Jolo Island muPhilippines zvinoreva musanganiswa wevaMuslim nevaKristu vanoedza kugara pamwe chete. Iyo nharaunda yaive nezvirongwa zvakakura zvekuve nzvimbo yeBoracay yerudzi rwevashanyi muPhilippines makore matanhatu apfuura, asi haina kumbobvira yawana zvakawanda muindasitiri yemushanyi. Vashanyi vaizowana mamosque ane mavara mutaundi. Tausug kana vanhu veko vane hushamwari uye vanogamuchira vaenzi.
Nhasi uno gandanga raputisa kereke huru yeguta panguva yemhirizhonga yechiKatorike ichiuraya makumi maviri nenomwe, ichikuvadza vangangosvika makumi manomwe nenomwe. Bhomba rekutanga rakapinda mukati kana padyo nekereke yeJolo mudhorobha guru, ikateverwa nekuputika kwechipiri kunze kwekomboni mauto ehurumende achipindura kurwiswa uku, vakuru vezvekuchengetedza vakati. Kuputika kwakavhuvhuta musuwo wechechi huru uye kwakabvarura muhoro huru, kupwanya zvidimbu zvidimbu uye kupidigura mimwe mikova.
Jolo Island ndicho chitsuwa chikuru kwazvo muzvitsuwa zveSulu, kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kwePhilippines. Iine mhenderekedzo dzakanaka dzejecha jena, ingangoita nzvimbo yekutsvaira yakafanana neBoracay iri pakati pePhilippines kana kunyange Phuket muThailand sechikamu chechirongwa chitsva chekushanya chinokwezva vaPhilippines nevashanyi vekunze.
Nhasi uno zvakadaro mapikicha akaratidzira marara nemitumbi zvakarara mumugwagwa wakabatikana kunze kweKathedral of Our Lady weGomo reKarmeri, iro rakarohwa nemabhomba munguva yakapfuura. Mauto mune vatakuri vezvombo vakavhara mugwagwa mukuru unoenda kuchechi uku mota dzaitakura vakafa nekukuvara kuchipatara. Vamwe vakaurayiwa vakaendeswa nendege kuguta riri pedyo reZamboanga.
Kunze kwemahombekombe ejecha jena, Jolo Island zvakare yakapfuma zviwanikwa uye zvisikwa zvepasi pemvura. Iyo inozivikanwa nemagakanje ayo akadzika egungwa anonzi "cuacha”Uye michero yekunze, senge durian uye mangosteen michero. Iyo ine hombe kugadzirwa kweakakwira-giredhi abaca tambo kana "arabica", robusta kofi bhinzi, copra, uye carrageenan.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- The first bomb went off in or near the Jolo cathedral in the provincial capital, followed by a second blast outside the compound as government forces were responding to the attack, security officials said.
- Possessing magnificent white sand beaches, it may soon become an island resort similar to Boracay in central Philippines or even to Phuket in Thailand as part of a new tourism plan that will lure Filipino and foreign visitors.
- The blasts blew away the entrance to the cathedral and ripped through the main hall, shredding to pieces the pews and toppling other doors.
