I-Mosque enkulu kunazo zonke eseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, enhliziyweni ye-Capital City yase-Indonesia
I-Istiqlal Mosque eJakarta, i-Indonesia yi-mosque enkulu eSouth-mpumalanga ye-Asia, ifanele indawo yayo ezweni elikhulu lamaSulumane emhlabeni (ngokubambisana kwabantu).
Umsikathi wakhiwa ukuze uvumelane nombono omkhulu kaMongameli Sukarno wombuso oqinile, owamakholwa amaningi nohulumeni ophakathi kwawo: i-Istiqlal Mosque ibheke ngaphesheya komgwaqo ukusuka kwiKatolika yaseJakarta Cathedral, futhi zombili izindawo zokukhulekela zimi eduze neMerdeka Square , ekhaya eMonas (Isikhumbuzo se-Independence) esiphezu kwabo bobabili.
Istiqlal Massive Scale
Izivakashi ze-Istiqlal Mosque zizokwehliswa yizinga eliphakeme kakhulu le-mosque. I-mosque ihlanganisa indawo engamahektha ayisishiyagalolunye; isakhiwo sinamazinga amahlanu, nehholo elikhulu lokuthandaza eliphakathi nendawo ekhishwe yi-dome enkulu esekelwe izinsika eziyishumi nambili.
Isakhiwo esiyinhloko sinamapulazi enhlangothini eningizimu nasempumalanga engabamba abakhulekeli abaningi. Umsikethi uboshwe emadigeni ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye zemikhakha e-marble avela kuhulumeni waseTulungagung empumalanga yeJava.
Ngokumangazayo (kunikezwe indawo yayo ezweni elishisayo) i-mosque ye-Istiqlal ihlala ipholile ngisho nasemini; ukwakhiwa okuphakeme kwesakhiwo, imigwaqo evulekile, kanye namagceke avulekile ngokuqeda ukushisa esakhiweni.
Ucwaningo lwwenziwe ukukala ukushisa ngaphakathi emasikeni - "Phakathi nesikhathi sokukhuleka ngoLwesihlanu nokuhlala ngokugcwele ehholo lokuthandaza," ucwaningo luphetha ngokuthi, "isimo esivuthayo ngaphakathi sasisezindaweni zokududuza kancane."
I-Istiqlal Umthandazo Wama-Mosque eHholo Nezinye Izingxenye
Abakhulekeli kumele basuse izicathulo zabo bese begeza endaweni yangasese ngaphambi kokungena ehholo lomkhuleko. Kunezindawo eziningana zokungcola phansi, ezinamapayipi akhethekile avumela abantu abangaphezu kuka-600 ukuba bazigeze ngesikhathi esifanayo.
Ihholo lomkhuleko esakhiweni esikhulu sinezizathu ezinhle kakhulu zezivakashi - izivakashi ezingewona amaSulumane zingazibona zivela kwelinye lezansi.
Indawo engaphansi iphinganiselwa ukuba ibe ngamaydiredi angaphezu kuka-6,000. Iphansi ngokwalo libhekwa ngophawu olubomvu olunikezwa yi-Saudi Arabia.
Ihholo eliyinhloko lingakhonza abakhulekeli abangu-16 000. Izitezi ezinhlanu ezizungeze ihholo lomthandazo zingakwazi ukuhlala ezingaphezu kuka-60 000. Lapho umkhosi wama-mosque ungagcwaliswa kumandla, izansi ezingaphezulu zikhonza njengendawo yokufundela inkolo, noma izindawo zokuphumula zokuvakashela abahambi.
I- dome ihlala ngokuqondile ngenhla ehholo lomthandazo oyinhloko, esekelwe izinsika eziyishumi nambili zokukhonkolo nezensimbi. Le dome lingamamitha angu-140 ububanzi, futhi kulinganiselwa ukuthi lingamathani ayi-86 ngesisindo; ingaphakathi lalo likhonjiswe ngensimbi engagqwali, futhi umsizi walo uhlotshiswe ngamavesi avela ku-Koran, ebulawa ngo-Arabhu calligraphy enomusa.
