"Cornhenge" - isikhumbuzo esingavamile kakhulu kummbila

Umbhali wokufaka uMalcolm Cochran udale iCornhenge ngo-1994 ngesicelo soMkhandlu Wezobuciko waseDublin. Ngokwesihloko sango-1995 kuyi-PCI Journal, “Uma usuka kude, insimu yezikhwebu zombila ifana namathuna. Umdwebi usebenzise lesi simboli ukumela ukufa nokuzalwa kabusha kwabantu nomphakathi. U-Cochran uthi ukufakwa kwe-Field of Corn kuhloselwe ukukhumbula ifa lethu, ukuphawula ukuphela kwempilo yezolimo. Futhi ohlelweni lokubheka emuva, kusenze sicabange lapho siya khona, ngemanje eliqhakazile nekusasa.”

Leli tshe lesikhumbuzo liqukethe izikhwebu zikakhonkolo ezingu-109 ezima ziqonde emigqeni elingisa insimu yommbila. Isisindo sesikhwebu ngasinye singama-680 kg kanti ubude bungu-1,9 m. Imigqa yezihlahla zamawolintshi itshalwa ekugcineni kwensimu yombila. Eduze kukhona i-Sam & Eulalia Frantz Park, eyatshalwa futhi yanikelwa edolobheni ngasekupheleni kwekhulu lama-20 ngu-Sam Frantz, umsunguli wezinhlobo ezimbalwa zombila oyingxube.

Ekuqaleni, abantu baseDublin abazange bajabule ngetshe lesikhumbuzo, bezisola ngemali yentela eyasetshenziswa. Nokho, eminyakeni engu-25 uCornhenge ekhona, imizwa iye yashintsha. Sekuthandwa kakhulu izivakashi kanye nabantu bendawo, kanti abanye baze bakhethe ukuthi imishado yabo ibe sepaki eliseduze. 

"Ubuciko bomphakathi kufanele buvuse ukusabela okungokomzwelo," kusho uMqondisi Omkhulu woMkhandlu Wezobuciko waseDublin uDavid Gion. “Futhi isikhumbuzo seNsimu yaseKorn senza lokho kanye. Lezi zithombe zaveza ukunakekela kulokho obekungase kunganakwa, zaphakamisa imibuzo futhi zanikeza isihloko okwakuzoxoxwa ngaso. Ukufakwa kwayo kuyisikhumbuzo futhi kwehlukanisa indawo yethu kwezinye, kusiza ukuhlonipha ikusasa lomphakathi wethu nokubumba ikusasa lawo eliqhakazile,” kusho uGion. 

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