SANTIAGO, Chile - Kunze kweSantiago's Fine Arts Museum ikona yakadonha yakatsemurwa kuita machunks uye yakatambanudzwa nematanho emarble. Asi mukati, chivezwa chinomira chakasimba pasi pegirazi rakasimba.

Pashure pekudengenyeka kukuru kwepakati peChile, vashanyi vanogamuchirwa nemisiyano inokatyamadza: Chiratidzo chenguva dzose chinozunguzirwa nehomwe dzokuparadza kunoshamisa. Chinhu chimwe ndechechokwadi. Indasitiri yezvekushanyirwa kwenyika inoita mabhiriyoni maviri emadhora kubva musi wa 2 Kukadzi.

Chile yasimudza mamiriro enjodzi iyo Mutungamiriri ari kubuda, Michelle Bachelet akazivisa paakatumira masoja mumigwagwa kuti amise kupamba uye kuendesa ruyamuro. Yambiro yeDhipatimendi reHurumende yeUS ichikurudzira zvikuru vagari vemuUS kuti vadzivise kushanya uye kusakosha kwekufamba kuenda kuChile kwakaderedzwa Kurume 12 kunzvimbo dziri pedyo neiyo epicenter.

Zvakadaro, vafambi vakadzima hafu yekugara kwavo kumahotera eChile mumavhiki ekutanga aKurume. Kunyangwe zororo reIsita, makumi matatu muzana ekuchengetedzwa akadzimwa muna Kubvumbi. Idzo inhau dzakaipa kurudzi rwuri kuda chaizvo madhora ekuvaka patsva, asi zvinogona kureva mukana kune vanovhima vanofamba.

Chinhu chekutanga chinokatyamadza kuvashanyi vazhinji inhandare yendege yepasi rose yeSantiago, uko sirin'i nemigwagwa yekufamba zvakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya. Majeti ejeti zvino anotakura vanhu anokwira tara, kwavanotora mikwende kubva pasi vopfuura nemutende mutende.

"Maonero akaipa ekutanga," akadaro Sebastian Catalan, anoshanya mabhasikoro muSantiago. “Inoti, 'Titambire. Chile idambudziko.’”

Mushure mekusvika kusina kujairika, zvakadaro, chinhu chinonyanya kushamisa kune vashanyi chingave maitiro asina kukuvara eChile.

Tichifunga nezvenzvimbo yakatetepa yenyika, matunhu epakati chete ndiwo akakuvadzwa zvakanyanya, kunyanya maguta ari mumahombekombe akaparadzwa netsunami. Nzvimbo dzine mukurumbira kuchamhembe kweAtacama Desert uye kumaodzanyemba kwePatagonia dzakanga dzisina kubatwa zvachose.

Uye nekuda kwemitemo yekuvaka yemhando yepamusoro, zvivako muguta guru reSantiago zvakapukunyuka kuparadzwa kwacho.

Pave nekukanganisa pane zvishoma zvinokwezva: zviratidziro zvemazuva ano mukati meChivakwa cheFine Arts zvakavharwa uye iyo Municipal Theatre ine makore 160 ichave isingaite makonzati nemitambo kwemwedzi yakawanda. Raibhurari huru yenyika yeChile inoramba yakavharwa kune veruzhinji nepo mainjiniya achiongorora kukuvara kwemaitiro uye makereke echiKatorike ari kuchembera muguta rese anoda kuvakwa patsva.

Nzira dzechitima dzekumaodzanyemba dzinoramba dzakamiswa, asi kufamba kwatangazve nemugwagwa mukuru wenyika wekuchamhembe-maodzanyemba. Kunyangwe mamwe mawineri nemapaki emunyika ari nechepakati kumaodzanyemba moyo ari kuvhurwa zvishoma nezvishoma.

Asi zvimwe zviratidzo zvakashandurwa. Vashanyi vekutanga kuenda kuSiete Tazas National Park vanozoona kuti tambo dzemazita emapopoma manomwe anoyemurika dzakaoma husiku apo kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakavhura mitswe yepasi pevhu ndokutsausa kwakabva mapopoma. Varindi vePaki vakatarisa vachishushikana sezvo mvura inoyerera zvakare nemumakapu ematombo ane bako, vachitarisira kuti pasi pevhu richazadzwa nejecha uye kudzoreredza kutinhira kwemvura.

Maitiro akafanana akachengetedza hupfumi hwaRoberto Movillo, muridzi wePanimavida Hot Springs iri pedyo. Pashure pokudengenyeka, Movillo akaona mwero wemvura mumatsime ake omuzvarirwo uchiderera zvikuru, asi mukati memazuva akanga azara zvokufashukira.

“Zvino dambudziko ndere vashanyi,” akadaro. "Ndiko uko kuyerera kwakadzikira chaiko."

Upenyu, hongu, hunoramba hwakaoma kune vazhinji vekuChile vakasiiwa vasina pekugara uye vasina mabasa nenjodzi.

Misha iri mumhenderekedzo yegungwa iyo yakatambura zvakaipisisa netsunami yakapotsa yaparadzwa. Mataundi kumativi ose ekumaodzanyemba kwemwoyo anoramba ari matongo, ane zvidhinha zvakashorwa uye migwagwa ichiri kuvharwa nemirwi yemarara.

Zvekutanga zvakachinja zvinoenderana kune vamwe vari muindasitiri yekushanya.

Iyo Chile Trekking Foundation inowanzo shanda kuchengetedza nharaunda uye kudzidzisa mazana evadiki mabhizinesi ekushanya. Asi mumwedzi wapfuura, vakatumira chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chebhajeti ravo repagore kune rubatsiro rwechimbichimbi mudunhu rekudengenyeka, vachipa rubatsiro rwekutanga kunharaunda zhinji dzekumaruwa dziri pedyo nenzvimbo iyi.

Franz Schubert, mubatanidzwa wenheyo uye muridzi wehostele, haaone kusuwa kwevavakidzani vake sechikonzero chekumisa kushanya.

"Ndichaitei - kuvhara mikova yangu kana vanhu vachida mabasa?" akati. “Kunze kwaizvozvo, vashanyi vanouya kuno kuzofamba mumakomo. Uye avo havana kufamba. "