I-ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Abathandi bebhaluni yomoya oshushu kunye nabaqalayo baya kuhlangana kunye ngolindelo oluvuyisayo njengoko iibhaluni ezingaphezu kwama-500 zisungulwa rhoqo kusasa e-Albuquerque, eNew Mexico ngexesha le-39th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Ukusukela nge-2nd ukuya kowe-10 ka-Okthobha, amakhulu amawaka ababukeli ayakufumana umangaliso kunye nommangaliso womsitho ka-2010 onomxholo othi "Umhlaba, Umoya kunye neeFlyers."
Bangaphezu kwama-650 abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abaza kumela amazwe ali-17 kunye namazwe angama-39 ngexesha lomsitho ophawula uhambo lonyaka lwabakhweli bebhaloni abavela kwihlabathi liphela. INew Mexico likhaya lelona nani likhulu labaqhubi beebhaluni kunye neebhaluni eziphantse zibe ngama-200. Abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abasuka kwihlabathi jikelele bayaphumelela kwimo yezulu ekwindla eyodwa yase-Albuquerque kwaye basebenzisa “ibhokisi” – indibaniselwano yomoya ovuthuzayo ophezulu nasezantsi owenziwe yiRio Grande Valley yaze yaphuculwa ziiNtaba zeSandia. Ibhokisi yenza ukuba iibhaluni ngamanye amaxesha zibuyisele umva indlela yazo yokubhabha kwaye zifike zifike kufutshane nendawo yazo yokuqalisa.
Zingamashumi alithoba ananye iibhaloni ezimilise okwezodwa ezibhaliselwe iFiesta ka-2010 kuquka neebhaloni ezintsha - iNgwamza, iiWaddles, iiNkawu ezintathu, uCrazy Crab kunye neQwarha. Iimilo ezikhethekileyo zihlala zigqwesa ngeveki, ngakumbi kubantwana abaqokelela amakhadi okurhweba kwiibhaluni zabo abazithandayo.
Abahlali bamazwe angaphandle kweNew Mexico banokumangaliswa kukubona ibhaluni idada ngaphaya kwekhaya labo kwiveki yokuqala ka-Okthobha njengoko i-15th America's Challenge Gas Balloon Race ithumela abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abali-18 kunye neebhaluni zegesi ezilithoba kumceli mngeni. Isiganeko siqalisa kwiBalloon Fiesta Park e-Albuquerque ngoLwesibini, ngo-Oktobha 5, kunye nomngeni wokubhabha umgama omkhulu, odla ngokubandakanya ubuncinane iintsuku ezimbini phezulu kwaye igubungela ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezili-1,000.
Ukongeza kwitheko elimangalisayo lamehlo, iindwendwe zeBalloon Fiesta nazo ziphathwa ngokuthanda ukuhenda ukusuka kumazantsi-ntshona. Emva kokuba intshukumo yebhaloni iphelile, isixeko siya kube sinyakazela ngumsebenzi kunye nemisitho; Abakhenkethi bayakhuthazwa ukuba bajonge yonke into eyenziwa yi-Albuquerque. Iinkcukacha ziyafumaneka www.ItsATrip.org/balloon-festival.
Nceda uqaphele ukuba iihotele zisekhona ngexesha leBalloon Fiesta. Ngolwazi ngomsitho, ndwendwela ku-http://www.BalloonFiesta.com kunye neenkcukacha ngokundwendwela i-Albuquerque, ndwendwela ku-http://www.ItsATrip.org.
Landela isiganeko: www.Facebook.com/visitAlbuquerque okanye www.Twitter.com/see_albuquerque.
