Isoyikiso sebhombu sibangela ukuba abantu baphume kwindawo engcwele yaseLourdes

I-PARIS - Amawakawaka abantu, abaninzi abakhubazekileyo okanye abagulayo, baxoshwa kwi-shrine yaseLourdes kumazantsi eFransi emva kosongelo lwebhombu ngosuku olungcwele lwamaKatolika lwe-Assumption. Aba bahambi ngezonqulo babuye emva kokuba iingcali zeziqhushumbisi zigqogqa yonke indawo.

Bamalunga nama-30,000 abahambi ngezonqulo bebekule ndawo, amanzi abo agqalwa njenganamandla okuphilisa, xa amapolisa aseLourdes afumana isoyikiso esingaziwa ngentseni esithi iziqhushumbisi ziyakubetha kwindawo ngeCawa emva kwemini, utshilo isithethi esiyintloko sendawo engcwele uPierre Adias.

Kwisaziso esafundwa ngeelwimi ezintandathu, abasemagunyeni bayalela ukuba wonke umntu aphume kanye njengokuba kwakuza kuqalisa uMthendeleko wasemini.

Bamalunga nama-900 abahambi ngezonqulo ababegula kakhulu, kuquka nabaninzi ababehamba ngeestretchers, bathatyathwa basiwa kwindawo ekhuselekileyo ngelixa iingcali zeziqhushumbisi ezinezinja ezinukayo zisasazeke kwindawo engcwele, utshilo uSodolophu waseLourdes uJean-Pierre Artiganave kunomathotholo waseFrance-Info.

Ngelixa le ndawo yayingavumelekanga kubahambi ngezonqulo, kwaqhutywa inkonzo yomthandazo ecwangcisiweyo, emthunzini womthombo osecaleni kwentaba kunye nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo weNtombi Enyulu uMariya.

UBhishophu uJacques Perrier wazama ukuthomalalisa amakholwa. “Asizukoyika,” utshilo xa evula le nkonzo, ebizinyaswe ngabefundisi abathandathu kuphela kunye nabasebenzi betempile kwaye yasasazwa kwiwebhusayithi yeTV Lourdes. Uninzi lwabahambi ngezonqulo lwahlala lulindile ngaphandle kwamasango, lubukele kude.

Emva kweyure ezimalunga nesihlanu, itempile yaphinda yavulwa kwaye imibhiyozo yoNyuko yaphinda yaqala. “Ukuhlolwa kwesi siza kusivumele ukuba sifumanise ukuba yayisisisongelo esingenasihlahla,” utshilo uAdias.

Usodolophu uthe ukufuduswa kwabantu bekuzolile kodwa wavuma ukuba “imeko yendawo ayisiyiyo ezolileyo.”

Iholide ye-15 ka-Agasti ibonisa ukuthatyathwa kweNtombi Enyulu uMariya ezulwini. Yiholide kawonke-wonke eFransi nakwamanye amazwe amaninzi, kwaye enye apho uninzi lwabahambi ngezonqulo batyelela itempile yaseLourdes.

Abanye abahambi ngezonqulo beze kwimisitho yalo nyaka behamba ngezitulo ezinamavili, abanye bexhaswa ngababathandayo. Ebudeni boloyiko lwesiqhushumbisi, abahambi ngezonqulo abaninzi balinda nje ngaphandle kwamasango ukuya kummandla omkhulu oquka itempile nezakhiwo zecawa ezikufuphi.

Itempile yamaRoma Katolika esemazantsi eentaba zePyrenees inentsingiselo ekhethekileyo kwabo babandezelekileyo, uninzi lwabo olukholelwa ukuba amanzi ayo aphuma emthonjeni anamandla okuphilisa nawokwenza imimangaliso.

Abagulayo bahlamba kumachibi amanzi apholileyo baze bagoduke nawo ngeengqayi zeplastiki kunye neengqayi ezimile okweNtombi Enyulu uMariya. Amawaka abantu aye athi aphiliswa apho, yaye icawa yamaRoma Katolika iye yavuma ngokusemthethweni iziganeko ezingama-67 zokuphiliswa ngokungummangaliso ezinxulumene neLourdes.

UPope Benedict XVI weza eLourdes ngo-2008, ephawula isikhumbuzo seminyaka eli-150 yemibono yeNtombi Enyulu uMariya kwintombazana yaseLourdes ehlwempuzekileyo, uBernadette Soubirous oneminyaka eli-14 ubudala, owathi kamva wenziwa ingcwele.