ULourdes, enye yeZiko eziMkhulu zeNkolo zaseFransi

Iintombi zikaMariya, iLourdes Pilgrimages kunye neLourdes Hotels

ULourdes, iFransi yidolophu yasePyrenean eyaziwayo, eyaziwa ngokuba yiNtombi yaseMariya ebonakalayo, into ephakathi kwezinye izixeko ezinkulu nezikhangayo.

ILourdes yeso sixeko esona sithandwa kakhulu kwezokhenketho kuwo wonke ummandla waseFransi, ekhangayo ngaphezu kwezigidi ezi-7 ezihambahambayo ezijikelezayo emhlabeni wonke kumhlaba wamagumbi apho intombazane enamazwe yayineentlobo ezininzi zeentombi zikaMariya.

Nangona iimoya ezingokomoya zikaLourdes zihlambulukanga kwiivenkile ezininzi ezithengisa iinqwelo zezenkolo (zicinga zifakwe, i-velvet i-Jesus i-art art ne-pink plastic rosaries), nokuba umntu ongakholelwa kuThixo unokuxabisa ubuqaqawuli be-Basilica yaseRosari.

Yakhelwe ngokuphendula kwimikhosi eyaqala ukuhla esixekweni emva kweNdwendwe kaMariya, kwaye ngumzekelo omangalisayo wokwakha.

Isixeko sisekuhlaleni. AmaPyrenees amanyathelo asezantsi, kwaye iSpeyin isondele. Yindawo ehambelanayo yokuhamba ngeendwendwe, kunye nemisebenzi emininzi yangaphandle njenge-skiing, ukuhamba, ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, i-kayaking kunye nokufutshane. Iidolophu zasePyrenean zasePau neTarbes zimbalwa imizuzu. Idolophana encinci ye-spa yaseArgeles-Gazost ihamba ngemitha eyi-15 ngomoto, kwaye ibonisa nekhasino.

Intombi kaMariya Imbonakalo eLourdes

Ngo-1858, uLourdes wahamba esuka kwidolophana encinane ePyrenees ukuya kutsho kwihlabathi. Yile nto xa intombazana edlalwa yintombi, uBernadette Soubirous, wayetyelele ubomi emqolombeni kunye nabantakwabo ukuba babuthe izinkuni. Ngokutsho kweengxelo, "Ukuphakamisa intloko yakhe, wabona, kwintombazana, intombazana encinci, ijikelezwe ngokukhanya, eyayiyibheka yatsho."

Lo ngowokuqala kweemibono ezilishumi elinesibhozo uBernadette uthi uyenayo yeNtombikazi kaMariya. UBernadette ekugqibeleni waba yindoda e-Nevers. Namhlanje, umqolomba uhlala kwisiseko se-basilica. Imilambo yamakholwa, abaninzi kwiisitulo ezinamavili okanye badibanise kwiigurney, baququze umqolomba apho uBernadette wayenemibono yakhe ngcamango yamanzi entwasahlobo apho kunye nethemba lommangaliso.

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Ukuthutha ukuya kwiLourdes

Ngenye indlela, ukuba uvela e-US, kufuneka udlule eParis endleleni eya eLourdes. Kukho iindiza ezidibanisa ngeParis ukuya kwi-Airport yaseTarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees International.

Unokuphinda ubaleke eParis, uze usebenzise iFrance Rail Pass ukuya eLourdes okanye u tyelele nayiphi na inani lezinye iindawo ekuhambeni kwakho.

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Kukho inamba edizayo yokukhetha indawo yokuhlala kwidolophu encinane, kodwa ungayisebenzisa loo nto. Unokumisa iikhilomitha ezimbalwa okanye uhlale kwindawo eneenkwenkwezi ezine.