Nokho, lokho umthenwa?

Cishe abaningi abaye balizwa izwi "umthenwa". Nokho, akubona bonke uyazi ukuthi inani lalo lizoba ngqo. Ngubani umthenwa? Yini ayenzayo? Leli gama livela enuchos ngesiGreki, esimelela i umsebenzi lasendulo noma ukuma enkantolo - "embhedeni umgcini". Okungukuthi, umthenwa - kuyinto obuka ezancinza e dlo Amakhosi empumalanga.

Umthenwa kuhlale castrato. Yebo, laba bantu ngeshwa ngomyalo wabaholi isiphetho bagcina isimo esibuhlungu kangaka. Yini engalungile lokho? Ngiqinisekile abaningi, hhayi kuphela abazi ubani umthenwa, kodwa futhi abaqondi incazelo yegama elithi "umthenwa". Leli gama libizwa amadoda asafa zisusiwe noma umthondo noma amasende, noma okuthize, futhi ngaphezulu. Ngokusho kweminye imithombo, nabathenwa siqala Asiriya, iPheresiya futhi wayiyisa eByzantium, kodwa amanye ubufakazi bubonisa ukuthi izinkantolo yabakhulu Chinese kusukela kudala kanye abangu wawungabavumeli izinceku. By the way, eMpumalanga Ekude, lezi yizikhonzi azenziwanga kuphela indima umbonisi yabesifazana kombusi, kodwa futhi eziningi imisebenzi ebalulekile futhi oda enkosini yaso. Abathenwa e -Ottoman Empire, manje Turkey, eyavela kamuva. Ngoba babengakwazi ukuthi amandla ephakeme ngenxa ukuthenwa bakhe, okuye ukuzihilela ezindabeni eziningi ezibalulekile isimo, ngenkathi ababusi abasha ngisho waba abantu ezinethonya kunazo isimo.

Bobani ngabathenwa isithembu we sultans?

Kusukela ezikhathini komlando, abantu wasebukhosini kufanele nabafazi abaningi. Yiqiniso, babedinga yalezo zinceku abangathanda ubeka izinto ngononina endaweni yabesifazane. Ukuze wenze lokhu, thina kudingeka ngesandla esinamandla besilisa. Nokho, ukugwema isilingo sokuhlehla abesifazane bancishwa ngobudoda babo.

Ukuguqulwa esenzeka castrato nendlela abanobudlova futhi ngezinye isicelo sakhe. Ngezinye izikhathi abafana labavela emindenini lephuyile zanikwa esigodlweni Sultan obaba siqu. Intsha alazi ukuthi kwenzekani kubo kwenzeke futhi ngubani umthenwa. Ngemva kokudabula okuyinto ebuhlungu futhi ilulaza, babefundiswe imisebenzi "umqaphi embhedeni," kombusi futhi ngokuvamile ifinyelela phezulu kakhulu ekuphathweni isigodlo senkosi nje kuphela, kodwa futhi wonke umbuso.

Wazeka abathenwa

Abaningi isigodlo siwela izindonga ngokumelene nentando yabo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, phakathi kwabesifazane Seraglio zalwa ekuncintisaneni okushubile ngokuba umusa umbusi. Ngokuhamba babe tricks ezahlukene kakhulu ukulimaza wodwa, futhi kuphela sibonga ngokuhlakanipha nangokucabangela izinto kusengaphambili we Umthenwa wayehamba kungenzeka ukugwema izinto ezizwisa ubuhlungu. Imisebenzi afakwe uqapha abathenwa isithembu, nezancinza ukuqeqeshwa wokunakekela abazali ngoba nje (ukugeza, massage, bezihlikihla, ukugqoka nokunye.), Ukweseka enkosini yabo kanye namanye amagumbi.

I harems evame, futhi isimo esinjalo, lapho amantombazane aqala ukondla imizwa thandanani nabaqaphi. Nangalokho okwabehlela ukufihla ukudumala kwazo lapho ziqaphela ukuthi umthenwa! Kodwa abanye abantu besifazane wawusanamathele uyamzwela amadoda ngeshwa, ngisho wazama ngichachambe ezimpilweni zabo, labo bezibeka engozini.

Kodwa phakathi abathenwa ababeletha izikhonzi, futhi ngenxa yokungabi namandla akhe basungula ukuhlolwa ahlukahlukene ezancinza abampofu, ziguqula ukuphila kwazo esihogweni eziphilayo.