Abin mamaki ne cewa Hacienda de La Luz har yanzu yana adana mai fasaha da hanya mai sauƙi don samar da kyakkyawan abincin Tabasco nasa cakulan.
Kusan kilomita biyar daga yankin archaeological Comalcalco, a cikin kyakkyawan jihar Tabasco, mun sami gonar koko da ke kan titin Ingeniero Leandro Rovirosa Wade, wanda a da ake kira Barranco Occidental, kuma wanda yake yanzu yana tsakiyar gari. Ana kiran wannan kadara Hacienda La Luz, amma a tsakanin mazaunan Comalcalco an fi saninsa da Hacienda Wolter, don tunawa da Dokta Otto Wolter Hayer, baƙon Bajamushe da ya samo shi a farkon 1930s kuma ya mai da shi ɗaya daga cikin filayen farko da Sun kirkiro koko don yin cakulan daga sanannen yankin La Chontalpa a Tabasco. Mista Ramón Torres ne ya ba da sunan La Luz, wanda Dr. Wolter ya samo waɗannan ƙasashe daga gare shi.
Hacienda ya mamaye hekta 50 da ke tsakiyar garin, yazana kusan tazara biyu daga Central Park, wanda hakan ya sanya baƙi damar isa gare su. Bayan isa gare ta, wani kyakkyawan lambu ne ya tarbe mu tare da ɗimbin tsire-tsire masu zafi, duka furanni da bishiyun fruita fruitan itace, wasu irin na yankin ne wasu kuma masu ban sha'awa, lura da abin da ya kasance farkon sashin yawon shakatawa. A lokacin wannan zamu san babban bambancin jirgin sama, ginger da tsire-tsire masu zafi; wasu bishiyun 'ya'yan itace kamar su jague, caimito, tepejilote, tamarind, chestnut, cashew da mango, da kuma shuke-shuke masu ban sha'awa don amfaninsu, kamar su vanilla, kirfa, roba da gourd, da sauran bishiyoyin' ya'yan itace m kamar yabuticaba da pitanga. Wannan ɓangaren hanyar ya cancanci ziyarta a lokacin bazara, lokacin da lambun ya cika furanni da fruita fruitan itace.
Kashi na biyu na ziyarar shine haɗuwa kai tsaye tare da ɗayan tsoffin albarkatu a cikin Meziko kuma mafi yawan waɗanda aka yaba da su a duniya: koko. Mun shiga cikin shukar wannan 'ya'yan itacen don sanin tarihinta, lokutan girbi, hanyoyin noman, kulawa da amfani, kuma mafi yawan abin da ake tsammani, aikin kerawa, daga wannan' ya'yan itace mai ɗanɗano, alewa mai mahimmanci: cakulan . Don yin wannan, mun taka zuwa giyar giya wacce ta faro tun farkon wannan masana'antar da aka kera ta gida, wanda Dokta Wolter ya kafa a 1958, inda muka sami katuwar katuwar mahogany na katako mai tsawon mita 10, wanda suke kira "toya", kuma wanda ake amfani dashi, kamar yadda sukayi bayani, don cinye koren koko.
Sannan akwai wuraren da ake wanke koko mai daɗaɗawa sannan bushewa, don daga baya aiwatar da gasa da dehulling na busashen wake. Ya kamata a faɗi cewa waɗannan matakai biyu na ƙarshe ana aiwatar dasu akan tsofaffin injunan da Dr. Wolter da kansa ya yi. Bayan mun dandana gasashen koko, wanda dandanon sa ke da matukar daci, sai mu ci gaba zuwa bangaren samar da cakulan, wanda a ciki muke lura da nikakken wake da giyar da aka tace ta domin hadewar ta gaba sauran sinadaran (sukari da kirfa), a cikin abin da ake kira "conchado", inda za mu ɗanɗana zaƙin cakulan mai daɗi kafin a cakuɗa shi a cikin ƙirarsa a kai shi ɗakin sanyi. Duk wannan tsarin yana da matukar ban sha'awa saboda salon gargajiya ne na yin cakulan na Tabasco.
Sa'annan mu matsa zuwa cikin manyan gidan hacienda, inda suka nuna mana dakuna, babban dakin kwana da kuma manyan hanyoyin cikin gida wadanda har yanzu suna kiyaye halin rashin yarda na tsofaffin gidajen yankin, wanda aka gina da bulo da lemun tsami, ba tare da sanduna, kuma da fale-falen yumbu da aka yi da hannu a cikin saƙar kansu. A ɗayan ɗakunan akwai tarin tsofaffin hotuna inda muka sami bayanai masu ban sha'awa game da rayuwa da al'adun garin Comalcalco, suna nuna wasu mahimman halaye, kamar na Shugaba Adolfo López Mateos a wurin cin abincin da aka bayar a hacienda a lokacin zagayawa a matsayin dan takarar shugabancin kasarmu; Har ila yau, muna ganin gine-gine iri-iri na birni, kamar coci, wurin shakatawa na tsakiya, kasuwar jama'a, gadoji da makarantu waɗanda Dokta Otto Wolter da kansa ya yi, wanda baya ga zama likita ta hanyar sana'a ya kasance magini ne mai ƙwarewa.
A ƙarshe, akwai kayan alatu da kayan tarihi da yawa da za a yaba a cikin gidan, kamar katako, baƙin ƙarfe, kekunan keken, keɓaɓɓu, kayan buga rubutu da kuma kayan ɗamara, waɗanda suka bayyana yayin da muke wucewa a ɓangaren ƙarshe na rangadin.
Don haka, lokacin da muka yi ban kwana da Hacienda de La Luz, za mu cire jin daɗin jin daɗin sanin ɗaya daga cikin amfanin da ya dace da al'adun Mexico tun a zamanin da, a cikin yanayin muhalli, wanda ke kewaye da furanni, 'ya'yan itatuwa da tarihin da har yanzu ke faruwa ziyarar da ta fi ban sha'awa a wannan masana'antar cakulan.
IDAN KA JE COMALCALCO
Barin Villahermosa zuwa arewa, ta yankin Tierra Colorada zuwa Saloya ranchería, wani wuri ne wanda ya kebanta da gidajen cin abincin teku da kuma inda zaku iya more shahararren Tabasco pejelagarto. Ya ci gaba zuwa Nacajuca; wanda ke da nisan kilomita 20 daga babban birni, wannan ɗayan ɗayan garuruwan da ke da babbar al'adar fasaha a cikin jihar, inda ake gudanar da bita na gogaggun sassaƙaƙƙun kayan marmari da kayan kida na rukunin gwanaye na yankin. A nisan kilomita 10 daga Nacajuca mun sami gundumar da ke makwabtaka da Jalpa de Méndez, wani wurin tarihi na jihar inda Kanar Gregorio Méndez Magaña Museum yake. Kusan kimanin kilomita 15 daga Jalpa de Méndez, a gefen hanya zaka iya yaba da cocin da babu kamarsa na garin Cupilco, mallakar karamar hukumar Comalcalco. Wannan cocin, wanda aka kawata shi da launuka masu haske, wuri ne na bautar addini sosai inda asalin asalin al'adun Mayan da Aztec suka hadu. Kilomita goma da ke gaba shine garin Comalcalco, wanda a cikin shi akwai yankin mafi mahimman kayan tarihi na Tabasco da kuma mafi yamma a duniyar Mayan.
