I-LONDON (eTN) – I-London Olympics 2012 iqalise ngomsitho wokuvula obumangalisayo obujongwe ngabantu abaqikelelwa kwizigidi ezingama-27 e-UK kunye nebhiliyoni enye kwihlabathi jikelele. Umhlalutyi uchaze umnyusi wekhethini, ekhokelwa ngumlawuli wefilimu ophumelele ibhaso, uDanny Boyle, njengokhaliphileyo, waseBritane, kunye nobonkers. Oku mhlawumbi kushwankathela ngokuchanekileyo i-extravaganza yeeyure ezintathu ezinesiqingatha, exabisa i-27 yezigidi zeeponti.
Lo mboniso wawulandelela awona manqanaba embali yaseBritane eqala ngomboniso omangalisayo wobufundisi obunamahashe aphilayo, iinkomo, iigusha, iibhokhwe kunye nezinye izilwanyana zasefama. Umdlalo weqakamba waboniswa phambi kokuba umxholo utshintshelwe kwi-Industrial Revolution yenkulungwane ye-19. Indawo yasemaphandleni eluhlaza yathatyathelw’ indawo ziitshimini ezinkulu zasefektri ezaphakama emhlabeni. Kwabakho ingxokozelo nengxolo njengoko abasebenzi basezimayini nabanye abasebenzi babesebenza ngamandla besakha ishishini lelizwe. Kwakukho iimbekiselo kwi-suffragettes, i-Beatles, kunye ne-swinging sixties. Icandelo lonke lanikezelwa kwiNkonzo yezeMpilo yeSizwe apho abongikazi bokwenene kunye nabanye abaqeqeshi bezempilo babephakathi kwabadanisi. Okulandelayo kwavela uphuhliso lwe-Intanethi kunye nemidiya yoluntu.
Umsitho wokuvula wawunoburharha nezinto ezimangalisayo. UKumkanikazi wawuba lo mboniso ngokumenza umdlalo wakhe wokuqala ngokulandelelana noJames Bond, uDaniel Craig, owayefotwe ebulisa ubuNgangamsha bakhe eBuckingham Palace. Ukukhefuzela kunye novuyo, uKumkanikazi, owathi ngeli xesha wathatyathelwa indawo yindawo yokuma, waboniswa ebhabha ngeparashuti esuka kwinqwelo-ntaka esiya ebaleni. Eli lixesha lokudibanisa nokufika kukaKumkanikazi ngokwakhe ekhatshwa nguMlawuli wase-Edinburgh. Ukuvuma kukaKumkanikazi ukusebenza njengentombazana engathandekiyo yeBond, eneminyaka engama-86 ubudala, kwamthandela ngakumbi kumaqela oluntu asele ephumelele kwimibhiyozo ebanzi yokuphawula iDiamond Jubilee yakhe ngaphantsi kweenyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo.
Uluhlu lwabantu abadumileyo kunye neeOlympians, zamandulo nezangoku, ziye zavela kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ukuze zivuyise abaphulaphuli. Amawakawaka amavolontiya athatha inxaxheba kulandelelwano olubandakanya iimbekiselo kwiincwadi zabantwana ezaziwayo ezifana noPeter Pan kunye nochungechunge lukaHarry Potter. UDavid Beckham wafika ngokumangalisayo kwi-speedboat ecaleni kweThames, ephethe itotshi ye-Olimpiki kumlenze wokugqibela wohambo lweentsuku ze-70. Iimbaleki eziselula ezisixhenxe zalayita ipholide ebalaseleyo, indawo ekuyo yayiyenye imfihlelo egcinwe ngokusondeleyo.
Kwakukho imiboniso ngexesha langokuhlwa yi-Arctic Monkeys kunye namanye amaqela omculo adumileyo. Emva kokuba uKumkanikazi ebhengeze ngokusesikweni ukuba iiOlimpiki zaseLondon zowama-2012 zivuliwe, iziqhushumbisi ezothusayo zaqhuma kwibala lemidlalo.
