Ukuhamba kwe-Northern Ireland: Umgubho Wezomculo, Imfashini kanye Nezivakashi

Ukuhlangana kwamathuba kwaholela esifushane futhi kujabulise vakashela eBelfast. Ngahlangana noGeraldine Connon, omunye e-Northern IrelandAbaqambi abahamba phambili, emcimbini weCommonwealth fashion eBuckingham Palace. Saqhubeka sixhumana futhi ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva uGeraldine wangimemela embukisweni wefeshini nasekhonsathini futhi ngajabula ukukwamukela.

Njengentatheli umuntu uvame ukubuka iNyakatho ye-Ireland ngamehlo weZinkinga. Ukuhambela kwami ​​okufushane kungenze ngabona ukuthi ngemuva kwezihloko impilo ejwayelekile iyaqhubeka. UGeraldine ungowesifazane onothando lwemfashini futhi uyavuma ukuthi akazibandakanyi nezepolitiki. Ungazise kubangani bakhe abasebhizinisini lezemfashini nezomculo ababezinikele kakhulu ekudluliseleni ulwazi lwabo kusizukulwane esisha.

IStormont Estate

Ukuhambela kwami ​​kwaqala ngohambo olusheshayo lwezakhiwo zephalamende laseNyakatho ye-Ireland eStormont Estate enhle kakhulu esihlalweni sePhalamende LaseNyakatho ye-Ireland - isishayamthetho esizimele esifundeni. IsiGungu simisiwe kusukela ngoJanuwari 2017 ngenxa yokungaboni ngaso linye kwamaqembu ezepolitiki.

Ukuntuleka kukahulumeni osebenzayo akubonakali kube nomthelela empilweni yansuku zonke. Isakhiwo esimhlophe esimhlophe esakhiwe otshanini obanzi, obenziwe ngezandla obuzungezwe amagquma ambozwe izihlahla singesinye sezakhiwo ezaziwa kakhulu nezithusayo eNyakatho Ireland. Izivakashi zithola ithuba lokuzibona ngemuva kwezigcawu futhi zithole ukuqonda ngomlando wazo ocebile. Ungavakashela iGreat Hall ebabazekayo, i-Assembly Chamber (lapho amalungu esiGungu ayevame ukuphikisana ngezindaba ezibalulekile zosuku) kanye ne-Grand Senate Chamber enezici zayo eziningi zokuqala. Ukubuka ezansi ehholo eliphakathi nendawo yisithombe sikaJames Craig, uNdunankulu wokuqala waseNyakatho ye-Ireland. Lesi sithombe siyi-6ft 7in okwakungukuphakama kwakhe kwangempela. Ukungabi khona kwemihlangano kusho ukuthi izivakashi zingabuka amahholo, amakamelo amahle namaphaseji kungaphazanyiswa futhi kumangaze ngamatshe amangalisayo, izithombe eziqoshiwe nemidwebo yemicimbi yomlando.

Uhambo lweStormont lwalandelwa ukuhamba ngezindawo ezazinamaProthestani kakhulu eBelfast. Sidlule imigqa emihle yezindlu ezincane, ne-Union Jacks ishaya imigwaqo. Umuntu ubengasho ukuthi ngabe usezindaweni ezichumile yini ngoba imigwaqo ibanzi futhi izindlu zivulekile ngokwengeziwe nezingadi ezinakekelwa kahle. Kwakunzima ukuhlanganisa le migwaqo ethulile neziyaluyalu esasivame ukuzibona ku-TV lapho udlame lwamahlelo lwalushubile.

Umkhosi weClandeboye / iCamerata Ireland

Ngokushesha safika endlini ebukekayo kaGeraldine eLarne emaphethelweni eBelfast. Ingqophamlando yosuku lwami lokuqala kwakuwukuhambela iClandeboye Festival, umgubho womsebenzi wabaculi abasha nabasiki bengqephu. Umkhosi lo, obusingethwe nguLady Dufferin, umnikazi weClandeboye Estate, ubuzinikele emculweni waseVienna, ubugxile emculweni wabaqambi abahambisana naleli dolobha njengoMozart, Beethoven, Haydn noBrahms. Uhlelo luye lwafaka nomculo wesintu omnandi waseNyakatho ye-Ireland. Abaculi abaningi bebeziqeqeshele iClandeboye Academy for Young Musicians. Phakathi kwabaculi abasebasha bekukhona abaculi baseScotland, uCatriona McKay noChris Stout, kanye no-Eimear McGeown ongumakhonya wasendaweni. Umqondisi womkhosi, uBarry Douglas, ongumshayi wopiyano onekhono futhi owaziwayo emhlabeni wonke, wasungula i-orchestra yasekamelweni, iCamerata Ireland, ngo-1999 ukukhuthaza nokunakekela abaculi abasebasha abahamba phambili abavela e-Northern Ireland nase-Irish Republic.

