Kubonakala ukuba kulo nyaka abantwana baya kufuneka babhale ngezenzo zabo ezilungileyo baze bafune izipho kungekhona kwindlu yokuhlala yaseSanta Claus eRovaniemi, kodwa kwisixeko saseTurkey saseDemre - ngqo apho, ngokweendawo zakudala zendawo, ingcwaba likaSt. Nicholas!
Abaphandi babika ukuba bafumene itempile kunye nokungcwaba kwangaphakathi phantsi kwecawa yaseSt. Nicholas kwisixeko saseDemre, esakhiwa kwiindawo zokubhubha zedolophu yakudala yaseLycian yaseMyra, apho, njengokuba wonke umntu uyazi, uMmangaliso Omhle wayehlala kwi-3rd-4th century yexesha lethu!
Namhlanje icawa yaseSt. Nicholas kwiDemre yanamhlanje iyona nto inqabileyo yokukhenketho kunye ne "hoit", kunye nendawo ebalulekileyo yokuhamba kwamaKristu.
Kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-20, abavubukuli baye bafunda le ndawo basebenzisa i-tomography yeekhompyutha kunye ne-radar. Kwaye namhlanje, xa umsebenzi usondele ukugqiba, banento yokuvakalisa.
UKilla Karabayim, umlawuli weSebe le-geodesy kunye nezikhumbuzo e-Antalya e-Turriyet iphephandaba laseTurkey, wathi: "Siza kufumana umhlaba kwaye mhlawumbi sifumane isidumbu esingafunyanwa iSt Nicholas." Sinenhlanhla yokuba itempile yayingenakufunyanwa kwaye ayifikeleleki ngenxa yokunyuka kwamatye. Kodwa ngoku kunzima ukufika kuyo ngenxa yomfanekiso kumgangatho, esiya kuwuphonononga ucezu ngecandelo "
Njengoko kwaziwa namhlanje, emva kokufa kwakhe uSt. Nicholas wangcwatywa ecaweni kwisixeko saseMyra (iDrare) malunga ne-345 AD. Uninzi lweempahla zakhe ngo-1087 ezivela kwiTeljukid yaseTurkey eyayinqotshwa yiTurkey, yayithatyathwa ngabathengisi baseItali kwaye bathuthelwa kwisixeko saseBari (ngoku bahlala kwi-Basilica yaseSt. Nicholas), kwaye inxalenye encinci yabanjwa yiVenetians ngexesha lokuqala lokukhusela waza wawazisa eVenice, apho esiqithi ULido wakha ibandla laseSt. Nicholas.
Abavubukuli baseTurkey, baphinde bathi yonke into eyaziwayo yinto ehleliyo yomfundisi wendawo ongaziwayo, kwaye ingengcwele ongcwele. Yaye njengobungqina, khankanya amaxwebhu atholakala kule ndawo, kodwa kamva watshisa emva kobusela ebandleni.
Kwaye ukuba xa besondela kwixesha elizayo babonakalisa ihlabathi labo, bafumana enye into eyingcwele, kwaye abantwana bafumana idilesi efanelekileyo kwiincwadi zabo eziyintanda.