I-GENEVA - I-Grand Canyon, i-Mount Everest kunye ne-Loch Ness iya kukhuphisana nezinye iindawo ezimangalisayo ezingaphezu kwe-200 kwisigaba esilandelayo sokhuphiswano lwehlabathi lwe-New 7 Wonders of Nature, abaququzeleli bathi ngoLwesithathu. Abagqatswa abangama-261 abavela kumazwe angama-222 baquka ezona ntaba zidumileyo, amachibi, kunye nezinye izinto ezinomtsalane, njengeGreat Barrier Reef kunye neNiagara Falls.
Abantu abangaphezu kwebhiliyoni balindeleke ukuba bazibandakanye nokuvota kwi-Intanethi okuza kutyumba ama-77 abaphumelele i-semi final kwimimangaliso yendalo ephezulu, abaza kwabelana ngozuko olusele lunanditshwa yimimangaliso esixhenxe eyenziwe ngumntu ekhethwe kwiinyanga ezili-18 ezidlulileyo.
“Simema abantu kwihlabathi liphela ukuba babonise uxabiso lwabo ngehlabathi lethu lendalo ngokuhlangana kunye ukubhiyozela ezona ndawo zingaqhelekanga kwiplanethi yethu,” utshilo u-Tia Viering, isithethi sephulo elitsha le-7 Wonders.
Isiseko se-Swiss esingenzi nzuzo siqokelele amagama angama-441 kwi-Intanethi ukusukela oko yavula inkqubo yokhetho ngo-2007.
Isiseko ke sakhetha i-vote-getter ephezulu kwilizwe ngalinye, yenza uluhlu lweendawo ze-222. Uluhlu olupheleleyo lwenyuka lwaya kwi-261 kunye nokufakwa kweziza ezabelwana ngazo ngamazwe amabini okanye ngaphezulu - njenge-Niagara Falls kunye neLake Superior phakathi kweCanada kunye ne-United States, kunye ne-Matterhorn, phakathi kweSwitzerland ne-Italy.
Iivoti zingaphonswa kude kube nguJulayi 7. Ukubhaliswa kwiWeb site kujoliswe ekuthinteleni abantu ukuba bavote kabini.
Abaphumelele kwikota yokugqibela baquka iindawo ezingaziwayo kangako, ezifana neYasur Volcano kwisiqithi esisemazantsi ePasifiki eVanuatu okanye iZuma Rock yaseNigeria, isigebenga se-monolith embindini welizwe laseAfrika.
Igqiza leengcali kwezendalo, elichotshelwe nguFederico Mayor, owayesakuba yinkosi ye-UNESCO, i-UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, liya kulunciphisa olu luhlu lube ngabangama-21 abagqwesileyo kumjikelo wokugqibela ngoJulayi.
Abasixhenxe abaphumeleleyo baya kukhethwa komnye umjikelo wovoto lukawonke-wonke oluhlala kude kube ngu-2011, ngeli xesha nge-Intanethi, ngomnxeba nangemiyalezo ebhaliweyo.
Malunga ne-100 lezigidi zabantu baye bavotela ukhetho lwemimangaliso esixhenxe eyenziwe ngumntu. Abaphumeleleyo yaba ziiPiramidi zaseGiza, eYiputa; iColosseum, eItali; uDonga Olukhulu lwaseTshayina; iTaj Mahal, eIndiya; ePetra, eYordan; Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaKrestu, waseBrazil; eMachu Picchu, ePeru; kunye nePiramidi eChichen Itza, eMexico.
"Umdla weli phulo, okhuphe inkcubeko kwiikona ezinothuli kwaye wabuyela ebomini kumaphepha angaphambili, izikrini zikamabonwakude kunye neekhompyuter kuyo yonke indawo, wawela yonke imigca yentlalo nezoqoqosho," utshilo uViering. “Wonke umntu ukusuka kubantwana besikolo ukuya koosomashishini bathathe inxaxheba ngolangazelelo.”
Ukukhetha izinto ezimangalisayo zehlabathi bekuyinto eqhubekayo ukutyhubela iinkulungwane. I-UNESCO iqhubeka nokuhlaziya uluhlu lwayo lweeNdawo zeLifa leMveli zeHlabathi, ngoku zizonke iindawo ezingama-878.
Iphulo leNew 7 Wonders elikhokelwa ngumhambi waseSwitzerland uBernard Weber lijolise ekukhuthazeni iyantlukwano yenkcubeko ngokuxhasa, ukugcina nokubuyisela izikhumbuzo kunye neendawo zendalo. Ixhomekeke kwiminikelo yabucala kunye nengeniso evela ekuthengiseni amalungelo osasazo.
