Iindawo ezinkulu zeRwanda zeZimbabwe (ngamanye amaxesha zibizwa ngokuba yi- Great Zimbabwe ) ziindawo ezibhubhile zezona zinto zinqabileyo kunye nezona zikhulu. Yakhelwe indawo yeGugu leMhlaba ngo-1986, iinqaba ezinkulu kunye nezakhiwo zakhiwe kwizigidi zamatye ngokulinganayo ngokusemgangathweni ngaphandle komnxeba. I-Zimbabwe enkulu yanika iZimbabwe namhlanje igama layo kunye nesibonakaliso sayo sesizwe - ukhozi luvezwe ngokukhangeka kwintsika yesonka efunyenwe kumatye.
Ukuphakama kweZimbabwe ezinkulu
Uluntu olukhulu lweZimbabwe lukholelwa ukuba luye lwaba nefuthe kakhulu kwiXesha le-11. IsiSwahili, isiPutukezi nama-Arabhu ezazihamba ngaphaya kweNxweme yaseMozambique zaqala ukuthengisa i-porcelain, iingubo kunye neglasi kunye nabantu base-Great Zimbabwe ngokubuyisela igolide neendlovu. Njengoko abantu baseZimbabwe bahlala bekhula, bakha ubukumkani obukhulu bezakhiwo zamatye ekugqibeleni ezazisasaza ngaphezu kweekhilomitha ezingama-500 km. Kucingelwa ukuba abantu abayi-18,000 bahlala apha ngeli xesha.
Ukuwa kweZimbabwe enkulu
Ngeli-15 leminyaka, iGreat Zimbabwe yayincipha ngenxa yabantu abaninzi, izifo kunye nokungavumelani kwezombusazwe. Ngethuba ixesha lesiPhuthukezi lifikile ekukhangekeni izixeko ezikhohlisayo ezakhiwe ngegolide, i-Great Zimbabwe yayisele ilahlekile.
Imbali ekhoyo ye-Great Zimbabwe
Ngexesha leexesha lobukhosi xa ubukhulu bamhlophe bebuqilima, abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba i-Great Zimbabwe ayikwazi ukuba yakhiwa ngabantu abamnyama baseAfrika.
Iingcamango zazifakwe ngeenxa zonke, abanye babekholelwa ukuba iZimbabwe enkulu yayakhiwa ngamaFenike okanye amaArabhu. Abanye bakholelwa ukuba abahlali abamhlophe kufuneka bazakhele izakhiwo. Kwaye kwafika ngowe-1929 ukuba i-archaeologist uGertrude Caton-Thompson yabonisa ngokucacileyo ukuba iGreat Zimbabwe yayakhiwa ngabantu abamnyama.
Kule mihla, iintlanga ezahlukahlukeneyo kuloo ndawo zithi i-Zimbabwe enkulu yayakhiwa ngookhokho.
Abaphengululi be-Archaeologists bavuma ukuba isizwe sama- Inkolo ye-Scripture ikholelwa ngokwabo ukuba ilifa lamaYuda.
Kutheni iRhodesia yaqanjwa kabusha iZimbabwe
Nangona kunjalo, ulawulo lwama-colonial ngasekupheleni kwee-1970 lwalukhanyele ukuba abantu abamnyama baseAfrika bebakhi beli sixeko esikhulu. Yingakho iLizwe eliMkhulu liba ngumqondiso obalulekileyo, ngakumbi kwabo balwa nolawulo lwama-colonial ngexesha lama-1960 ukuya ekuzimela kwi-1980. I-Great Zimbabwe ibonisa ukuba yiyiphi abantu abamnyama abamnyama abanokukwazi ukungafuni ukuba abantu abamhlophe bamandla ngelo xesha. Ngaphandle kokuba igunya lihanjiswe kuninzi, iRhodesia yayibizwa ngeZimbabwe.
Igama elithi "iZimbabwe" lalifumaneka kakhulu kulwimi lwesiShona; dzimba za mabwe lithetha "indlu yelitye".
AmaZwe amakhulu aseZimbabwe namhlanje
Ukutyelela iindawo ezinkulu ze-Zimbabwe kwakukugqwesileyo kwindlela eya kulelo lizwe, kwaye akufanele balahleke. Ikhono apho amatye abekwe khona luyamangalisa ngokunikezwa komdaka. I-Enclosure enkulu yinto ethile, eneendonga eziphakamileyo ezingama-36 zijikeleza malunga ne-820. Udinga usuku olupheleleyo ukuphonononga iindawo ezi-3 eziphambili ezithandekayo, i-Hill Complex (enokubonelela ngeembono ezintle), i-Great Enclosure kunye ne-museum.
Iimyuziyam inamanzi amaninzi afumaneka phakathi kwamatye aquka ubumbi baseChina.
Ukutyelela iRwanda Great Ruins
I-Masvingo iyidolophu ekufuphi kakhulu kwiiNayile, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-30 ukusuka. Kukho iihostela ezininzi kunye nehostele eMasvingo. Kukho ihotele kunye neenkampu kwiindawo eziMdaka.
Ukufika eMasvingo, nokuba uqeshise imoto okanye ubambe ibhasi elide. Kuthatha iiyure ezingama-5 ukusuka eHarare kunye neeyure ezingama-3 ukusuka eBulawayo. Iibhasi ezide kude phakathi kwe-Harare ne-Johannesburg zimi kufuphi neendawo eziphangaleleyo. Kukho isitishi sesitimela eMasvingo, kodwa izitimela zaseZimbabwe zihamba ngokukhawuleza kwaye zincinci.
Ngenxa yokuba imbali yezopolitiko (u-Apreli, 2008) yenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ukhuselekile ngaphambi kokuba uvakatye iiRwanda ezinkulu zeRwanda.
IiNdwendwe eziquka iGreat Zimbabwe
Ukunyaniseka, andiyena umtsalane omkhulu weentsikelelo zamatye ngokubanzi, ndicinga ukuba andinalo ingcamango yokubona oko kwakunjalo.
Kodwa i-Zimbabwe enkulu ivakalelwa ngokwenene, loo manxiba ayimeko enhle kwaye inomdla kakhulu. Thatha uhambo olukhokelwayo xa ulapho, luya kwenza into enomdla ngakumbi. Ngaphandle koko, tyelela njengenxalenye yotyelelo:
- Zibalase zeZimbabwe
- UMzantsi Afrika- iZiko leZingcwele zeZimbabwe
- I-Go2Africa Iindwendwe
- & Beyond Tours Luxury
Ulwazi olungakumbi Unokuba nomdla kwi:
- Imfihlelo yeZimbabwe enkulu - iPBS.org / NOVAVA
- Amanxuwa aseZimbabwe enkulu - H2G2 (BBC)
- I-Zimbabwe Great Video - Ivela kwi-YouTube
- I-Great Zimbabwe National Monument - Wikipedia