BERLIN — Emzamweni wokunonga isithunzi salo sezizwe zonke nokugcizelela ukuthambekela kwayo, inhloko-dolobha yaseJalimane yethule umkhankaso wezithombe ogxile kusiqubulo esihunyushwe ngesiNgisi esithi “Be Berlin.”
Isiqubulo esisha - isiqubulo sokuqala esisemthethweni sedolobha kusukela lahlanganiswa ngo-1990 - sifika ngentengo eshibhile yezigidi eziyi-14.8 zamaRandi. Izakhamuzi ezimbalwa zedolobha elake lahlukana phakathi nengxenye enkulu yekhulu lama-20 zazibonakala zingabaza ukuthi lifaneleka ngempela.
“Angazi noma izodayisa kahle yini,” kusho u-Bianca Knoblauch, isisebenzi esitolo sezipho eduze kweSango laseBerlin laseBrandenburg, mayelana nezinto ezingase zithengiselwe “Be Berlin”. “Ngokujwayelekile sidayisa izinto ezihlekisa abantu. 'Iba Berlin' ayihlekisi kakhulu."
Ezinye izivakashi, nazo, zivele zingaqinisekile ukuthi isiqubulo sizama ukuveza ini.
“Angifuni ukuba yiBerlin. Bengifuna ukuza lapha ngizobona amagalari,” kusho uVictoria Gilardi, isivakashi sase-US “Futhi kungani bedinga isiqubulo? Kwenza indawo ibonakale iphelelwe yithemba.”
Noma kunjalo, isiqubulo esisha savunywa emhlanganweni oyimfihlo wephaneli elikhethwe ngokukhethekile lezakhamuzi ezivelele eziyi-16 zedolobha, okuhlanganisa nomdwebi wamapulani oyisihlabani u-Hans Kollhoff kanye noCatherine Muehlemann, iphini likamongameli we-MTV Germany.
Igama elithi “Be Berlin” likhethwe eziqubulweni ezingaphezu kuka-300 ezithunyelwe ukuze zicutshungulwe lapho kubhekwa isiqubulo esisemthethweni sedolobha.
Lo mkhankaso, ophethwe yinhlangano exhumana nomphakathi iBerlin Partner, uzoqala ngokusemthethweni ngoMashi 11 ngochungechunge lwezikhangiso zethelevishini nasemsakazweni namabhodi agxile ekuwineleni izakhamizi zakuleli dolobha isiqubulo esisha. Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, lo mkhankaso uzodlulela kulo lonke elaseYurophu nakwamanye amazwe emhlabeni jikelele.
Idolobhakazi lixhasa lo mkhankaso ngethemba lokuheha inqwaba yezivakashi nabatshalizimali enhlokodolobha yaseJalimane.
Uma isiqubulo esisha sinomoya weqembu eligxilile, sijabulisa kakhulu kunesiqubulo sengozi esenziwe yiMeya u-Klaus Wowereit asiboleka idolobha engxoxweni nephephabhuku i-Focus ngoNovemba 2003.
"Simpofu, kodwa siyathandeka," kusho uWowereit ngaleso sikhathi.
Noma kunjalo, ukuntuleka kwesiqubulo esisemthethweni sedolobha akuvimbeli ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwezokuvakasha eBerlin kule minyaka emihlanu edlule. Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-7 bavakashela eBerlin ngo-2007.
Umkhankaso othi “Be Berlin” uklanyelwe ukwakha ubudlelwano nentsha ephilayo yedolobha esikhundleni sendima emnyama, uma iheha, oyidlalile ekhulwini lama-20, kusho uCarola Bluhm, inhloko yeqembu lephalamende leLeft Party emkhandlwini wedolobha.
"Kufingqa lokho abantu abakutholayo uma sebefikile lapha," kusho uBluhm. "I-Berlin iyadala, iyajabulisa futhi ivulekele umhlaba."
Kodwa, abavakashi abaningi basenesithakazelo esikhulu ekufuneni isikhumbuzo esisanda kwethulwa sokuQothulwa Kwesizwe kanye nezinsalela ezihlakazekile zoDonga LwaseBerlin kunokuvakashela i-orchestra edumile ye-philharmonic noma indawo yegalari ephumelelayo eye yasebenzisa indawo ethengiswayo engabizi yedolobha.
“Leli idolobha lomlando,” kusho uFrank Yang, isivakashi esivela eChina esilinde kulayini ukuze singene eReichstag.
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