I-Tournai: uhambo oluhamba ngexesha entliziyweni yeWallonia

I-Tournai: uhambo oluhamba ngexesha entliziyweni yeWallonia

Ifakwe entliziyweni yeWallonia, isixeko saseTournai luhambo lokwenyani lokubuyela ngexesha. Ngelifa lembali kunye nenkcubeko etyebileyo, inika iindwendwe ukuntywiliselwa okukodwa kwimbali yommandla.

ITournai, ekwabizwa ngokuba yiTournai-la-Grande, sesona sixeko sidala eBelgium. Yasekwa ngamaRoma ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-2000 eyadlulayo, inembali enesiphithiphithi ephawulwe luhlaselo, iimfazwe kunye nokwakhiwa kwakhona okulandelelanayo.

Umbindi wesixeko weTournai bubutyebi bokwenyani bokwakha. I-Notre-Dame Cathedral, edweliswe njengendawo yelifa lehlabathi le-UNESCO, yenye yamatye anqabileyo esi sixeko. Yakhiwe phakathi kwenkulungwane ye-12 neye-13, igqalwa njengeyona cawa intle yamaGothic eBelgium. Ngama-nave ayo amahlanu kunye neemitha ezingama-83 ukuphakama, ilawula ngebhongo esixekweni kwaye inika umbono omangalisayo wendawo ejikelezileyo.

Kude kude ne-cathedral yiBelfry, enye isimboli yeTournai. Yakhelwe ngenkulungwane ye-12, yeyona ndawo indala yaseBelgium kwaye ikwayindawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO. Ukusuka kubude bayo be-72 yeemitha, inika umbono wepanoramic wesixeko kunye neendawo ezisingqongileyo. I-Belfry iphinda ifake iMbali kunye ne-Archaeology Museum, elandelela imbali ye-Tournai ngengqokelela enomdla yezinto kunye namaxwebhu.

Ukuhambahamba kwizitrato ezineentambo zesixeko, ufumanisa obunye ubuncwane bokwakha. Izindlu zeRenaissance kunye neBaroque zingqina ubutyebi bangaphambili besi sixeko. Phakathi kwezona zinto ziphawulekayo, sinokucaphula iMaison de la Louve, iMaison de Lalaing kunye neMaison du Roi.

I-Tournai yaziwa ngeemyuziyam zayo. IMyuziyam yoBugcisa obuGcisa igcina ingqokelela ebalulekileyo yemizobo, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kunye nezinto zobugcisa, ukusuka kumaXesha Aphakathi ukuya kwinkulungwane yama-20. IMyuziyam yeTapestry inikezelwe kubugcisa be-tapestry, isithethe esisuka kumaxesha aphakathi. Okokugqibela, iMyuziyam yeMbali yeNdalo ibonelela ngokuntywiliselwa kwihlabathi lezilwanyana nezityalo zalo mmandla.

Kodwa i-Tournai ayiphelelanga kwilifa layo loyilo kunye nenkcubeko. Esi sixeko sikwadume ngegastronomy. Izinto ezikhethekileyo zasekuhlaleni, ezinje ngeewaffles, i-Liégeoise dumplings kunye ne-Flemish stews, ziya kuyonwabisa incasa yeendwendwe. Iindawo zokutyela ezininzi zesi sixeko kunye neebrasseries zinika ukutya okunencasa kunye nokwenyani.

I-Tournai ikwasisixeko esidlamkileyo, apho iminyhadala kunye neminyhadala yenzeka unyaka wonke. ITournai Carnival, enye yeyona midala eBelgium, itsala amawaka eendwendwe nyaka ngamnye. Imithendeleko yePentekoste, kunye nemingcelele yabo kunye nemidaniso yemveli, nayo ithandwa kakhulu.

Okokugqibela, indawo engqonge iTournai ibonelela ngamathuba amaninzi okuhamba kunye nokufumanisa. Iindawo ezineenduli zaseWallonia, eziwela iindlela ezininzi zokuhamba intaba, zimema abatyeleli ukuba bahlaziye iibhetri zabo ngaphandle. Abathandi bembali banokundwendwela iinqaba ezininzi zommandla kunye neziza zakudala.

Ukuqukumbela, iTournai yiperile yokwenyani yaseWallonia. Ngobutyebi bembali kunye nenkcubeko yelifa, iimyuziyam zayo, i-gastronomy yayo kunye neziganeko zayo ezininzi, inika abakhenkethi uhambo lokubuya ngexesha lokuya entliziyweni yommandla. Nokuba ungumthandi wobugcisa, imbali okanye indalo, iTournai iyakuhenda abanomdla wokukhangela ubunyani kunye nezinto ezifunyenweyo.