Fashion Show

Abaculi bebehamba nombukiso wemfashini bekhombisa ithalente labasiki bengqephu asebemnkantshubomvu nabasebancane abasuka e-Ireland. Amamodeli awele eduze kwe-catwalk ekhombisa uhla olucacile lokugqoka okungajwayelekile nokuhlelekile. Ububanzi bomklamo nezindwangu kwakumangalisa. Kwakunezingubo ezazisendle futhi ziwubukhazikhazi isiphithiphithi sombala njenge-confectionery. Eminye imiklamo yayingaphansi kwemibala ekwindla, onsundu othambile, ukugqwala ne-orange ethulisiwe. Izindwangu zazisukela kudenim, ilineni kuye ku-organza, ukotini kusilika ngemibala ecwebezelayo. Okuvelele kwakuyindalo enhle kaGeraldine Connon. Umbukiso wemfashini wenziwe nguMaureen Martin inkampani yakhe ebiphinde yanikela ngezimodeli.

Ikota yeTitanic

Kuze kube ukuvakasha kwami ​​bengingazi ukuthi iTitanic edalwe kabi yaklanywa futhi yakhiwa eBelfast. Empeleni indawo yonke yedolobha ngasempumalanga inikelwe iTitanic. Umuntu angavakasha ekwakhiweni kabusha komkhumbi futhi abone ihhovisi likaHarland Woolf elenza iTitanic nomkhumbi ongudadewabo, i-Olympic. Ukhonjiswa amakamelo lapho abaqondisi bahlangana khona kanye nokushintshaniswa ngocingo lapho ucingo lwangena khona ngokuthi iTitanic isenkingeni.

Ubukhulu benhlekelele baba buhlungu kakhulu lapho umuntu ezwa ukuthi abantu abangaphezu kuka-30,000 basebenza amahora ayishumi ngosuku, izinsuku eziyisithupha ngesonto emkhunjini. Lokhu bekungumsebenzi wokuvelela futhi kuwumthombo wokuziqhenya ngeBelfast. Izixuku ezinkulu zaziphumele ukujabulisa umkhumbi owahamba ngomhlaka-10 Ephreli 6. Umuntu ubengacabanga nje ukuthi le nhlekelele yaphahlazeka kanjani kubantu baseBelfast.

I-Larne

ULarne, lapho uGeraldine enomuzi wakhe, ikakhulukazi ungumProthestani. Uhlangothi olungasempumalanga yeBelfast luyikhaya kulowo mphakathi. Ngatshelwa ukuthi kunezimpawu ezimbalwa zokungezwani okuvulekile kulezi zinsuku. UGeraldine, yize ezelwe enkolweni yamaKhatholika, uqhamuka emndenini owandisiwe wezinkolo ezihlanganisiwe, okubandakanya amaPresbyterian aseScotland kanye nabokufika abangamaJuda baseRussia. Ngalesi sizukulwane esahlukahlukene ukhetha ukugwema umbono wezepolitiki.

ILarne iyichweba eliyinhloko eliwela eScotland, yingakho ukuxhumana okuqinile kwe-Ulster Scots. Akuphelanga mizuzu emingaki siphumile ngemoto edolobheni laseLarne, elaziwa ngokuthi yiGateway to the Glens, besisendleleni egudla ugu, sizungezwe uLwandle lwase-Ireland ngakwesokunxele sethu. Ngokubukwa komhlaba okumangazayo ngemuva kokudlula ezindaweni eziningi zokungcebeleka ngasolwandle sazitholela isidlo sasemini esimnandi emagumbini wetiye aseGlenarm Castle. IGlenarm Village yathathwa njengendawo yokulondolozwa yiPrinces Trust eminyakeni eyi-8 eyedlule, isinqumo esakhonjwa ngokuvakasha kweRoyal okuvela ePrince Charles naseCamilla.

Usuku lwethu olumnandi kakhulu luhlanganiswe ukuvakashelwa ngamagquma aseKilwaughter kuya endlini yomfowabo kaGeraldine ebekwe phakathi kwamasimu aluhlaza aluhlaza nasemaphandleni ahlaba umxhwele kakhulu. Bekumnandi ukuzwa uGeraldine, umama wakhe, nomfowabo bekhuluma ngamanethiwekhi abo omndeni nobuntu obumibalabala bakudala.

