I-Barbados Ingxenye Yeqembu Elite njengeNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO

Iziza Zamagugu Omhlaba ziyizindawo eMhlabeni ezinenani elivelele emhlabeni wonke esintwini. Ngamanye amazwi, lezi zakhiwo kumele zibe nokubaluleka hhayi emazweni ezikuwo kuphela, kodwa nomhlaba wonke. Ngakho-ke, abhalwe ohlwini lwaMagugu Omhlaba ukuze avikelwe ukuze izizukulwane ezizayo ziwabone futhi zizijabulele.

I-Barbados yajoyina iqembu elikhethekile lezizwe ezinezakhiwo ze-World Heritage ngenkathi i-Historic Bridgetown kanye ne-Garrison yayo abhalwe ohlwini lwamagugu omhlaba lwe-UNESCO ngoJuni 25, 2011. Lo mbhalo uyisenzo esihle kakhulu sesiqhingi esincane saseCaribbean. Inikeze ithuba lokubhekana nokungalingani okusobala kwezindawo kumasayithi avela eLatin America naseCaribbean. Ukuzibophezela kwe-UNESCO ekuhlonzeni, ekuvikelweni, nasekulondolozeni amagugu omhlaba namasiko emvelo kufakwe kuSivumelwano esimayelana nokuVikelwa KweGugu Lamasiko Nemvelo Lomhlaba (1972).

Ukubaluleka Ngokomlando

Kusukela kwahlala abantu baseYurophu cishe eminyakeni engu-400 edlule, iBridgetown yaba ichweba elikhulu lokuthunyelwa kwezimpahla, kuhlanganise noshukela, kanye nabantu abagqilaziwe eBritish Atlantic World. Amaphethini okuhlala angalungile eBridgetown kanye nokuhlelwa kwemigwaqo yasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-17 kubonisa ithonya lasendulo lezifiki zamaNgisi zakuqala ekuhlelweni kwedolobha. Ukuthuthuka kwayo okuzenzakalelayo kanye nokwakheka komgwaqo okunezinyoka kusekela ukuthuthukiswa nokuguqulwa kwezinhlobo zezakhiwo zasezindaweni ezishisayo ezakhiwe ngabasebenzi base-Afrika ngesitayela saseYurophu. Barbados kwakuyichweba lokuqala lokubizelwa kwemikhumbi ewela i-Atlantic. Indawo yesiqhingi yadala inzuzo yezempi yamasu, ivikela izithakazelo zezohwebo zaseBrithani ngokumelene nobudlova baseFrance, iSpanishi namaDashi, kuyilapho iveza amandla ombuso waseBrithani esifundeni. Izikhala zamachweba eziqinile zaleli dolobha bezixhunywe eduze komhubhe we-Bay Street ukusuka edolobheni ukuya eGarrison, uzungeza iCarlisle Bay. Uhlelo oluyinkimbinkimbi lukahulumeni wezempi lwavela e-Historic Bridgetown's Garrison ngemva kuka-1650 futhi isiza sathuthuka saba esinye sezikaniso zamasosha ase-British aphelele futhi asebenza kahle kakhulu e-Atlantic World.

I-Bridgetown yomlando kanye ne-Garrison yayo ibambe iqhaza ekuhwebeni kwamazwe ngamazwe hhayi kwezimpahla nabantu kuphela, kodwa nasekudluliseleni imibono namasiko e-Atlantic World yamakoloni. Ngekhulu le-17, ubudlelwano bezohwebo basungulwa neNgilandi, iNyakatho Melika, i-Afrika kanye neCaribbean yamakoloni, okwenza itheku laba isikhungo sezohwebo, ukuhlaliswa kwabantu kanye nokuxhashazwa.

Bridgetown Namuhla

I-Bridgetown namuhla isasebenza njengenye yezindawo zebhizinisi nezohwebo zakulesi siqhingi. Izivakashi zizophinde zithokozele inala yezitolo ezinkulu kanye nezitolo zamahhala ezitholakala eBridgetown, kanye nenhlese yasendaweni elethwa yidolobha. Abathengisi basemgwaqweni namathileyi abo anemibala emikhiqizo emisha nezimpahla basengatholwa behweba ezindaweni ezithile ngaphesheya kwe-Bridgetown. I-marina yangaphakathi kanye ne-Chamberlain Bridge edumile yakha indawo ephephile yezikebhe zokudoba, ama-catamarans kanye nemisebenzi yezandla yokuzijabulisa. Umkhawulo osempumalanga we-boardwalk uholela e-Independence Square, indawo yokuphumula ethule enkabeni yedolobha. Isikwele sinamabhentshi amaningi anikeza ukubukwa okuhle okungasemanzini kwezinye zezakhiwo ezinomlando waseBridgetown, okuhlanganisa neSakhiwo sePhalamende.