ISikhumbuzo semfazwe

• Ukufumana phi: 40 Bowen St Pipitea, eWellington 6011, eNew Zealand

Kwinkunzi enkulu yeNew Zealand, ezininzi izinto ezikhangayo , kodwa akukho nanye yazo edibana kakhulu nomlando wehlabathi, njengesikhumbuzo somkhosi, esaziwa ngokuba yi-Wellington cenotaph. Esi sikhumbuzo senzelwe ukuqhubela phambili imemori yabo bonke abahlali belizwe abafa kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuqala neyesiBili, kunye nemibhikano emininzi yendawo yempi.

Imbali yendalo

Isikhumbuzo somkhosi saseWellington saqala ukuvulelwa uluntu ngo-Ephreli 25, 1931. Le mini yiholide yabemi base-Australia kunye ne-New Zealand kwaye yaziwa ngokuba yi-ANZAC. Isitrafti esingqongqo sichaza ngokulula - amabutho ase-Australia kunye neNew Zealand. Lo mhla udume ngokuba yilo xesha ngowe-1915 ukuba amajoni amabutho awela elunxwemeni lase-Gallipoli peninsula. Nangona kunjalo, umsebenzi awuzange uphumelele, kwaye ininzi yabathathi-nxaxheba ekuhlaleni kwabulawa. Ngowe-1982, i-penenfray yaqatshelwa ngokusemthethweni njengesikhumbuzo sembali sobaluleka besizwe kwaye sabekwa kuso.

Umbono wamanje wesikhumbuzo

I-obelisk yenziwe ngamatye okwenyama kwaye ihlotshiswe ngemifanekiso emithathu enqabileyo ebonakala ngathi iphila. Kuphezulu kweso sikhumbuzo ngumkhweli webhedu, eselulela ingalo enye esibhakabhakeni, ebonakalisa ukuzimisela kweNew Zealanders ukukhusela kwakhona ilizwe labo. Emva kokuphela kweMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, i-obelisk yagqitywa ngamabini amabhubesi ayenziwe ngeethusi kunye ne-bas-reliefs. Ngamnye kubo unikezelwe kwintlobo ethile yemikhosi, apho amasosha aseNew Zealand akhonza ngexesha leemfazwe. Unako ukuthatha imifanekiso yecenotfus, kwaye ikhululekile.

Kukho iintetho ezahlukeneyo zesimboli:

1. Iingcali ziphakamisa ukuba ihashe eliphezulu lifanekisela iPergasus, ukunyathelisa kwiindawo zokuphazamiseka kwemfazwe, igazi layo kunye neinyembezi, nokuqhuma ezulwini, apho uxolo luya kulawula nokuthula, ukubalethe emhlabeni.
2. Ngasemuva kwesiseko ngumfanekiso wongqungquthela obondla abantwana ngegazi lakhe. Kuthetha bonke abafazi nabomama abathi, ngexesha leemfazwe, baya kwimibingelelo enkulu ngenxa yabantwana.
3. I-front of the monument ibonisa umfanekiso wesintu esidabukisayo-ijoni elidabukisayo, ukuhlukana nabathandekayo bakhe.

Iziganeko eziqhelekileyo

Unyaka ngamnye ngomhla wokuvulwa kwawo ngo-Ephreli 25, isikhumbuzo sibe yindawo apho izakhamuzi kunye neendwendwe zaseWellington zigubha iMini yeSikhumbuzo. Ukuze uyenze kuye, kufuneka uvuke kusasa: umthendeleko uqala ekuphumeni kwelanga, ngokuqinisekileyo ngexesha eliya kufika eGoli. Abadlali beemfazwe kuphela zeemfazwe zange-20 neye-21 zijoyina i-torchlight procession, kodwa nabemi abaqhelekileyo.