I-bronze mermaid yaseCopenhagen, ilitye lesikhumbuzo lesizwe elineminyaka engama-95 ubudala eliye lafumana igrafiti, imilenze yanqunyulwa kunye nokunqunyulwa kwentloko, ibangela enye ingxabano eDenmark.
Isixeko siceba ukutsala abakhenkethi ngokuthumela i-mermaid eyi-1.25 yeemitha (iinyawo ezi-4, ii-intshi ezi-1) ukusuka kwilitye lasekhaya elikwizibuko ukuya kumboniso waseShanghai, i-2010 World EXPO, kangangeenyanga ezintandathu. Kangangezigidi ezi-3 zabakhenkethi batyelela eli nani nyaka ngamnye, ibhodi yabakhenkethi yekomkhulu iyaqikelela.
Ngelixa urhulumente ebheja i-mermaid, eyaphefumlelwa yintsomi yaseHans Christian Andersen, inokonyusa uphawu lwaseDenmark phesheya kwaye itsale ishishini kolunye loqoqosho olukhula ngokukhawuleza emhlabeni, isicwangciso sibangela umsindo phakathi kwabarhwebi basekhaya kunye nabezopolitiko belizwe. Umbutho iPeople's Party yaseDenmark, iqela lesithathu ngobukhulu epalamente, lifuna ukuvala uhambo lwalo mlisa, lisithi oko kuya konakalisa isidima sesixeko.
"Bangaziva njani abantu baseNew York ukuba bathathe isigqibo sokususa umfanekiso oqingqiweyo weNkululeko baye eTshayina?" utsho uKarin Noedgaard, isithethi sePeople's Party kwimicimbi yenkcubeko. "Lo ngumbono oyintlekele."
UDannes baye baba nobudlelwane benzondo yothando kunye ne-mermaid ukususela ekubeni inani lanikezelwa ngo-1913 nguCarl Jacobsen, unyana ka-JC Jacobsen, owaseka i-brewer Carlsberg A/S.
Intloko yakhe yanqunyulwa ngo-1964, kuhlaselo olunokuba lwenziwa ngamagcisa eqela leSituationist, ngokutsho kweWebhsayithi yaseDanish elandelela imbali ye-mermaid.
UVandals waqhawula ingalo enye ye-mermaid ngo-1984, uhlaselo olwalandelwa kokunye ukunqunyulwa kwentloko ngo-1998. Abahlaseli abangaziwayo bamsusa kwilitye lakhe ngoSeptemba 11, 2003, mhlawumbi ngokusebenzisa iziqhushumbisi, amapolisa athi.
`Utshintshiselwano ngeNkcubeko'
Lo mfanekiso uphinde wajoliswa ngamaqela alwela amalungelo abantu basetyhini, abapeyinta ibra kunye nempahla yangaphantsi kwi mermaid kwaye bafaka umbala kwizinwele zakhe. Kwiminyaka emine edlulileyo wayefakwe kwi-burqa ngabaqhankqalazi ababeqhankqalazela ukungena kweTurkey kwiManyano yaseYurophu. Ngalo lonke ixesha idolophu ibuyisele i-mermaid.
Uninzi lwabantu baseDenmark bayakuchasa oku kufuduswa, ngama-69 ekhulwini avota ngokuchasene noko kuvoto lwe-Intanethi lwabathathi-nxaxheba abangama-5,647 olupapashwe kwiWebhsayithi yomsasazi weTV2. Zombini i-TV2 kunye ne-tabloid BT ziye zaseka iiblogi apho amaDanes anokuxoxa ngentshukumo.
E-Shanghai, i-mermaid iya kuhlala kwi-pavilion ejikelezwe lichibi lamanzi olwandle asuka kwizibuko laseCopenhagen. Iindwendwe zingaboleka iisuti zokuqubha kwaye zidiphu, okanye zikhwele iibhayisekile kwiindlela ezifanayo nezo zinqumla eCopenhagen. Kangangezigidi ezingama-70 abantu banokundwendwela umboniso, apho izazinzulu kunye neenkampani zibonisa itekhnoloji entsha, abaququzeleli bomboniso waseShanghai bathi.
“Iya kuba kukungabi nantlonipho ukuthumela ikopi ye-mermaid,” utshilo uBjarke Ingels, umyili weprojekthi. "Olu lutshintshiselwano lwenkcubeko kwaye sifuna ukubonisa kubantu baseTshayina okona kulungileyo sinokukunika."
'Imele iCopenhagen'
Lo mfanekiso ubhiyozela intsomi ka-1837 nguAndersen, umbhali oguqulelwe kakhulu waseDenmark. I-Walt Disney Co. ilungelelanise ibali kwifilimu ye-cartoon ye-1989. Ngexesha lokungabikho kwe-mermaid, amagcisa amathathu aseTshayina azakubonisa iinguqulelo zale mihla zomfanekiso kwizibuko laseCopenhagen.
“I-mermaid imele ngokwenene iCopenhagen,” utshilo u-Eleanor Liboiron, oneminyaka engama-70, odla umhlala phantsi waseCanada, ejonge lo mfanekiso. "Into yokuqala abakhenkethi abayenzayo kukwehla apha."
Iinkampani zaseDanish ezixhasa kwipavilion yaseDenmark iShanghai ziquka iVestas Wind Systems A/S, eyona nkampani inkulu ehlabathini eyenza i-injini yomoya, kunye ne-AP Moeller-Maersk A/S, owona mgca mkhulu weenkonkxa.
"Le projekthi ithatha izinto ezintle ezihambelana neTshayina neDenmark," uMichael Dithmer, umkhulumeli weSebe lezoShishino laseDenmark uthe kwingxelo ye-10 kaSeptemba.
Iqela laseDanish laBantu licinezela urhulumente ukuba athumele ikopi ye-mermaid eShanghai endaweni yoko. UNoedgaard uthe ulindele isigqibo sokugqibela ekupheleni konyaka.
“Abantu abaninzi balapha baxhomekeke kwi-mermaid,” utshilo uKarina Nielsen, ophethe ivenkile yasezibukweni ethengisa amashwamshwam kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo ye-mermaid kubakhenkethi. "Sinokufuna into efana ne-Eiffel Tower endaweni."
