Uphi i-Statue kaKristu uMkhululi?

I-Rio de Janeiro ephawulekayo yiphupha labaninzi abahambahambayo, kwaye i- capital yaseBrazil ifumana ukugqithiswa kakhulu kunona nje ngexesha lexesha elidumile lomdaniso weCarnival, kodwa nangaphambi kokuba umthendeleko we- Easter. Isizathu sokuba uhambo lwesigidigidi luyimpendulo yombuzo obakhathazayo abantu bakholwayo - ukuphi umfanekiso kaKristu uMhlengi? Inomdla okhethekileyo kubakhenkethi isakhiwo esikhulu samkelwa emva kokungeniswa kwiZixhenxe zeeNtsha ezimangalisayo zehlabathi ngo-2007. Inyaniso engenasisiseko kukuba isakhiwo esiseNtabeni iCorcovado ngenye yemisebenzi emikhulu yezobugcisa bezobugcisa kwihlabathi lonke.

Uphi umfanekiso kaKristu uMkhululi?

Ngokomxholo we-dolophu yaseRio de Janeiro, ekukhunjweni kweminyaka eyikhulu ye-independence eBrazil, kwenziwa isigqibo sokwakha isakhiwo esikhulu sikaKristu uMhlengi. Ithenda lelungelo lokuphumeza le projekthi laphumelela ngu-Ector da Silva Costa, kwaye wacetyiswa ukubonakalisa uYesu ngeengalo ezichongwe, njengokungathi ukumbamba isixeko. Ngaloo ndlela, isikhumbuzo esinjengomnqamlezo, kunye nalokhu, sibonisa uvuyo kunye novelwano.

Umsebenzi wokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo esikhulu kakhulu saqhubeka iminyaka elithoba. Umthendeleko wokukhanyisa nokuvulwa komfanekiso kaKristu uMhlengi wenziwa ngo-1931 (Oktobha 12). Ubunzima belo mfanekiso babuyi-1145 toni, isakhiwo ngokwaso sifinyelela ubude beemitha ezingama-38, izandla zihlukanisile ukuya kwii-30 zamitha kumacala (ngokweminye ingcaciso - iimitha ezingama-23). Ukuphakama kweenyawo apho umfanekiso uwakhiwe ngamamitha ayi-8.

Uphi umfanekiso kaKristu uMhlengi kwaye umntu unokufikelela njani phezulu kwiNtaba yaseCorcovado? Lo mbuzo ufunwa ngamaKatolika amaninzi kunye nama-Orthodox afuna ukumbona ukudala kwezandla zabantu. Unokufika kwisikhumbuzo ngesitimela esincinane, esihamba ngeendlela ezigesiweyo. Isigaba sokugqibela sokunyuka kwinqanaba lesikhumbuzo sisitebhisi esiphezulu "iKarakol", amanani angama-220.

Isifanekiso sikaKristu uMhlengi e-Rio de Janeiro ngokufanelekileyo sithathwa njengeyona ndawo edume kakhulu neyaziwayo eBrazil kunye nesimboli seeholide. Abahamba ngeeNdwendwe abaye ba tyelela esi sakhiwo, bhiyozela umoya ohloniphekileyo nolungcwele olungenakuze wenziwe kule ndawo. Nangona kunjalo, umbono ovela entabeni unomdla ngokwenene! Umbono ocacileyo wepanoramic weso sixeko kunye nolwandle lwakhe olumnandi lweCopacabana, ukuphakama kweSuaf Loaf, lubangalisa bonke ngaphandle kweendwendwe. Into yodwa engabonakaliyo imifanekiso kaKrestu, kuba ngeli thuba ungeyena nje inyawo lesikhumbuzo esikhulu.

Kukhanya okubaluleke kakhulu, umfanekiso kaKristu eRio ubonakala kwiiyure zokushona kwelanga ukusuka ecaleni lendiza encinane eqeshiweyo. Ngeli xesha, kubonakala ngathi uYesu, ukhanyiswa ngokugqithiswa yizinto zokukhangela, ehla evela ezulwini, ehamba phezu kwesi sixeko. Ngaphezu koko, imbono evuleka kwisithosiso sikaKristu intle kakhulu kwiphi na kwisixeko. Ngaloo ndlela, kugxininiswa ukuba uYesu uyamthanda wonke umntu ngokulinganayo, uyasixolela aze asixolele izono zethu, asinxuse ukuba sijoyine umhlambi wakhe omningi, silula izandla zakhe ngathi, ukusikhupha.

Isifanekiso sikaKristu asikho phantsi kwezantyantyambo kunye neziphepho. Ngomhla ka-Julayi 2008, imithi nemithi yabetha ngumoya oqinileyo kunye nombane, iqhwithi yabangela intshabalalo enkulu kwisithili saseRio, kodwa ayizange isithinte ngokupheleleyo isikhumbuzo esikhulu. Le nyaniso ichazwa, ngaphandle kobungcwele obungathandabuzekiyo, nangenxa yokuba ilitye lesonka, apho umfanekiso kaKristu lwakhiwa khona, lunezixhobo zetywala, ezenza ukuba ukukhutshwa kwamagesi kupheliswe kumbane omkhulu phezu komgangatho wesakhiwo esikhulu.

Ngoku uyazi kakuhle apho umfanekiso kaKristu uMkhululi kwaye mhlawumbi uya kufumana ithuba lokutyelela esi sakhiwo esihle. Indlela yokwazi, mhlawumbi olu hambo luya kuba lukhunjulwe kakhulu ebomini bakho.