Kude ne-Immaculate Conception ice-cream parlour, ivenkile yamkelekile kwiParadesi yezipho, kunye neerakhi zeVirgin Marys ezibengezela ebumnyameni, uNoël Cannou wayefumana uxolo okomzuzwana. Ecaleni kwebala apho iNtombi Enyulu enguMariya yabonakala khona okokuqala kwintombazana yaseLourdes eyayilihlwempu kwiminyaka eli-150 eyadlulayo, ngomonde wazalisa iibhotile zeplastiki eziziilitha ezintlanu ngamanzi aphilisayo angummangaliso awayeza kuwathwala ukunqumla idolophu ukuya kuwagcina efrijini yakhe.
“Yinto endiyiselayo kuphela,” watsho. “Isimahla, ngoko ke inexabiso eliphantsi kunokuthenga amanzi anezimbiwa afana ne-Evian. Andilindelanga amava onqulo, imnandi nje.”
UCannou, oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala, osebenza kwisityalo se-foie gras sasekhaya, wazalelwa eParis, kodwa abazali bakhe baseIndiya abangamaKatolika bafudukela eLourdes ngenxa yemeko yokomoya. Wazalisa iibhotile zakhe kuluhlu lweempompo ngaphantsi kwe-basilica - abantu abangama-48 kwabangama-66 abazifo zabo zaphiliswa ngokungummangaliso apha basele bayiselile, bahlambe kuyo okanye bayiqabe emizimbeni yabo.
“ULourdes uzolile ngendlela ekhethekileyo,” watsho encwina uCannou. "Kufuneka uhlale apha ukuze uyiqonde."
Njengabasebenzi bepolisha ilitye leVirgin Marys kunye neLourdes waxwork myuziyam ivuthulula ubungakanani bobomi bayo bokuzonwabisa kweSidlo Sangokuhlwa Sokugqibela, idolophu encinci esemazantsi eentaba zePyrenees ilungiselela irekhodi leendwendwe ezizizigidi ezisibhozo kulo nyaka kwisikhumbuzo sokubonakala kweNtombi enyulu. 1858. ILourdes, eyona grotto idumileyo yobuKatolika, ngoku ingaphezulu nje kwento yonqulo, ngummangaliso wokhenketho othe waguqula uqoqosho lwasekuhlaleni kwaye waphefumlela iindawo zonqulo kwihlabathi liphela.
Amakhulu eevenkile zayo ezithengisa iitoti zejerry ezinyulu kaMariya, iirosari kunye nayo yonke into esuka eSaint Bernadette esebenzise izibambi zeebhegi zeti ukuya kwii-corkscrews ezingcwele ziyibonile ibizwa ngokuba yiDisneyland kaThixo, iparadesi ye-tacky kitsch yezenkolo, apho neendawo zokutyela zinamagama afana ne-Angelus Snack. IBar, kunye neVatican Airlines ibhabha kubahambi ngeendleko eziphantsi. Kodwa akukho nanye kwezi eye yasivala isikhalo sayo esibanzi. ILourdes yeyona ndawo ityelelwa kakhulu kwezonqulo emhlabeni emva kweVatican, inkulu kunehajj ye-2 yezigidi zabahambi ngezonqulo abaya eMecca kwaye inabakhenkethi abaninzi kuneJerusalem.
NgoMvulo kuphela, abakhenkethi abangama-50,000 baya kutyelela i-grotto. Kodwa imibhiyozo yeLourdes ethatha unyaka wonke inokuphinda ivule iimpikiswano ezibanzi zonqulo nezopolitiko. UPopu uBenedict XVI ugunyazise ukuxolelwa kwezono ezikhethekileyo zabahambi ngezonqulo abangamaKatolika abandwendwela indawo yaseLourdes kulo nyaka. Icawa ifundisa ukuba oku kuxolelwa kunokunciphisa ixesha kwintlambululo-miphefumlo. Abangaphandle bababona njengohlobo lokukhawuleza ukuya ezulwini. Aduma kakubi ngenkulungwane ye-16 ngokuthengiswa, engahlawulwanga, enceda ekuphembeleleni uhlaziyo lwamaProtestanti, yaye asahlula amaKatolika. “Ngumbuzo obuthathaka kakhulu,” watsho uJacques Perrier, uBhishophu waseLourdes.
