Basenokunxiba amashiti amhlophe athobekileyo afunekayo kuhambo lweHaj yamaSilamsi, kodwa kubakhenkethi abaninzi abaphithizela kwizitrato zaseMecca, esona sikhumbuzo sigqibeleleyo sohambo lwabo kukuba eyona nto imenyezelayo yempahla: igolide.
Uninzi lwabahambi ngezonqulo ihaj imele ukuzaliseka kwamabhongo obomi bonke kwaye uninzi lwabo lufuna ukukhumbula uhambo lwabo ngeenkumbulo okanye izipho zezalamane ezinentsingiselo ekhethekileyo yenkolo.
Abahambi ngezonqulo abasuka kwiindawo ezincinci, ezingahlali bantu bonke kuneMecca, nabo bafumanisa ukuba izacholo zegolide zinexabiso eliphantsi, ezikumgangatho ophucukileyo kwaye ziphucukile kunezo zifumaneka ekhaya, nto leyo eyenza imarike yonyaka yesinyithi esixabisekileyo.
“Uyilo oluhle. Yonke into intle. Ndididekile ukuba mandikhethe eyiphi,” utshilo u-Ijlal Suleiman, 35, waseSudan.
Kodwa emva kothethathethwano nomthengisi wegolide wagqiba kwelokuba afudukele kwivenkile elandelayo ukuze afumane isampula yezinye iiplani.
Uninzi lweevenkile zegolide zilele ngaphandle kweGrand Mosque, eyona ndawo ingcwele yamaSilamsi, kwaye iishelufu kunye neefestile zabo zikhazimla ngezacholo, iintsimbi zomqala, amakhonkco, amacici, iilokhi kunye namatyathanga akrolwe ngokwemveli yaseMbindi Mpuma kunye noyilo lwaseIndiya.
Amaxabiso egolide engasetyenziswanga ayafana nalawo aseDubai, indawo yobucwebe bendawo, ene-24-carat iya kwi-204 UAE dirhams ($55.54) igram kwi-emirate, ngokutsho kwe-www.uaegoldpricetoday.com, kunye ne-215 riyals ($57.33) eMecca , watsho unovenkile.
Uninzi lwezacholo zenziwa kwizibuko laseSaudi Arabia kwizibuko loLwandle oluBomvu eJeddah ukusuka kwigolide ye-21-carat, ngelixa iziqwenga ezinoyilo lwaseIndiya zingeniswa eDubai, utshilo u-Ali Abdullah, 35, waseSaudi obesebenza kwivenkile yegolide eMecca. I-10 iminyaka.
Wathi: “Igolide ethengiswa eMecca isulungekile yaye ayiphazanyiswa. “Igolide yaseSaudi yeyona ibalaseleyo emhlabeni. Umgangatho wayo uphezulu kwaye usikelelekile. Abantu bathenga igolide kwaye bathi le yigolide esikelelekileyo evela eMecca.”
Ngokungafaniyo negolide emhlophe egcwele iidayimani kunye namatye anqabileyo aboniswe kwiivenkile zokuthenga ezikhazimlayo zaseDubai, igolide kwiimarike zaseMecca ayinako ukongezwa okunomtsalane ngakumbi kubathengi abayithengayo njengotyalo-mali.
“Igolide elapha ilungile ngokobunzima bayo kunye nokuveliswa kwayo,” utshilo uMohammed Idrisur Rahman, oneminyaka engama-57, igqwetha lase-Bangladesh, njengoko wayethengela intombi yakhe kunye nomolokazana iilokhi ezimbini. "Yigolide eyomeleleyo kwaye ixabiso lilungile kwaye lithengwe kwindawo engcwele."
Kwizihlobo ezikude zingabengezeli kodwa zifunwa kakhulu izipho ziya kwanela, utshilo uRahman. Oko kuquka amaso omthandazo kunye namanzi e-zamzam, ampontshwa kwiqula elingcwele eMecca.
Noko ke, asingabo bonke abahambi ngezonqulo abazibona izinto abazithenga njengezonqulo.
“Andikholelwa ekusikeleleni ubuvuvu. Igolide ilungile, ingcono kunokuthenga amalaphu kunye nempahla, utshilo uHaj Namen, 47, wase-Iraqi Kurdistan emva kokuthengela inkosikazi yakhe igolide exabisa i-2,450 yeedola ekhaya.
“Ukuba ukude nenkosikazi yakho inyanga yonke kufuneka umfumanele igolide,” utshilo uNajem, osebenze i-haj ngokulandelelanayo kule minyaka ili-12 idlulileyo njengenxalenye yomsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngumkhenkethi.
(Reuters)