Umbala we-Orange Day Parade

Ukuvakasha kwami ​​kwahlanganisa imikhuba emibili eyeqile yesiko. NgoMgqibelo, mina noGeraldine sisebenzise ithuba lekhofi ekuseni eDrumalis Retreat House, ephethwe yizindela, ukuchitha ihora noma ngaphezulu sixoxa nezakhamizi zendawo. Akuphelanga mizuzu emingaki sisukile esigodlweni sezindela sahamba saya enkabeni yedolobha ukuyobuka umbukiso we-Orange Day. Kwaphinda futhi ku-TV ekuphakameni kwezinkinga zamahlelo umuntu wabona imibhikisho iphazanyiswa yimibhikisho enobudlova. Ngalesi sikhathi kube nomoya wokujabula lapho amakhulu abamashi, amabhendi angama-80, namapayipi abo kanye nezigubhu, izingane ezincane, amadoda aphakathi nendawo kanye namadoda amadala bonke begqoke iyunifomu yabo ehlakaniphile bedabula maphakathi neLarne. Ngibuze abambalwa bamashe nababukele ukuthi imibhikisho isho ukuthini kubo. Bathe bayawujabulela umculo nomoya we-carnival. Isizinda sezepolitiki sasiyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu kimi ukuba ngingabaze amalungelo namaphutha alo mcimbi. Kwakukhuthaza nje ukungabi bikho kobutha obuvulekile, yize amagqubu ajulile aqhubeka nokubila ngaphansi komhlaba.

Kusho uFarewell

Ngosuku lokugcina lokuvakasha kwami ​​okufushane, ngakhonjiswa ngepulazi likaCampbell no-Isabel Tweed. UCampbell wayengumongameli omncane kunabo bonke owake waba nguMongameli Wamazwe Ngamazwe weFarmers Union amahlandla amabili alandelanayo. Isimo sezulu besiphenduke inkungu ekhanyayo nemvula njengoba uCampbell esishayela sizungeza ipulazi lakhe elibanzi eLand Rover yakhe eqinile. Sihlangabezane nezindawo ezahlukahlukene ezithakazelisa kakhulu kufaka phakathi indawo yezakudala eqoshwe yi-TIME TEAM kanye nendawo ebabazekayo esetshenzisiwe ukuqopha uchungechunge lwamafilimu ayizigidi eziningi, iGame of Thrones. Futhi emhlabeni wakhe uCampbell no-Isobel batshale imali kugesi ophehla ugesi onikeza ugesi ekhaya labo futhi ophehla ugesi kugridi kazwelonke. Lawa ma-injini womoya manje aseyinto entsha yesimanje kuyo yonke indawo yaseNyakatho ye-Ireland. Ngifunde ukuthi ukusetha i-turbine akubizi, izindleko zingaba yi-, £ 500,000. Ngemuva kokuhamba kwethu ngezinwele sihamba phezu kwegquma nedali, sathola isidlo sasekuseni esimnandi esalungiselelwa u-Isobel. Yonke imikhiqizo yayivela epulazini, amaqanda, ubhekeni namasoseji. U-Isobel uze wazenzela ujamu uqobo.

Ngemuva kokushayela kokugcina ngasogwini uGeraldine wangishiya esikhumulweni sezindiza saseBelfast ngendiza ebuyela eLondon. Lapho engimema uGeraldine wayethe wayefuna ukuthi ngizwe uhlangothi oluhle lweNyakatho ye-Ireland. Impela wasifeza isithembiso sakhe. Ngisuka ekuvakasheni kwami ​​okufushane nginezinkumbulo ezifudumele zomoya wokungenisa izihambi wabantu engihlangane nabo kanye nokubona ukuthi izihloko zamaphephandaba azibonisi ukukhathazeka kwabantu abavamile abafisa ukuqhubeka nempilo yabo ngaphandle kwezingxabano nobutha obuchaza impilo yezepolitiki .

Sekungunyaka selokhu ngangiseNyakatho ye-Ireland noGeraldine, uMaureen Martin namaqembu abo azinikele manje sebesezinhlungwini zokulungiselela iCamerata Festival yalo nyaka eClandeboye Estate. Ngiyaxolisa ngokungakwazi ukuzibandakanya nabo kodwa ngibafisela impumelelo ekusabalaliseni ulwazi ngengcebo yethalente nobuciko obukhona eNyakatho Ireland kanye nokufudumala nobungqabavu babantu.