Betelehemu, Palestine - "Jingle Bells" adayimba pa Manger Square Lamlungu pomwe Betelehemu idatsegula msika wa Khrisimasi womwe mzinda wa Palestine ukuyembekeza kuti uthandizira kukulitsa chaka chokopa alendo ndi nyengo yopindulitsa ya zikondwerero.
"Chakhala chaka chabwino kwambiri," atero meya wa Betelehem a Victor Batarseh, kulosera alendo 1.25 miliyoni kumapeto kwa 2008 ndikuwona kuchepa kwa ulova wakomweko.
“Tilibe mabedi opanda kanthu. Zaka ziwiri zapitazo, mahotela onse anali opanda kanthu.”
Malonda m'malo omwe Yesu adabadwira m'Baibulo adasokonekera pomwe chipwirikiti cha Palestine chotsutsana ndi kulandidwa kwa Israeli chidayamba mu 2000 - miyezi ingapo pambuyo pa ulendo wa apapa komanso zikondwerero zazaka chikwi zikuwoneka kuti zikuyenda bwino ku Betelehemu ngati malo okopa alendo ndi oyendayenda m'dera lowala kwambiri. akuyembekeza mtendere.
Zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zikupitabe, ziyembekezo zakukhazikika komaliza ndi Israeli zazimiririka, monga zipolopolo zotchingidwa ndi zipolopolo za Tchalitchi cha Nativity zomwe zimachitira umboni kuzinga kwa milungu isanu mu 2002. oponya mabomba ndi mfuti zikuphulika m’makwalala.
"Tawona kuchulukirachulukira kwa zokopa alendo," atero a Khouloud Daibes-Abu Dayyeh, nduna ya zokopa alendo ku Palestinian Authority pomwe amayang'ana zojambula zamanja ndi zokongoletsa zomwe zimagulitsidwa kuchokera kumitengo yamatabwa pamsika wa Khrisimasi wamtundu waku Germany.
"Tabwezeretsa Palestine pamapu ngati kopita," adawonjezeranso, ndikuzindikira kuti anthu okhala m'mahotela tsopano anali opitilira 70 peresenti, poyerekeza ndi 10 peresenti zaka zingapo zapitazo.
A Israeli akuti ena mwa bata m'misewu yapafupi ndi Yerusalemu adamangidwa ndi makoma a ma kilomita (makilomita) ndi mipanda kuzungulira West Bank. Anthu a ku Betelehemu amadzudzula chotchingacho chifukwa cholefula alendo, omwe ayenera kudutsa malo ochezera ankhondo a Israeli kuti akafike mumzindawo.
“Titafika, tinaona nsanja ya ulonda. Si zabwino kwambiri kwa Akhristu,” adatero Kinga Mirowska, wazaka 24, wa ku Krakow, Poland pamene amapita kumalo kumene Akhristu amakhulupirira kuti Yesu anabadwa kwa Mariya modyera ng’ombe chifukwa nyumba za alendo ku Betelehemu zinali zodzaza.
KUpsinjika maganizo NDI KUPEMPHERA
Khalil Salahat amayendetsa sitolo yosungiramo zikumbutso yodzaza ndi mitanda ya azitona ndi zikopa za Kubadwa kwa Yesu. Mosiyana ndi oyandikana nawo ambiri, omwe mashopu awo amakhala otsekedwa ngakhale nyengo ya Advent Khrisimasi isanachitike, Salahat adakhalabe zaka zowonda koma sananene za mavuto ake onse pomwe kugwa kwachuma kukuyandikira:
"Zili bwino kuposa chaka chatha," adatero, akuyembekezeranso ulendo woyembekezeredwa ndi Papa Benedict mu Meyi kuti abweretse chilimbikitso.
"Koma alendowa amakhulupirira kuti Israeli - amawopa anthu aku Palestine ndipo amasiya ndalama zawo akabwera kuno. Zikanakhala bwino popanda khoma, ntchitoyo. "
Izi ndi zomwe akuluakulu aku Palestine amalankhula.
"Pokhapokha ngati ntchitoyo itasiya, tidzakhalabe pamavuto azachuma komanso kupsinjika kwamaganizidwe," adatero Meya Batarseh.
Daibes-Abu Dayyeh adawona zokopa alendo ndi mtendere zikulumikizana: "Tikuwona zokopa alendo ngati chida chopezera mtendere m'Dziko Lopatulika ... komanso kuthetsa kudzipatula kumayiko akunja."
Komabe alendo ambiri amangowona mwachidule moyo wa Palestine. Ambiri amakonda kukhala ku Yerusalemu wolamulidwa ndi Israeli, mtunda wa makilomita 10 (6 miles). Ziŵerengero zochulukirachulukira za odzawona za kum’maŵa kwa Ulaya akukwera maulendo ataliatali kuchokera ku malo ochitirako dzuŵa m’nyengo yachisanu ku Egypt pa Nyanja Yofiira, ulendo wa maola asanu m’chipululu kulowera kum’mwera.
Ngakhale patadutsa nthawi, Bethelehemu atha kukhala malo osokonekera - mzinda waukulu wachisilamu komwe kuyitanidwa kukapemphera kuchokera ku mzikiti womwe uli pa Manger Square kudayimitsa nyimbo za Khrisimasi zomwe zimayimbira alendo komanso komwe mitengo ya kanjedza ndi kuwala kwadzuwa zimasiyana ndi Santa yemwe ali ndi chipale chofewa. Ziwerengero za Claus zikugulitsidwa pamsika.
Koma kwa Akhristu ambiri, zimakhalabe zosangalatsa.
“Apa ndiye nyumba ya Khrisimasi,” anatero Dennis Thomson, wa ku America wogwira ntchito ku Yerusalemu, yemwe anali kudzacheza Lamlungu.
“Zimenezi n’zofunika kwambiri m’dziko lathu,” anatero Violetta Krupova, dokotala wopuma pantchito wa ku Russia wa ku St. "Ndakhala ndikufuna kubwera kuno kwa nthawi yayitali."