UPopu uza kutyelela eLourdes kulo nyaka kwaye, nangona iinkcukacha ziseza kugqitywa, indima kamongameli waseFransi kolu hambo inokuphinda ilawule ingxabano eqhubekayo ngoNicolas Sarkozy kunye nokwahlulwa kwecawa kunye nombuso. Umongameli - otshatileyo izihlandlo ezithathu kwaye ezichaza “njengomKatolika wenkcubeko” nongahambi rhoqo ecaweni – ubacaphukisile abakhuseli beriphabliki yaseFransi ngeentetho zakutsha nje ezincoma ukholo, inkolo kunye neengcambu zaseFransi zobuKristu. Kwenye idilesi yaseRiyadh wophula zonke iinkolelo zokunqanda inkolo kamongameli ngokukhankanya uThixo izihlandlo ezili-13.
Abagxeki bakhe bamtyhola ngokuzama ukufiphalisa ukwahlulwa okungqongqo kweFrance kwecawa kunye nelizwe, kwaye amkele umxube wokholo kunye nezopolitiko wohlobo lwaseMelika. Kule veki amaqela angama-60 kunye nemibutho yabasebenzi aphehlelele uxwebhu lwezikhalazo zokuthethelela ukungakhathali nxamnye nokusebenzisa kukamongameli uThixo.
Isithandi sobulumko uRégis Debray sathi ngokuphathelele ugxininiso lonqulo lukaSarkozy: “Umfanekiso weriphabliki sele unempilo enkenenkene; USarkozy ukhawulezisa isiphelo sakhe. ”
ULourdes ebesoloko engathathi cala kwimiqolo yaseFransi kwicawa nakwilizwe. “Urhulumente waseFransi akazange azive esongelwa yiLourdes,” utshilo uPerrier. “Urhulumente akayixhasi ngokwezimali indawo engcwele, kodwa uyasinyamezela. Sikwikona encinci ezintabeni, abantu abeza apha bahlala begula – kwaye awukwazi ukuhlasela abantu abagulayo. Indawo engcwele izisa imali kurhulumente ngokungangqalanga.”
Ingakanani imali eziswa leli grotto kulo mmandla ibhekiswa ngamagosa, efuna ukuphepha umfanekiso ombi wokusebenzisa imali kwizinto zonqulo. Idolophu emalunga ne-15,000 ineendwendwe ezizizigidi ezithandathu zonyaka kunye nezona bhedi zininzi zehotele ngaphandle kweParis.
"Umfanekiso unokuba buhlungu, kodwa le asiyiyo iDisneyland, akukho mashishini ngaphakathi kwindawo engcwele. Kukho umda phakathi kwayo kunye neevenkile ezizimeleyo ngaphandle. Ungachitha iiyure ezingama-24 kwindawo engcwele kwaye ungachithi isentimitha enye,” utshilo uFranck Delahaye kwiofisi yabakhenkethi.
UPhilippe Bianco, intloko yombutho weLourdes wabathengisi besikhumbuzo, wayeququzelela iirosari kwivenkile yakhe ngaphambi kokungxama kwabahambi ngoMvulo. "Abona bathengisi bethu bakhulu kunayo nayiphi na into enokuyenza ngamanzi: iibhotile zeplastiki zikaLourdes, iibhotile zeVirgin Mary ezimile okanye iitoti zejeri," watsho. “Asiloshishini lilula. Ngokhuphiswano, amaxabiso aphantsi kwaye sivula iintsuku ezisixhenxe, unyaka wonke, kunye neKrisimesi. Ukuba bekungekho mfuneko ngesingekho apha.”
UClaudia Francisco, umhlohli wezobunjineli waseBrazil, wayechithe i-euro ezingama-60 (ii-£45) kwiimbasa zenkolo ezininzi kwaye wayebuya netyesi egcwele iibhotile zamanzi ezingummangaliso esongelwe kwiingxowa zokuthenga. “Enyanisweni, emva kokuba ndihlawuliswe ukuya kwiimyuziyam zaseVatican, andimfumani uLourdes erhweba kakhulu. Ubuncinci indawo engcwele isimahla,” utshilo.
Kodwa omnye oneminyaka engama-34 ubudala waseBiarritz usebenze njengeweyitala kwindawo yokutyela yabakhenkethi yaseLourdes iminyaka emihlanu. Wathi: “Ndiyahamba, kuba andinakumela ukubona enye ibhega evukelayo, ephekwe kakubi ithengiselwa abantu baseBritane abamsulwa nge-6 yee-euro, xa ixabiso lentengiso laliyi-50 yeesenti. Kuyinto engafanelekanga ukuyithetha apha, kodwa ndiyacaphuka kukubawa. "
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