"Ihlathi Labafileyo"


Ukuzisola kwethu okukhulu, izwe lethu lanamuhla alingaphelele kangangokuthi izikhumbuzo zokudabuka ziyaqhubeka ziqhubeka, ngisho nezinhle ezinjenge "Forest of the Dead" (iBosque de los Ausentes noma iBosque del Recuerdo - "Ihlathi Lokukhunjulwa") eMadrid .

Ngakusasa ekuseni ka-Mashi 11, 2004 eMadrid, abantu abaningi, izihlobo zabo nabangane, umzuzwana ojabulisayo wokuphila okuzolile. Ezinsukwini ezintathu ngaphambi kokhetho ePhalamende laseSpain, izikhukhula eziyisikhombisa zokuzibulala zashaya izitimela ezine zikagesi esiteshini sesitimela sase-Atocha . Ngokuphelele, amabhomu angu-10 atholakala ezitimeleni nasezindaweni ezizungeze amapulatifomu wesitimela esiteshini, eminye emithathu kamuva amaphoyisa asemadolobheni ayitholanga ukusebenza. Ngenxa yengozi eyingozi, abantu abangu-191 babulawa, abangu-1247 balimala, abaningana babo babekhutshazekile ngokuphelele. Phakathi nokusebenza kokulwa, kwabulawa isosha elikhethekile lempi, kwaba ngu-192 izisulu zokuhlaselwa kwamaphekula. Phakathi kwalezi zisulu kwakuyizifiki eziningi ezivela eMpumalanga Yurophu naseNyakatho Afrika.

Ngo-Agasti wokuqala ka-11 Mashi 2005, inkosi yaseSpain iJuan Carlos I neNdlovukazi yaseSofia yabeka umcibisholo ongenakukhunjulwa emcimbini wokuvula isikhumbuzo. Itheyipu eyodwa yayiwuphawu lwefulegi kazwelonke yaseSpain, okwesibili kwaba nombhalo wokulila "Kubo bonke abahlukunyezwayo". Kunqunywe ukwakha isikhumbuzo eduze nesayithi lokuhlaselwa kwamaphekula endaweni yesiteshi sesitimela sase-Atocha, eduze kwepaki leRetiro . Ngesicelo sezihlobo zalowo oshonile, lo mcimbi wabanjwa ngokuthula okuphelele, ngaphandle kwezinkulumo kanye nokuhlaselwa okukhulu, kuphela i-cello yadlala ingoma ethi "Ingoma Yezinyoni" yiPablo Casals yedwa. Lo mcimbi wawukhona ngabaholi bamaqembu angu-12, amalungu ezinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezinxusa zezinkulumo ezingu-16, izakhamizi zazo ezabulawa yizimbangi.

Lesi sikhumbuzo siyintaba engakafiki, lapho izihlahla ezingu-192 zatshalwe ngamunye ngamunye ngomphefumulo ngamunye womuntu ofile: izivini ezingu-22 nezihlahla ezingu-170 ze-cypress. Intaba igcwele umfula wokufakelwa, njengesibonakaliso sokuba khona nokuphakade, futhi kuyo kukhona ibhuloho yenkumbulo nokudabuka. Izindlela eziningana zihola phansi kwentaba, izitolo zihlomele izivakashi. Kamuva isikhumbuzo sokudabuka sasibizwa nangokuthi "ihlathi lokukhunjulwa".

Kukhona inguqulo ukuthi inhlekelele e-Madrid ixhunywe ngesenzo samaphekula esingakaze senziwa e-USA ngoSepthemba 11, 2001. Ukuqhuma kweMadrid sekuduma iminyaka emibili nengxenye noma izinsuku ezingu-911, okuyisigxobo se-9/11, kusukela ukuwa kwemibhoshongo emibili futhi kunezimpande zamaSulumane. Isiteshi sesitimela sase-Atocha selokhu siphakanyiswa izinyathelo zokuphepha ezisebenza kubo bonke ngaphandle kokungafani.

Ungafika kanjani?

Ngeke kube nzima ukufika esikhumbuzweni. Kufanele iqondiswe yi-Retiro Park, ephakathi kwenhloko-dolobha yaseSpain. Ngakho-ke, ukuya e "Forest of the Dead" kungaba kwizokuthutha zomphakathi ezinjalo:

Uma wesaba ukudideka ekumeni naseziteshini, ukhetho olulandelayo luyenawe kuphela - kulula ukuthola isikhumbuzo semoto kuzixhumanisi. Ngendlela, enye yezinsizakalo ezithandwa kakhulu ezokuvakasha eMadrid ukuqasha imoto - engabizi futhi kulula kakhulu!