Ulendowu wa ku Cedi Bead Factory ndi woyenera alendo ku Gawo la Kum'mawa kwa Ghana. Pano, magalasi a magalasi amapangidwa kuchokera ku mabotolo a magalasi omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndipo amagulitsidwa kumsika ndi masitolo ogulitsa kudziko ndi kunja. Luso lopanga magalasi ali ndi mbiri yakale ku Ghana. Kwazaka 400 zapitazi, mankhwala ogulitsidwa akhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito pamisonkhano ya kubadwa, kubwera kwa usinkhu, ukwati ndi imfa. Lero, mzinda wa Odumase Krobo ndi dera lonse la Krobo makamaka zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi kupanga mapiritsi a galasi.
Pa Cedi Bead Factory, mukhoza kuyang'ana njira yovuta yopanga kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka kumapeto. Mukhozanso kugona usiku ndikuphunzira momwe mungapangire mikanda yanu.
Chomera Chomera Chachidutswa
Wobisika pansi pamsewu wosayenerera, Cedi Bead Factory si malo ovuta kupeza. Mukamatero, mumapindula ndikuwona munda wokongola wobzalidwa mozungulira nyumba yokhala ndi thanzi yomwe imatumikira monga fakitale. Uyu si malo odyera a mafakitale. Cedi Bead Factory amagwira ntchito pafupifupi 12 ogwira ntchito nthawi zonse ndipo n'zosadabwitsa kukhala chete. Ulendowu ndi waufulu, ndipo mutenge pafupifupi 30 minutes - kuti izi zikhale bwino kwa anthu omwe akupita Kumasi kapena Mtsinje wa Volta. Sitolo yaing'ono yamaphunziro ili ndi mikanda yabwino kwambiri yogulitsidwa, komanso zibangili, mphete ndi nduwira.
Mfundo Yopambana: Ngati muli ndi mabotolo opanda kanthu a magalasi, mukhoza kubwereranso ku fakitale. Galasi yamoto yobiriwira (monga yofiira kapena buluu) imalandira bwino kwambiri.
Momwe Mipangidwe Yapangidwira
Mabotolo opangidwa ndi magalasi opangidwa ndi magalasi ophwanyika amawonongeka pogwiritsa ntchito pestle ndi matope akuluakulu. Pambuyo pokhala ufa wabwino, galasi imatsanulira mu nkhungu yopangidwa ndi dongo. M'kati mwa nkhunguyi mumaphimbidwa ndi kaolin ndi madzi kuti asiye galasi kuti asamamatire kumbali.
Phulusa ikhoza kudulidwa kuti apange mitundu yosiyanasiyana ndi machitidwe, kapena kukhalabe omveka.
Mukakonzeka, nkhunguyi imayikidwa m'ng'anjo ndi kuphika. Zitsanzo ndi zokongoletsera zikhoza kuwonjezedwa pambuyo pa kuwombera koyamba. Pachifukwa ichi, ufa wothira galasi umasakanizidwa ndi madzi pang'ono ndikupaka pansalu, yomwe imatulutsidwa kachiwiri. Nthawi zina utoto umawonjezera mazira owala, kapena magalasi achikuda sapezeka. Kuti mukhale ndi mikwingwirima yambiri, magalasi amathyoledwa kukhala zidutswa zing'onozing'ono, kusiyana ndi kukhala phulusa.
Motowo umapangidwa kuchokera ku termite mound clay. Zimatenthedwa pogwiritsa ntchito makwinya a kanjedza omwe amawotcha pamatentha otentha komanso kusunga kutentha. Amisiriwa amagwiritsira ntchito nthiti zomwezo m'midzi yambiri ku Ghana kuti apange ming'oma. Mipira ya galasi imawombera kwa ola limodzi. Atangotuluka mu ng'anjo, chida chochepa chachitsulo chimagwiritsidwa ntchito kupanga dzenje kuti chingwe chikugwirizane. Zitsulo zina zamapanga zimapangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito tsinde la chimanga chomwe chimatentha panthawi yothamanga.
Mipiritsi ikangoyamba, imatsuka pamchenga ndi madzi. Mipikisano imamangidwa ndikukonzekera kugulitsidwa pamisika yamitundu yonse m'dzikoli.
Chidziwitso Chothandiza
Kwa oyendayenda okhaokha, njira yabwino yopitira ku Cedi Bead Factory ndikutengapo mbali pamsewu waukulu kuchokera ku Koforidua kupita ku Kpong, pakati pa midzi ya Somanya ndi Odumase Krobo.
Kuchokera pamenepo, ndiyendo wabwino wa mphindi 20 mumsewu wokhotakhota, kotero mutenge tekisi ngati mungathe. Ndibwino kuti, mugule ndondomeko yaumwini kuti mukakutengereni panjira yopita ku Ho kapena Akisombo, kapena khalani malo pamalo otsogolera.
Nyumba zazing'ono za alendo zimamangidwa pamalo pomwepo, kupereka zipinda zamakono ndi chakudya chokonzekera kumudzi. Izi ndizovuta ngati mukufuna kupatula masiku angapo kuphunzira momwe mungapangire anu galasi bead mwaluso.
Kumene Mungagule Magalasi a Glass
Mukhoza kugula mikanda mwachindunji kuchokera ku shopu la Cedi Bead Factory. Mwinanso, mudzapeza katundu wa fakitale pamsika wabwino kwambiri wa ku Ghana, womwe umagwira tsiku lililonse ku Koforidua. Msika wina wabwino pafupi ndi gwero ndi Agomanya Market, yomwe imagwira Lachitatu ndi Loweruka. Msika uwu umakhalanso pamsewu waukulu pakati pa Koforidua ndi Kpong. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, mitundu yambiri ya magalasi yosinthidwa imapezeka m'misika yaikulu ku Kumasi ndi Accra.
Nkhaniyi inasinthidwa ndi Jessica Macdonald pa March 21st 2017.