Imixholo ephambili ngentsasa elandelayo yayiqaqambile, ichaza umsitho wokuvula ngokwahlukeneyo “njengowona mboniso mkhulu eMhlabeni,” “umlingo,” kunye “nobushushu obumangalisayo.” Noko ke, kwakukho omnye okanye ababini abaphikisayo. Elinye iLungu lePalamente latsala umdla kumhlaba wonke xa lawukhaba ngawo omane lo mboniso “njengobubudenge bezithethe ezininzi.” Emva konogumbe wezikhalazo, wathumela enye iTweet esithi akaqondwanga kakuhle.
Umbhali nombhali-mbali, uJustin Wintle, naye wayekhathazwa ngulo mboniso kodwa ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukeneyo. Inyama yakhe yenkomo yayikunye nento awayeyijonga njengokuqonda kukaDanny Boyle ngembali. “Kwakungekho phuhliso lubambekayo. Kuncinci kakhulu oko ilizwe lam belinakho ukukunika ihlabathi bekumelwe. Endaweni ka-Isaac Newton, uDavid Hume, uCharles Darwin, sifumene i-barest smidgeon ka-Shakespeare kunye ne-smidgeon enkulu ye-Sex Pistols. " Ngokombono wakhe, yonke into eyenziwa ngumsitho wokuvula yayikwandisa iimvakalelo zeLittle England ukuya kwiBritane encinci. Wayevakalelwa kukuba owona mboniso mkhulu eMhlabeni wawubuhlungu ngokwenene.
Nangona kunjalo, kwiintsuku ezandulela ukuqala kweMidlalo, inxalenye enkulu yelizwe yayisele ibambelele kwigama elitsha eliye laqanjwa, "i-Olympomania," kunye nothotho lweziganeko zokubhiyozela.
I-World Olympians Association yabamba ulwamkelo eSt James's Palace, indawo yokuhlala yePrincess Royal kunye namanye amalungu osapho lwasebukhosini. INkosazana kunye neNkosana uAlbert waseMonaco babephakathi kweendwalutho ezazikhona. Uninzi lwezinye iindwendwe yayizii-Olympians ezithathe inxaxheba kwiMidlalo edlulileyo kwaye zikhumbula iintsuku apho iimbaleki zingafumani ntlawulo kwaphela kwaye zazibulela ngesiselo sasimahla seBovril.
Intloko yeWorld Olympians Association, uMnumzana Joel Bouzou, uthe kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuba iiOlimpiki azikho nje ukuphumelela kodwa indlela oluphunyelelwe ngayo uloyiso. Wabhengeza, "Owakha wayi-Olympian, ehlala eyi-Olympian."
Ngobusuku bangaphambi kweeOlimpiki, iKlabhu yeRotary eLondon yabamba abantu abakhenkethi kumlambo iThames ngesikhephe esibheqayo. Iindwendwe bezikwimo yolonwabo njengoko bekusetyenzwa iwayini kwaye kutyiwe. Abanye bafota bephethe itotshi yeOlimpiki, kwaye emva koko kwafuneka ukuba benze umnikelo kwenye yeeprojekthi ezininzi zesisa ezixhaswa yiRotary. Iikhamera zadanyaza njengoko iTower Bridge eyayikhanyiselwe ngokuqaqambileyo, yayivuleka ukuze iphenyane lihambe ngaphantsi kwalo. Ukukhanya okuchuliweyo kwezinye izakhiwo ezibalulekileyo endleleni kwabanika ukukhanya kwe-ethereal.
Ukugxekwa kwangaphambili kwamalungiselelo, izikhalazo malunga netrafikhi, kunye ne-mess-up phezu kwamalungiselelo okhuseleko, zatshatyalaliswa yinto yokuziva ilungile eyenziwe yingcamango kaDanny Boyle kunye nombono. Kwakukho isivumelwano esibanzi sokuba umsitho wokuvula wabamba eyona nto yenza iBritane ibe Nkulu. Ngoku kuxhomekeke kubadlali, abaye babeka ubomi babo bonke uqeqesho, ukusebenza nzima, kunye nokuziphatha, ukuba bakhanye.
