igice cy’imyemerere gakondo y’Abanyarwanda. Ibi bigaragaza ko n’ubwo imyemerere yahindutse, amateka y’imandwa akomeje kuba igice cy’ingenzi cy’umuco nyarwanda.
Imandwa ni imwe mu myemerere gakondo yagize uruhare rukomeye mu mateka y’u Rwanda. Nubwo ubu iyi myemerere yagiye ihinduka bitewe n’amadini mashya n’iterambere, hari abantu bakomeje kuyisigasira nk’igice cy’umuco gakondo. Gutohoza amateka y’imandwa bidufasha kumva ubuzima bw’abanyarwanda bo hambere no gusobanukirwa uko imyemerere yabo yagize uruhare mu iterambere ry’igihugu cyabo.
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