I-White City: “Idolobha Lenkawu UNkulunkulu” elalahleka ngendlela engaqondakali eHonduras

I-White City iyidolobha elidumile elalahleka lempucuko yasendulo. AmaNdiya ayibona njengezwe eliqalekisiwe eligcwele onkulunkulu abayingozi, onkulunkulu abayingxenye nenala yengcebo elahlekile.

Ingabe izakhamuzi zasendulo zaseHonduras zake zahlala edolobheni elakhiwe ngetshe elimhlophe ngokuphelele? Lowo ngumbuzo osekungamakhulu eminyaka udida abavubukuli. IDolobha Elimhlophe, elaziwa nangokuthi iDolobha LeMonkey God, idolobha lasendulo elalahleka elake langcwatshwa ngaphansi kwezingqimba eziwugqinsi zehlathi lemvula. Kwaze kwaba ngo-1939 lapho umhloli wamazwe nomcwaningi uTheodore Morde ethola le ndawo engaqondakali nezakhiwo zayo ezakhiwe ngokuphelele ngamatshe amhlophe negolide; bese futhi, ilahlekile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Iyiphi imfihlakalo ekhona ekujuleni kwehlathi lemvula laseHonduran?

Idolobha Elimhlophe Elilahlekile: Iyiphi iNational Geographic etholwe ekujuleni kwehlathi lemvula laseHonduran?
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Idolobha Elimhlophe laseHonduras

I-White City idolobha elilahlekile lenganekwane elinezakhiwo ezimhlophe kanye nezithombe zegolide zikankulunkulu wezinkawu enhliziyweni yehlathi elingangeneki empumalanga yeHonduras. Ngo-2015, okwakucatshangwa ukuthi kutholwe amanxiwa ayo kwabangela impikiswano eshubile esaqhubeka nanamuhla.

Indaba izungeza izimfihlakalo ze-macabre, njengokufa okungajwayelekile kwabahloli bayo. Ngokusho kwamaNdiya asePech, leli dolobha lakhiwe onkulunkulu futhi liqalekisiwe. Enye inganekwane ehlobene ikhuluma ngonkulunkulu be-arcane isigamu somuntu nomoya wengxenye. Le nqaba yaziwa nangokuthi "Idolobha Lenkawu UNkulunkulu". Kulindeleke ukuthi itholakale endaweni yaseLa Mosquitia ogwini lwaseCaribbean lwaseHonduras.

Umdwebo weciko u-Virgil Finlay wengoma ka-Theodore Moore ethi "Lost City of the Monkey God". Yashicilelwa okokuqala kuyi-American Weekly, Septhemba 22, 1940
Umdwebo weciko u-Virgil Finlay wengoma ka-Theodore Moore ethi “Idolobha Elilahlekile LeMonkey God”. Ishicilelwe okokuqala ku-American Weekly, Septhemba 22, 1940 © Wikimedia Commons

I-White City: Ukubuyekezwa kafushane kwenganekwane

Umlando weDolobha Elimhlophe ungalandelelwa emuva kumasiko amaPech Indian, alichaza njengedolobha elinamakholomu amakhulu amhlophe nezindonga zamatshe. Yayizokwakhiwa onkulunkulu, ababezoqopha amatshe amakhulu. NgokwamaNdiya asePech, leli dolobha lashiywa dengwane ngenxa “yesipelingi” seNdiya esinamandla.

AmaNdiya aseHonduran Payas nawo akhuluma ngeKaha Kamasa, idolobha elingcwele elinikezelwe kunkulunkulu wezinkawu. Izohlanganisa izithombe zenkawu kanye nesifanekiso esikhulu segolide sikankulunkulu wezinkawu.

Le nganekwane yadlondlobala ngesikhathi sokunqotshwa kweSpanishi. Umnqobi waseSpain uHernán Cortés, owahola umkhankaso owabangela ukuwa koMbuso Wama-Aztec futhi waletha izingxenye ezinkulu zezwe manje eliyizwe laseMexico ngaphansi kokubusa kweNkosi yaseCastile ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-16, wasibona lesi sithombe, ebala inani elikhulu. legolide enqabeni. Wacinga ihlathi kodwa wangalithola iDolobha Elimhlophe.

