- Adilesi: Butha Buthe, Lesotho;
- Yomangidwa: mu 1908 chaka.
Mu Ufumu wa Lesotho , anthu pafupifupi 2 miliyoni amakhala. Kwenikweni awa ndi anthu a soto (basuto). Pafupifupi onsewa ndi a Chikhristu (makamaka Akatolika), ndipo anthu 10% okha amatsatira chipembedzo chosiyana. Ena adakhulupirika ku zikhulupiliro za chikhalidwe cha Afirika (zinyama, fetishism, chipembedzo cha makolo awo, mphamvu zachilengedwe, zina zotero), ena anakhala otsatira a Islam. Ndipo ngati ndinu Mkhristu, mukhoza kupita kumsasa wokha ku Lesotho - Soofie Masjid.
Zakale za mbiriyakale
Mzikiti wa Soofie Masjid Butha Buthe inamangidwa mu 1908, pamene ufumu wa Lesotho udakali wotetezedwa wa Busutoland. Ngakhale dzina loyambitsa - Hazrat Sufi Sahib - lasungidwa. Mpaka lero, ilo linabwera mu mawonekedwe obwezeretsedwa - mu 1970 moto unayamba ndipo unauwononga pang'ono. Ndipo mu 1994 mzikiti unasankhidwa.
Maonekedwe
N'kutheka kuti akukhumudwitsa alendo ndipo akunena kuti Lesotho ndi limodzi mwa mayiko osauka kwambiri ku Africa. Musamayembekezere nyumba zamtengo wapatali ndi nyumba zazikulu. Kufunika kwa dziko lino kwa alendo - kaya ndi Mkhristu, Muslim, kapena wokonda chipembedzo china chilichonse - ndi chikhalidwe chake. Kotero musati muyembekezere chirichonse kupitirira chirengedwe. Maonekedwe a mzikiti m'dziko muno ndi chozizwitsa. Kotero, inu mudzawona nyumba yamphindi imodzi yokhala ndi minaret yochepa, mwachizolowezi yokongoletsedwa ndi zizindikiro za Islam - chikhomo ndi nyenyezi. Ndipo pakhomo palinso chizindikiro china chodziwika bwino cha Lesotho - ndi manda okhawo a Muslim.
Ali kuti?
Ngati mukufuna kutenga chiopsezo ndikuyendera Msikiti wa Soofie Masjid, muyenera kupita kumudzi wa Buta-Bute . Ndi bwino kufika pamoto yokhotakhota, koma kumbukirani kuti misewu ndi yoopsa. Mtunda wochokera ku Maseru kupita ku Buta-Bute uli pafupi 130 km ndipo ndikofunika kuti ulowe malire ndi South Africa kumpoto chakummawa.
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