Zvinowanzofungidzirwa kuti makore makumi manomwe nemakore makumi mapfumbamwe nemakumi manomwe ehuwandu ndeyemutambo wehupenyu hwomunhu. Panguva imwecheteyo, pane mienzaniso mizhinji yezvakaitika zvinoratidza kuti munhu anogona kurarama zvakachengetedza makore anopfuura zana, achigara mupfungwa dzakanaka uye achiita muviri.
Mumakona ose epasi pane kune nguva refu-refu, asi kupfuura yezvose vari muJapan, nyika dzeNorthern neWestern Europe, uyewo muU.SA. Zvakavanzika zvehupenyu hurefu hazvina kugadziriswa kusvikira nhasi, uye zvakavanzika izvo zvinyorwa zvavanogovana ivo pachavo zvisinganzwisisiki uye zvisingakoshi, uye kwete vanhu vose vakakunda makore zana, vakatungamirira mararamiro ane hutano, vane hukama hwepamusoro hwevanhu uye vakararama mukubudirira.
Zvinonakidza kuti vazhinji vevanhu vakakunda makore ekukwegura kwezera ravo vanoramba vachirarama sekuti makore avo haana hanya. Vanachiremba vanotaura kuti varwere vavo vane mwoyo murefu dzimwe nguva vakawanda "vanorarama" uye vanoshanda zvakanyanya kudarika shamwari dzavo, muduku kuduku kwemakore gumi nemakumi maviri nemakumi manomwe, havanganyunyuti nezvehutano hwavo uye munguva dzakawanda vanoziva vana vavo pachavo.
Heino chisarudzo chinonakidza chevakwegura vepakutanga, vane makore avo vanosimbiswa nepamutemo. Vamwe vavo vakatofa, vamwe vanoramba vachirarama, uye, zvichida, makore anowanikwa navo anogona kudarika kunyange tarisiro dzakanyanya.
Emma Morano (born in 1899)
Ichi chiropa chirefu cheItaly, uyo zvino ava nemakore 116, ndicho chinyorwa chokuchengetedza kwehupenyu huripo pakati pevapenyu. Mushure mekufa kwemwana mumwe chete uye kurambana kubva kumurume wake, anogara ari oga kumba kwake. Pakati pezvinhu zvakavanzika zvehupenyu hwake hurefu, anodana kudya kwake, umo kune mazai nenyama zuva rega rega, pamwe nekuona maonero ehupenyu.
Chakavanzika chekudya kunovaka muviri mazai akaomeswa, andinodya zuva rega rega kwemakore anopfuura zana.
Jeanne Kalman (1875 - 1997)
Mukuru kune vose vanogara pasi pano, mazuva avo ekuzvarwa uye mazuva ekufa anonyatsosimbiswa zviri pamutemo, akasiya nyika ino ava nemakore 122, asati agamuchira hupenyu hwehupenyu hurefu kwenguva refu kwenguva refu. Makore gumi nemakore ekupedzisira ehupenyu hwake, mukadzikadzi wechiFrench Zhanna Kalman, akanga ari muimba yevanotarisira vakwegura kwaakagamuchira vatori venhau musi wekuzvarwa kwake gore rega rega, uye muna 1990 akamboita basa rekupedzisira mufirimu yeVan Gogh, iyo yaive nerombo kuona kuti mwana. Zvakanakira kuti kusvika kumagumo emakore ake Kalman anosvuta, anwa waini uye akadya zvizhinji zvekoti.
Ndine kaminha imwe uye ini ndakagara pairi.
Isiraeri Krishtal (akazvarwa muna 1903)
Mukomana wemakore 122 Israeri Krishtal zvino anogara muIsrael, ane chimiro chakasimba chemurume mukuru kupfuura ose panyika. Mumwe aimbova musungwa weAuschwitz, mumakore ekutonga kweNazi, akaponesa upenyu hwake nenzira yechishamiso, izvo zvakaponeswa kuburikidza nebasa rake sekugadzirisa. Kusvikira ikozvino, muvezi, uyo akabika masapire kwemakore anoda kusvika zana, anozvionera pachake mukugadzirwa kwemasipi pambani yake.
Handizivi chakavanzika chehupenyu hurefu. Ndinotenda kuti zvinhu zvose zvakagara zvatemerwa kubva kumusoro, uye hatizombozivi kuti zvikonzero zvipi. Kwakanga kune vanhu vakanaka, vakasimba, vakanaka kupfuura ini, asi ivo vasisipo.
Sarah Knauss (1880 -1999)
Izvi zvakanyanyisa, izvo zvakapfuura mutsara wemakore 119, ndeyekare kare akamborarama nevakadzi veUnited States. Kusvikira kune makore zana nemashanu (115) akanga ari munhu akazvimiririra uye haaiti haana kunyunyuta pamusoro pehutano hwake. Yakapiwa nhaka yeupenyu husingaperi hwaSara nemwanasikana wake, uyo akapembererawo makore zana uye akararama shure kwegore rimwe. Vakadzi vemunharaunda vaipemberera unhu hwake hwakanaka uye hwakanaka uye hwakanaka, hune hupenyu hwake hupenyu hwose.
Ini ndakapukunyuka hondo dzeAmerica, Great Depression uye kufa kwemurume wangu mushure memakore makumi matanhatu ekuroorana.
Yone Minagawa (1893 - 2007)
Nyaya inonakidza yeaigara muJapan, uyo akapedzisira apemberera zuva rekuberekwa kwake pazera remakore 114. Maererano nehuchapupu hwehama, mukadzi wacho akaramba achisimba kweupenyu hwake hwose, aiva nepfungwa dzakanaka, aida kuva munzanga uye kunyange kutamba (kunyange ari muwiricheya). Chakavanzika chehupenyu hwake, Ene, uyo akapona vana vake vana, akafunga "kurara kwakanaka" uye "zvokudya zvakanaka".
Chii, ndakanga ndakadhakwa zvakanyanya?