Ukuhlola kukaTheodore Morde nokufa kwakhe okungalindelekile

Umhloli wamazwe waseMelika uTheodore Morde ehlezi edeskini lakhe ehlathini lemvula laseHonduran ngenkathi ehlola i-la Mosquitia ngo-1940.
Umhloli wamazwe waseMelika uTheodore Morde ehlezi edeskini lakhe ehlathini lemvula laseHonduran ngenkathi ehlola i-la Mosquitia ngo-1940 © Wikimedia Commons

UTheodore Morde wayengumhloli wamazwe owaziwayo owahlola ihlathi laseLa Mosquitia ephishekela i-White City ngo-1939 futhi wavubukula izinkulungwane zezinto zobuciko phakathi nohambo lwakhe olubanzi. UMorde uthi uthole le nqaba, okwakungaba inhloko-dolobha yamaChorotegas, isizwe sangaphambili kunesamaMaya:

Emnyango kwakhiwa umbhoshongo onezinsika ezimbili ezinhlangothini zawo. Kukholomu yesokudla isithombe sesicabucabu futhi kwesokunxele esengwenya. Phezulu kombhoshongo oqoshwe etsheni, kunesithombe esikhulu senkawu esine-altare lemihlatshelo ngaphambi kokwenziwa ethempelini.

Kubonakala sengathi uMoride wathola izindonga, ezazigcwele kodwa zisesimweni esihle. Ngenxa yokuthi abakwaChorotega “babenekhono elikhulu ekwenzeni amatshe,” kungenzeka ukuthi bakha khona lapho eMosquitia.

UMorde wenza ukuqhathanisa okuthakazelisayo phakathi kukaMono-God wangaphambili kanye noHanuman, unkulunkulu wezinkawu emlandweni wamaHindu. Wathi ayefana ngempela!

Hanuman, The Divine Monkey India, Tamil Nadu
Hanuman, The Divine Monkey. I-India, Tamil Nadu © Wikimedia Commons

Umhloli wamazwe ubuye akhulume “Ngomdanso Wezinkawu Ezifile,” umcimbi wenkolo omubi owenziwa (noma owenziwa) abomdabu bakulesi sifunda. Lo mcimbi uthathwa njengongemnandi ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuthi izinkawu ziqale zizingelwe bese zishiswa.

Ngokusho kwenganekwane yendawo, izinkawu zivela kuma-ulaks, izidalwa ezihlanganisa isigamu somuntu nesigamu somoya ofana nezinkawu ezinomuntu. Izinkawu zazihlatshwa ngokwesiko ukuze kuxwayiswe lezi zilwane eziyingozi (zizohlala ehlathini, ngokusho kwendabuko).

UMorde akazange ayithole enye imali yokuqhuba uphenyo lwakhe, futhi ngemva nje kokutholakala eshonile emzini wabazali bakhe eDartmouth, Massachusetts, ngo-June 26, 1954. UMorde watholakala elenga endaweni yokudayisa, futhi ukufa kwakhe kwabhekwa njengokuzibulala. ngabahloli bezempilo. Ukushona kwakhe kwasusa imibono mayelana necala lokubulala okwakuhloswe ngalo yizikhulu zikahulumeni eziyimfihlo zaseMelika.

Nakuba ama-theorists amaningi kamuva athi amandla amabi abangela ukufa kwakhe. Nakuba eminye imibiko ithi uMorde ushayiswe imoto eLondon “kungekudala” ngemva kohambo lwakhe lwaseHonduras. Iyiphi imfihlo ebulalayo engaba khona e-White House yokubulala umuntu ongase abe ngumtholi?

Izinsolo ezitholakele ezenziwe yi-National Geographic

NgoFebhuwari 2015, iNational Geographic yashicilela lokho kwase kutholakele amanxiwa eDolobha Elimhlophe. Kodwa-ke, lolu lwazi lubonakala lukhohlisayo futhi luye lwagxekwa ochwepheshe abahlukahlukene. Uma bekuyidolobha elidumile elilahlekile, bekufanele libe nophawu oluthile oluhlobene nenganekwane, njengenkawu enkulu esagolide - okungakatholakali. Okwatholwa kwakufanele kube elinye lamanxiwa amaningi kaMosquitia.

Naphezu kokutholwa kwe-National Geographic okuyingxabano yakamuva, i-White City of Honduras iseyimpicabadala yomlando engaxazululiwe. Kungase kube yinganekwane nje, kodwa amaNdiya ayichaza ngokucacile. Amanxiwa amaningi asendulo atholwe kulo lonke elaseHonduran Mosquitia ngenxa yokuhlolwa kwekhulu lamashumi amabili.