Indaba eyisimangaliso yalesi sithombe esikhulu seNcasakazi uMariya
Lesi yisithombe sesithathu esikhulu kunazo zonke se- I-United States of America futhi itholakala emfuleni wamazwekazi we Izintaba Ezinamadwala in Isimo saseMontana.
Njengoba ilandiswa ngu IsontoPop , lesi sithombe, esakhiwe ngensimbi, silinganisa ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-27 futhi sinesisindo esingamathani ayi-16, esaziwa ngokuthi "iNcasakazi enkulu yaseRocky Mountains“, Kukhiqizwe ngesithembiso somuntu nokukholwa kwabantu.
UBob O'Bill wayengumuntu osebenza ngogesi owayesebenza kwenye yezimayini eButte, isifunda lapho isithombe seVirgin manje simi khona.
Lapho umkakhe egula kakhulu ngenxa yomdlavuza, uBob wathembisa iNkosi ukuthi izokwakha isithombe sokuhlonipha iNcasakazi uMariya uma lo wesifazane ephulukisiwe.
Hhayi-ke, okwamangaza odokotela ukuthi umkaBob welapheka ngokuphelele kulesimila futhi uBob wanquma ukugcina isithembiso sakhe.
Le ndoda, ekuqaleni, yahlekwa ngabangane bayo ngenkathi ikhuluma ngesinqumo sayo sokwakha lesi sithombe. Bese kuthi-ke kuqale imilayezo yesikhuthazo: "Lesi sithombe kumele sibe sikhulu kunazo zonke ezweni futhi sibonakale yonke indawo".
Inkinga yokuqala kwakuyiyo yezomnotho. Umuntu osebenza ngogesi ubengawenza kanjani umsebenzi onjalo? Wayezoyithathaphi imali?
La Ubuzwe baseButteKodwa-ke, wajabula ngalo mbono futhi wanquma ukwenza konke okusemandleni ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isithembiso sikaBob siyafezeka.
Ngo-1980 amavolontiya aqala ukufika ezokwakha umgwaqo esiqongweni sentaba, indawo ekahle yokubeka isithombe seVirgin futhi sibonakale kubo bonke, kodwa inqubo yayihamba kancane. Kwesinye isikhathi kwakukhona intuthuko yamamitha ama-3 ngosuku futhi umgwaqo kwakufanele okungenani ube ngamakhilomitha ayi-8 ubude.
Ngaphandle kobunzima, yonke imindeni izibophezele kulo msebenzi. Ngenkathi amadoda esusa umhlaba noma ashisela noma izingcezu, abesifazane nezingane bahlela amadina namarafi ukuthola imali edingekayo ukugcina isithembiso sikaBob.
Lesi sithombe sakhiwe ngu ULoyoy Lelle ezingxenyeni ezintathu ezibekwe ngenxa yosizo lwezindiza ezinophephela emhlane zeNational Guard.
NgoDisemba 17, 1985 kwabekwa isiqeshana sokugcina sesithombe: ikhanda leVirgin. Idolobha lonke lama ngomzuzu obukade ulindelwe lagubha lo mcimbi ngokushaya izinsimbi zesonto, izinhlabamkhosi nezimpondo zemoto.
Idolobha laseBitte, elinezinkinga ezinkulu zezomnotho ngaphambi kokwakhiwa kwalesi sithombe, selithuthukise isimo salo ngoba isithombe esikhulu seVirgin siheha izivakashi, senza izakhamizi ukuthi zivule amabhizinisi amasha.