Ekupheleni kukaJulayi 2013, sahamba nentombi eya ku-Istanbul. Bandiza besuka eKiev, amathikithi okubhuka futhi ihhotela linikeze i-ejensi yokuhamba, naphezu kombuso wamahhala we-visa phakathi kwe-Ukraine neTurkey. Kwenziwe kahle: Sanikezwa insizakalo yokuvalwa kwamahhala evela esikhumulweni sezindiza ehhotela nasemhlane. Futhi sahlala esifundeni sabavakashi kanye nasomlando wase-Istanbul - sultanahmet. Ukusuka ehhotela kuya e-Ayia Sofia (manje iMnyuziyamu) kanye ne-Blue Mosque emnyameni kungabi ngaphezu kwemizuzu eyi-10. Ngale ndlela, ehhotela, njenganoma yisiphi isitolo se-sultanamet, ungathenga imephu yedolobha, kanye nesiqondisi sezivakashi. Sasinenhlanhla: Kokubili imephu kanye nomhlahlandlela wawuseRussia. Intombazane yami uJulia yasheshe yafunda khona uhambo lokuya ochuzi lwendlela. Kwavela ukuthi kulula kakhulu.
Ngizokwengeza ukuthi sinakho nje eposini lamaSulumane, ngakho-ke kube nezivakashi eziningi ezivela kulo lonke elaseMpumalanga East.
I-Blue Mosque neMnyuziyamu ka-Ayia Sofia zibhekene necala, kuphela ngomnyango wemnyuziyamu esikhokhele, avakashele mosque mahhala. Ngokuvumelana nalokhu, asizange silekele uhambo lokuya ocansini, kodwa sazitholela.
I-Blue Mosque ibhekwa kahle into esemqoka edolobheni. Ihlukaniswa ngabane, njengawo wonke ama-Muslim Shrines, kepha ama-Minarets ambalwa anje. I-mosque iwuphawu lwe-Istanbul. Futhi kuma-magnets, nangobunye bamaTurkey ngentokozo eboniswa futhi nge-bang bathengisa lezi zikhumbuzo.
Ngiphawula ukuthi i-mosque yakhiwa ngekota yokuqala yekhulu le-17. Inethiwekhi yeminyaka yokusebenza, ubuciko obuhle bezitayela ze-ottoman zasendulo naseByzantine kwavela. Igama elithi "Blue" Mosque litholile ukubonga ukusetshenziswa kwezinyawo ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-20 eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nezimhlophe ze-ceramic ezenziwe ngesandla. Ukuzivocavoca okuphakathi kwe-mosque kumboza i-dome kusuka ngaphezulu. Amakhulu eminyaka ayehlobisa imibhalo evela kwiQuran nesitatimende sikaMohammed. Amakholomu amane asekela i-dome. Emaphethini we-mosque, kunezitshalo eziningi. Phansi, ama-mosque lale gciwane amakhaphethi abomvu abomvu. 260 amawindi akhanyisela i-blue mosque. Kukhona okulula kunase-Ayia Sofia. EMichrab, i-mosque ifakiwe i-Mecca edumile yaseMecca. UMikhraba une-minbar, lapho i-Imaam ikweleta khona. Ingxenye esentshonalanga ye-mosque izogqamisa ukungena okwenzelwe ukungena eSultan. Iketanga elikhulu legolide lilenga phezu komnyango. Kwakuwuhlobo lwesibonakaliso: Ukungena ngaphakathi, uSultan waphoqeleka ukuba aguqe, abonisa ukungabaluleki kombusi wezwe uma kuqhathaniswa noNkulunkulu u-Allah.
Ngaphambi kokungena kuma-mosque, kukhona igceke, ngosayizi alikho ngaphansi kwalo.
Ngiphawula ukuthi i-mosque isebenza. Kusho ukuthini lokhu? Okokuqala, iqiniso lokuthi phakathi nemikhuleko ephoqelekile kahlanu ngosuku kwavalwa izivakashi ezilula. Amakholwa nabangakholwayo babebiyelwe nge-portico yokhuni, ngale kwalokho eyayenqatshelwe ukuhamba. Ngaphezu kwalokho. Emnyango udinga ukudubula izicathulo futhi ushiye emgwaqweni, noma uthathe isikhwama se-cellophane onikezwe ngokukhethekile bese ubeka izicathulo kuwo. Ngale ndlela, ngadlula lonke uhambo lokuvakasha ngephakheji (futhi ngalo ama-sneaker) ngesandla. Abesifazane baphoqelekile ukumboza amakhanda abo. Intombi yathatha yena amakhanda ama-2 ngathi amabili. Kepha amaTurkey anokuqonda: izivakashi zingakhetha enye yamakhanda ekhanda futhi emnyango. Noma ngabe ungayazi imithetho, nakanjani uzokhumbuza unogada. Ngikhohliwe ukususa izicathulo, futhi ngokushesha wangivimba lapho ngizama ukungena mosque. Kwakungekho zinkinga ngezithombe: senze izithombe eziningi. Kuyihlazo ukuthi okubhaliwe kwenziwa kuphela kweTurkey, futhi asikuqondi konke.
Sivakashele mosque yehora ngezinsuku ezintathu. Kodwa-ke, khumbula ukuthi emahoreni omkhuleko avalelwe amakholwa.
Uhambo olufanayo kungenzeka lube nentshisekelo ezinganeni noma kubantu bomndeni. Ngokunokwenzeka, yenzelwe abathandi bomlando, inkolo namasiko, abahlonishwayo bamaSulumane, kanye nabantu abaseminyakeni yobudala, njengoba kuvuleke futhi kungadingi ukuhamba kakhulu, ngaphandle kwekhaphethi ebomvu. Umkhathi uyajabulisa impela.
Ngiyithandile impela. Ngemuva kwakho konke, mosque eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ikhadi lebhizinisi le-Istanbul nalonke turkey. Kuyafaneleka lokhu. By endleleni, kwakuyi-mosque yokuqala engake ngaya kuyo. Kuyangijabulisa ukuza lapha ukuze ngizwa ukuvumelana.
