- Ikheli: Siem Reap, eCambodia
- Usuku wokwakhiwa: 1181
Indawo ephawulekayo kunazo zonke eCambodia kwakuyithempeli lasendulo yedolobha laseBantai Kdei e-Siem Reap. Kuyisikhumbuzo esimangalisayo somlando nezakhiwo zenkathi yaseKhmer. Ekhulwini leshumi nambili le ndawo yayihlonipheke kakhulu kulo lonke elaseCambodia. Ngenxa yeziphambeko eziningi zokwakha, lesi sakhiwo esiyinkimbinkimbi siyabhujiswa minyaka yonke. Futhi akumangalisi, ngoba umsebenzi wokwakha wawuphathwe umklami osemusha futhi ongenalwazi, owakhetha i-sandstone njengento eyakhiwe eyinhloko.
Esikhathini sethu, iBantai Kdei iyinkimbinkimbi yokubhujiswa, kodwa izakhiwo ezinkulu zezilwandle. Ungabavakashela ngokuphepha futhi ujwayele umlando wokubaluleka. Yiqiniso, iNkosi yaseCambodia inqume ukugcina nokuqhubela phambili le ndawo, ngakho-ke okwamanje imisebenzi yokubuyiselwa yenziwa ensimini yenkimbinkimbi.
Kusuka emlandweni
Ukwakhiwa kukaBantai Kdeia kwaqala ngo-1118 ngomyalelo weNkosi uJayavarman VII. Le ndawo yayizoba yindlu yezindela yangaphakathi. Ithempeli lenziwe ngesitayela seBayon : izindonga zenziwe ngombala obomvu obomvu, ophahleni olunezintambo eziningi zegolide kanye nezimbali eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka negolide ezindongeni zezakhiwo. Ngeshwa, i-sandstone yekhwalithi ephansi ayikwazanga ukumisa imvula nezinye izakhi zomhlaba, ngakho ithempeli laqala ukuwa ngemva kweminyaka engu-25 ngemuva kokuqedwa kokwakhiwa.
Bantai Kday esikhathini sethu
Okwamanje, i-Bantai Kdei iyinhlangano yemyuziyamu evulekile. Izakhiwo zasendulo seziyisikhathi eside zithatha amahlathi. Ukuphathwa kwepaki kuzama ukuqinisekisa ukuthi imvelo ayithinti ukubhujiswa kwezakhiwo.
Ukuhamba nge-museum ungabona amaFrescos amaningi athakazelisayo ezindongeni zezakhiwo zasendulo. Mayelana nencazelo yabo ungatshela umhlahlandlela. Kwezinye izakhiwo, namanje izithombe ezithakazelisayo kakhulu zabasebenzi, okwakhiwa ngenkathi ukwakhiwa kwenkimbinkimbi. Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha uzokwazi ukukhubeka kwabathengisi abanikela ngemikhumbuzo noma amasevisi ahlukahlukene (izithombe, ukuqashiswa kwama-binoculars, njll). Ezinye izakhiwo zasendulo zisabutha amakholi futhi zibambe imithandazo yasekuseni. Ngaphambi kwabo ungabona, futhi uma uthanda, khona-ke uhlanganyele kulolu hlelo.
Ungafika kanjani?
Ukuthutha komphakathi ukuya ethempelini akuhambanga, kodwa kulula kakhulu ukuya eBantai Kdeia. Uma uhamba ngezokuthutha zangasese (imoto noma isithuthuthu), khona-ke kudingeka ukhethe inombolo yomzila 67 bese ujikeleza ngakwesokunxele emgwaqeni nomzila we-661. Uma uyala ukuvakasha ejensi lokuhamba, uzobe uthathwa ebhasini elikhethekile lokubona ngesikhangiso sendawo yokuvakasha.
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