Masu kiwon zuma a Tunisiya suna cikin mawuyacin hali. Kasar tana da amya sama da 300,000 da wasu masu kiwon zuma 13,000 ke kula da su.
Duk da haka, da yawa daga cikinsu sun ga raguwar noman zuma saboda barazanar da suka hada da sauyin yanayi, gurbacewar yanayi, da magungunan kashe kwari.
Makin zuma Majid al-Khamari, wanda ya gaji aikin daga mahaifinsa, ya ce fari na shekaru uku da ake fama da shi ya kara dagula al’amura.
“Haka ya tilasta mana mu kwashe kudan zuma daga wannan wuri zuwa wani, akwai hakimai 24, wata karamar hukuma tana da kiwo, wata tana da yanayi, kowace jiha tana da irin nata halaye,” inji shi.
Hichem Maatoug, shi ma mai kiwon zuma, ya ce babu isassun magunguna ko abinci mai gina jiki ga kudan zuma.
“Kudan zuma na buƙatar ciyarwa a wasu lokuta, ko za su mutu,” in ji shi.
“Jihar ba ta samar mana da sikari da sauran kayan masarufi ba, kuma hakan ya sa aikin ya yi wa manoma wahala. Amma mun dace da yanayin.”
Sai dai duk da matsalolin da ake fuskanta, bikin zuma na shekara-shekara a garin Sidi Alouane na murnar ayyukan kiwon zuma daga sassan yankin.
Fiye da masu baje kolin 20 daga Tunisiya, Aljeriya, Maroko, da Libya suna raba gwanintarsu tare da ba wa baƙi da yawa kayan zuma masu daɗi don dandana.
Fathi al-Buhairi, shugaban kungiyar Larabawa masu kiwon zuma ya ce bikin biki ne na masu samarwa da kuma “masu yin kayan gado”.
“Yana da muhimmiyar dama ga tallace-tallace, gabatarwa, da kuma adana kayan tarihi na Maghreb a Tunisia. Kuma yana da matukar muhimmanci ga ci gaban bikin, musamman ganin wannan shi ne karo na 34, wanda ke nuni da tsawon tarihinsa.”
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Masu baje kolin suna kallon bikin a matsayin kyakkyawar dama ta tallace-tallace, wanda ke ba su damar haskaka nau’ikan dandano da kayan zuma da suke samarwa.
Kudan zuma, ba shakka, suna taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen samar da itatuwan ‘ya’yan itace, da amfani sosai ga manoman da ke karbar bakuncin masu kiwon zuma a gonakinsu.
Bikin a Sidi Alouane yana gudana har zuwa 15 ga Agusta.
