Emzamweni wokuheha izivakashi ezweni elibuswa amasosha, uMnyango Wezamasiko waseBurma uvule kabusha i-Thiri Zeya Bumi Bagan Golden Palace. Lesi sigodlo—ukwakhiwa kabusha kwaso kwaqala eminyakeni embalwa edlule—singesinye sezinsalela ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu zedolobha lasendulo laseBagan, elachuma njengesikhungo samaBuddha kusukela ekhulwini le-11 kuya kwele-13. Isiza sisabalele kumakhilomitha angama-80 futhi sihlanganisa amanxiwa angaphezu kuka-2,000.
IBurma inethemba lokuthi ukuvulwa kabusha kuzofaka umfutho obedingeka kakhulu kwezokuvakasha kuleli, nokuyinto ethinteke kakhulu ngemuva kodlame oluqubuke kulandela imibuthano yokusekela intando yeningi yangonyaka odlule. Ukugxekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe kwebutho lezempi, kanye nezingcingo osekunesikhathi eside zikhona zokuduba ezokuvakasha kuleli, kugcine isibalo sabavakashi siphansi uma siqhathaniswa namazwe azungezile.
NgoJanuwari 15, iTrades Union Congress (TUC) yase-UK ngokubambisana nenhlangano esiza umphakathi yase-UK, iTourism Concern, yavuselela ikhwelo lokuduba ezokuvakasha eBurma, iveza ubufakazi bokusetshenziswa kwezingane ekuthuthukisweni kwengqalasizinda yezivakashi kanye nokufuduka kwabantu eduze nezindawo eziheha izivakashi. -phakathi kokunye ukuhlukumeza amalungelo abantu - njengesizathu. Ukuduba kwaqala eminyakeni eyishumi edlule kumholi waseBurma okhethwe ngentando yeningi u-Aung San Suu Kyi, osaboshelwe endlini e-Rangoon.
Kodwa-ke, abanye bathi ukuqhubeka nokuduba kuzovimbela kuphela ukusekelwa okudingeka kakhulu kwangaphandle ekufinyeleleni abantu baseBurma. UChris McGreal we-Observer wathola ohambweni lwakamuva ukuthi “[o]abantu abavamile baseBurma bathi ezokuvakasha zinikeza abaningi indlela yokondla imikhaya yabo.” Akugcinanga lapho, kodwa “[i]zivakashi zingofakazi besimo sezindela ngemva kokuba umbuso uzihlambulule ezindela ukuze uphule imibhikisho yentando yeningi. Izindela ezisele zivame ukuvuma ukukhuluma ngobuhlakani ngokuhlaselwa kwazo nabalandeli bazo nangendlela amasosha aqhubeka ngayo nengcindezi naphezu kwemizamo yojenene yokunxenxa amazwe angaphandle ukuthi konke kubuyele esimweni esingavamile saseBurma.”
Ukuthi i-Bagan's Golden Palace—noma isicelo sikaMcGreal egameni labantu baseBurma—sizomema izivakashi ukuthi ziphule ukuduba kusazobonakala.
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