I-Bahai Gardens - isimangaliso sesishiyagalombili sezwe

Njengenkolo yeBahism yavela esikhathini sekhulu le-XIX. Namuhla isatshalaliswa emazweni angu-180 futhi inezilinganiselwa ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-5. I-Baha'is ikholelwa ukuthi zonke izinkolo zilingana, uNkulunkulu wedwa kanye nabantu ukhuluma ngezithunywa zakhe. Amakholwa acela bonke abantu ukuba baphile ngokuthula nokuvumelana. Kwenzeke ukuthi isikhungo senkolo seBaha'is saba omunye wemadolobha amakhulu kunawo wonke e-Israel - eHaifa. Kulapha ukuthi izinsalela zomsunguli wale nkolo zingcwatshwa.

Ngo-1953, ithuna likaBaba lakhiwa, phezulu kwaso kufana nesakhiwo, isakhiwo sinamafasitela angu-18, lokhu kungumfundi wabaprofethi. Ngokuqinisekile, ithempeli lihle kakhulu, kodwa ukuheha okuyinhloko okuheha izigidi zezivakashi yizigadi zeBahai. I-Haifa idolobha lanamuhla lobuchwepheshe obuphezulu, ngakho kunzima kakhulu ukucabanga ukuthi kungenzeka kube khona isimangaliso esinjalo, njengenganekwane yasempumalanga.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo nokwakhiwa kwethuneni, isakhiwo esincane sahlonywa futhi, lapho iBaha'is yayitshala khona ingadi enhle kakhulu. Ngo-1987, izitidi zaseBhaha'i eHaifa zanqunywa ukutshala nokutshala yonke intaba yaseNtaba iKarmeli. Izingadi zinamathambo amakhulu angu-19. Omunye wabo utholakala eduze kwethunzi lomsunguli wenkolo, ukuhola okwesishiyagalolunye ukusuka e-mausoleum kuya enyaweni kwentaba futhi ayisishiyagalolunye ukusuka ethempelini kuya phezulu entabeni.

Abavakashi bayavunyelwa ukuhlola izitiya zeBahai, kusukela e-terrace phezulu nasehlahleni. Ukukhulisa kuvunyelwe kuphela abalandeli bekholo le-Baha'i. Ukuqhuma kwenzeka ngezinyathelo zamatshe ezilula, ezinhlangothini zombili lapho amanzi egeleza khona, enikeza insimu ukuphola nokuphuza. Amanzi asetshenziselwa kancane kancane, awela phansi ama-grooves, bese ehlungwa futhi aphinde asondle entabeni.

Umklami owakha amaJalimane aseBaha'i akazange ahlele ukudala ipaki elihle kakhulu emhlabeni, wayefuna ukubona lesi simangaliso, abantu bacabanga ngempilo yabo, futhi wakwenza. Ukudalwa kwesimangaliso sesishiyagalombili sezwe kwasetshenziswa cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-250 futhi kuthatha iminyaka eyi-10. Yonke imali yayiqoqwe ngeminikelo yokuzithandela yaseBa'ais emhlabeni wonke. Namuhla, izivande ziyalinywa ngamakholwa angu-90, bakholelwa ukuthi lo msebenzi ngumthandazo wamaBahá'í.

Isibonakaliso senkolelo yeBaha iyinkanyezi esinezinhlangothi eziyisishiyagalolunye, ngendlela eyathulwa ngayo ithuna lomsunguli wokholo. Ithempeli liphakathi nendawo epaki futhi liheha ukunakwa nokuphelela kwayo. Ngiseduze ne-mausoleum ungabona ingadi ye-cacti. Engxenyeni esenyakatho ingcwaba lomunye umsunguli - iBahá'u'lláh, elizungezwe yiJalimane.

Lokhu kuyinkimbinkimbi kuhle kakhulu kokubili emini nasebusuku. Ngesikhathi semini, liyamangaza ngobukhulu bayo, ubuhle futhi liyingqayizivele yezingoma, futhi lapho kukhanya, izigidi zezibani zikhanya epaki, okwenza izingadi zeBahai libukeke njengedayimani elikhulu elikhanyayo. Ngonyaka ka-2008, i-UNESCO yamemezela njengefa lezwe.

Izivakashi ziqaphela ukuthi kulezi zindidi kukhona ukuthula okukhethekile nokuthula. Uma uthanda ubuhle bemvelo, izingqungquthela ezimangalisayo zezimbali, ezihlahleni nezihlahla, zonke izinkinga kanye nezinkathazo zisuswe ngemuva, esikhundleni sabo kuza ukuvumelana nokuqonda isidingo sokwenza okuhle kuleli zwe.