GENEVA - Grand Canyon, Mount Everest ndi Loch Ness adzalimbana ndi malo ena opitilira 200 mu gawo lotsatira la mpikisano wapadziko lonse wa New 7 Wonders of Nature, okonza adati Lachitatu. Osankhidwa 261 ochokera kumayiko 222 akuphatikizapo nsonga zamapiri zodziwika bwino, nyanja, ndi zokopa zina, monga Great Barrier Reef ndi Niagara Falls.
Anthu opitilira mabiliyoni akuyembekezeka kulowa nawo pamavoti a pa intaneti omwe adzasankha omaliza 77 kuti akhale ochita zodabwitsa kwambiri zachilengedwe, omwe adzagawana nawo ulemerero womwe wasangalatsidwa kale ndi zodabwitsa zisanu ndi ziwiri zopangidwa ndi anthu zomwe zidasankhidwa miyezi 18 yapitayo.
"Tikuitana anthu padziko lonse lapansi kuti awonetse kuyamikira kwawo ... chilengedwe chathu mwa kugwirizana pamodzi kukondwerera malo odabwitsa kwambiri padziko lapansi," anatero Tia Viering, mneneri wa kampeni ya New 7 Wonders.
Bungwe lopanda phindu lochokera ku Switzerland lasonkhanitsa anthu osankhidwa 441 pa intaneti kuyambira pomwe lidatsegulira chisankho mu 2007.
Maziko ndiye adasankha opeza mavoti apamwamba kwambiri kudziko lililonse, kupanga mndandanda wamasamba 222. Mndandanda wonsewo unakwera kufika pa 261 ndikuphatikizidwa kwa malo omwe mayiko awiri kapena kuposerapo - monga Niagara Falls ndi Lake Superior pakati pa Canada ndi United States, ndi Matterhorn, pakati pa Switzerland ndi Italy.
Mavoti atha kuchitidwa mpaka pa July 7. Kulembetsa pa Webusaitiyi cholinga chake ndi kuletsa anthu kuvota kawiri.
Omaliza kotala amaphatikizapo malo ena osadziwika bwino, monga Yasur Volcano pachilumba chakumwera kwa Pacific ku Vanuatu kapena Zuma Rock waku Nigeria, chimphona chachikulu pakati pa dziko la Africa.
Gulu la akatswiri achilengedwe, motsogozedwa ndi Federico Mayor, yemwe kale anali mkulu wa UNESCO, bungwe la U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, adzachepetsa mndandanda wa omaliza 21 mu July.
Opambana asanu ndi awiriwo adzasankhidwa mugawo lina lovota anthu mpaka 2011, nthawi ino kudzera pa intaneti, lamya ndi mameseji.
Pafupifupi anthu 100 miliyoni adavotera posankha zodabwitsa zisanu ndi ziwiri zopangidwa ndi anthu. Opambana anali Mapiramidi a Giza, Egypt; ku Kolose, Italy; Khoma Lalikulu la China; ku Taj Mahal, ku India; Petra, Yorodani; Chifaniziro cha Khristu Muomboli, Brazil; Machu Picchu, Peru; ndi Piramidi ku Chichen Itza, Mexico.
"Chisangalalo cha kampeni, chomwe chidatulutsa chikhalidwe m'malo afumbi ndikubwezeretsanso moyo patsamba lakutsogolo, zowonera pa TV ndi makompyuta kulikonse, zidadutsa njira zonse zamakhalidwe ndi zachuma," adatero Viering. "Aliyense kuyambira ana asukulu mpaka amalonda adatenga nawo gawo mwachangu."
Kusankha zodabwitsa zapadziko lapansi kwakhala kosangalatsa kosalekeza kwazaka zambiri. UNESCO ikupitirizabe kukonzanso mndandanda wa malo a World Heritage Sites, omwe tsopano ali ndi malo 878.
Kampeni ya New 7 Wonders yotsogozedwa ndi wokonda ku Switzerland Bernard Weber ikufuna kulimbikitsa mitundu yosiyanasiyana pothandizira, kusunga ndi kubwezeretsa zipilala ndi malo achilengedwe. Imadalira zopereka zaumwini ndi ndalama zochokera ku kugulitsa ufulu wowulutsa.
