Ayizizo ezona mifanekiso zithandekayo, kodwa yiza ngexesha leKrisimesi ndihlala ndicinga ngutatomkhulu wam, uMika & apos; il Dabdoub, ukumisa eVictorian Manila ngo-1886 emva kokufika kwinqanawa esuka eSingapore. Wayeneminyaka engama-38 ngelo xesha, emdala kunam ngoku, kwaye wayesandula ukuhamba ngaphezulu kweemayile ezingama-5 000 ukusuka kwidolophu yakowabo iBhetelehem, kwi-Ottoman Mutasarrifate yase-Jerusalem ngelo xesha. Kuye, iManila inokuba yayiyiMars.
Wayezimanya nabantakwabo, uGubra & apos; il noHanna, oosomashishini bezorhwebo ababengabokuqala eBhetelehem ePhilippines. Baye beza kwiminyaka embalwa ngaphambili bekhangela ii-oysters ze-pinctada maxima, ezazinendawo yangaphakathi enqabileyo enokuthi yenziwe kwimifanekiso eqingqiweyo yomama-weeperile, ukufakwa, kunye nokuhonjiswa, ubungcali kwezobugcisa eBhetelehem ukusukela ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-18 (wazisa ziimonki zaseFranciscan ngenkulungwane ye-15). Izinto ezazibizwa ngokuba yi-nacre -zazisetyenziselwa zonke izinto ezinxulumene nokuzalwa komntu: ii-cameo, iingubo zebhayibhile, iiNkwenkwezi zaseBhetelehem, amanani okuzalwa (ngakumbi uYesu noMariya), iirosari, iibhokisi zokugcina iirosari, kunye nayo nayiphi na into enento yokwenza nokuhlangana Ukuzalwa kukaYesu. Ingcibi esebenza nomama weeperile esitratweni eBhetelehem, malunga no-1955. Popperfoto / Getty Izithombe
Aba bazalwana bathathu bathamsanqa, befumana intabalala yokutya eyayiphezulu kakhulu kuneebhedi zeembatyisi zoLwandle Olubomvu. Ngo-1893, ii-Dabdoubs ziphumelele iMedal of Honor kwimiboniso yobugcisa babo kwiHlabathi ye-Apos e-Chicago, i-laurel abaza kuvuthela amakhadi abo eshishini kumashumi eminyaka emva koko. Lwaluzuke udumo lwabo kangangokuba uNicholas II, umphathi wokugqibela waseRashiya, wathumela kubo ibhayibhile engunina-weeperile. Abazalwana babephumile eBhetelehem ukuya kwicala lamaphupha abo kwaye babuya benenzaliseko enokuthi ivele kuphela emva kokuba iwafezekisile.
Yiza uDisemba, abahamba ngeenqwelo kwihlabathi jikelele bacula idolophu encinci yaseBhetelehem njengelali eleleyo kwinduli yabalusi: Hayi indlela ethe cwaka, ethe cwaka, isipho esimangalisayo sinikwa! Kodwa iBhetelehem inembali ende njengesixhobo sehlabathi kwezorhwebo. Ayisiyo ndawo yokuzalwa kukaYesu Krestu kuphela, kodwa ngeendlela ezininzi zeKrisimesi.