Yintoni abakhenkethi behlabathi abayifunayo

Ngalo lonke ixesha, kuhle ukubaleka kwindlela yemihla ngemihla kunye nendawo eqhelekileyo ukuze ufumane iimbono ezintsha. Uhambo lwakutsha nje oluya eFransi lunike ulwazi malunga nokuba yintoni eyenza uqoqosho lwezokhenketho. Akunzima kangako ukufumanisa ukuba abakhenkethi bafuna ntoni: Jonga nje ukuba bajonge ntoni na.

Thatha iimyuziyam eParis. Kuyabonakala ukuba kukho ukunqongophala kobugcisa obulungileyo emhlabeni, nto leyo engothusiyo kubagxeki abaninzi bobugcisa bale mihla. Ndalunyukiswa ukuba uluhlu lwaseLouvre lubi, kodwa lufutshane kakhulu eMusée d'Orsay ngaphaya komlambo. Yeyona mfihlelo igcinwe eParis.

Imfihlo iphumile. Ngentsasa xa safika eMusée d'Orsay, kwakukho isihlwele sabantu abangaphezu kwama-500 bemi ngaphandle kwiplaza, belindele ukungena emnyango. Umrhumo wokungenwa we-euro ezili-12 wawungekho phezulu ngokwaneleyo ukunqanda aba baxhasi bezobugcisa baphelelwe lithemba. Babekulungele ukulinda iiyure ezimbalwa emgceni phezu kwentlawulo yokwamkelwa.

Abakhenkethi bema emgceni ngokungaphaya kobugcisa. Bayakuma emgceni wokuthenga izinto, nabo. IGaleries Lafayette, ivenkile yesebe edumileyo eParis, yenza abathengisi bethu abakumgangatho ophezulu babukeke njengeevenkile eziluncedo. Imigca ibingende kakhulu njengaleyo yaseMusée d'Orsay, kodwa baye bongeza “kwixabiso” lilonke lokuthenga isikhafu sikaHermès okanye ibhegi yeDior.

Umgca wokunyuka kwiNqaba ye-Eiffel yayiliphupha elibi lodwa; sathatha imifanekiso yethu ezantsi sijonge phezulu.

Uluhlu lubonisa into abakhenkethi behlabathi abafuna ukuyibona kwaye benze - kwaye baya kuhlawula iimali ezinkulu ukwenza oko. Inkcubeko, ukuthenga, ukuzonwabisa, amava: Kukho imfuno enkulu yehlabathi yezi zinto. Ngaba amahlokondiba aphambeneyo kwivenkile ye-Louis Vuitton yeflagship e-Champs Élysées eve ukuba uqoqosho lwehlabathi lusexesheni? Ukhenketho olukwizinga eliphezulu lubonakala lububungqina bokudodobala koqoqosho.

Iingcali zentengiso yokhenketho eKhanada ziyazi kakuhle le ngxaki. Singenza njani ukuba sibe yindawo yokusingwa kumazwe ngamazwe xa singenazo iimyuziyam, imbali, iikhefi ezisecaleni kwendlela, okanye iimayile zokuthenga ezenza iParis? Kufuneka kubekho iqhinga lokungena kumgodi wegolide wabo bonke abakhenkethi bemi emgceni eParis.

Dlala ngamandla ethu? Ivakala isengqiqweni ngokwaneleyo, kodwa iCanada inokuloba iimpukane, ukubukela iminenga kunye namahlathi acwengileyo kunokuba kubonakala ngathi kukho imfuno yehlabathi. Andizange ndibone abantu abangama-500 befole besiya kuqesha izixhobo zokumisa inkampu (nangona iindawo zokupaka iimoto eBanff naseNiagara Falls zinokuba nzima). Indawo esingqongileyo entle ngokuqinisekileyo iyi-asethi, kodwa masinyaniseke: Imarike yokhenketho kula mava ilinganiselwe.

Uxanduva luseCanada ukufumana i-niche yayo kwilizwe lezokhenketho. Kufuneka sakhe amagama eebhrendi zokuthengisa kwilizwe lethu eliya kuyenza ibe yindawo yokuzimela ngokwayo. Kutheni le nto undwendwe lwamazwe aphesheya luya kuthenga eYorkville xa zonke izinto ezithengiswayo zisisiFrentshi, isiTaliyane okanye iMelika? Kutheni ungavele uye eParis, eMilan okanye eLos Angeles?

Kufuneka sitsale kwaye sikhuthaze ingxinano ekhulayo yamagcisa aseKhanada, abayili kunye nabadali. Kwivenkile ethengisa iincwadi eParis, ndabona umboniso weencwadi ezintle ngolwakhiwo. Yayiluthotho lweencwadi eziqaqambisa uyilo lolwakhiwo lwangoku kumazwe aliqela: iFransi, i-US, iHolland, iBrazil, iSweden, iSpain, i-Itali, i-Australia kunye neMexico. (Mexico!) Yayiphi incwadi yaseKhanada? Kwakungekho namnye, kwaye oko kulihlazo. Iqhubekisela phambili intsomi sonke singamagumbi ogodo kunye negloos.

Kuphela ngumcimbi wokuzama ukuguqula iCanada ibe yindawo “ekufuneka uyibone” kubakhenkethi behlabathi. Enye into endiyifundileyo ekhefini kukuba bonke abantu bamazwe ngamazwe esadibana nabo endleleni - amaFrentshi, amaDanes, amaBrits, abantu baseNew Zealand - ngokuqinisekileyo babonakala beyithanda iCanada ngokwaneleyo. Ekuphela kwento abayifunayo ngoku sisizathu sokutyelela.

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