Amagceke aseningizimu nasempumalanga ye-mosque anendawo engaba yizingqwembe ezingamakhilomitha angama-35,000, futhi anikeze isikhala esingeziwe sabakhulekeli abangaphezu kuka-40 000, isikhala esiyigugu ikakhulukazi phakathi nezinsuku ezihamba phambili zeRamadan.
I- minaret yama-mosque ibonakala kusukela emagcekeni, ne-National Monument, noma i-Monas, igcwaliselela kude. Lesi siphepho esicacile sinezingalo ezingamamitha angu-300 ukuphakama, enqamula phezu kwamagceke futhi ephethe izikhulumi ukuze zisakaze kangcono ucingo lwe-muezzin emthandazweni.
Imisebenzi yomphakathi ka-Istiqlal Mosque
Umsikiti awukude nje ukuba yindawo yokuthandaza kuyo. Istiqlal Mosque nayo inamabandla amaningi ahlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zenhlalakahle kubantu abampofu base-Indonesiya, futhi ukhonza njengendlu-kude-ekhaya ukuvakashela abahamba ngezinyawo ngesikhathi seRamadan.
I-Istiqlal Mosque yindawo ethandwayo yabahambeli abafeza isiko okuthiwa i'tikaf - uhlobo lokuqapha lapho umuntu ethandaza khona, elalela izintshumayelo, futhi efunda iKoran. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, i-Istiqlal Mosque isebenza ukudla okungaphezu kuka-3 000 njalo ebusuku kubakhulekeli abaphumula ngokushesha emasikeni. Omunye ukudla okuyinkulungwane kukhonzwa ngaphambi kokusa, phakathi nezinsuku eziyishumi zokugcina zikaRamadan, umvuthwandaba wenkathi yokuzila eletha izinombolo zabakhulekeli e-Istiqlal kuze kube yiphakamiso yalo nyaka.
Abahambeli balele egumbini lapho bekhuleka; izinombolo zabo zivutha cishe ku-3 000 ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwe-Eid ul-Fitr, ekupheleni kweRamadan.
Ezinsukwini ezijwayelekile, amatharasi kanye nendawo ezungeze imidlalo yama-mosque ezindaweni zokuthengisa, izinkomfa nezinye izenzakalo.
Umlando we-Istiqlal Mosque
UMengameli uSukarno wabe eselaya ukwakhiwa kwe-Istiqlal Mosque, ephefumulelwe nguNgqongqoshe wakhe wezokuQala wezeMpilo u-Wahid Hasyim. U-Sukarno wakhetha indawo yesakhiwo esidala saseDashi eduze nendawo yedolobha. Indawo yayo eduze kwesonto lobuKristu elikhona kwakuyingozi ejabulisayo; U-Sukarno wayefisa ukukhombisa izwe ukuthi izinkolo zingabelana ngokuvumelana ezweni lakhe elisha.
Umklami we-mosque wayengeyena ongumSulumane, kodwa umKristu - uFrederick Silaban, umdwebi waseSumatra owayengakaze akwazi ukuklama ama-mosque ngaphambili, kodwa okwamanje wathola umncintiswano obanjwe ukunquma umklamo womosisi. Ukuklama kukaSilaban, kuyilapho kuhle, kuye kwagxeka ngenxa yokuthi ayikhombisi imiklamo ye-Indonesia ecebile.
Ukwakhiwa kwenzeka phakathi kuka-1961 no-1967, kodwa lo mhlangano uvuliwe ngokusemthethweni emva kokudilizwa kukaSukarno. Umlandeli wakhe njengoMongameli we-Indonesia, uSuharto, wavula iminyango yama-mosque ngo-1978.
Umsikiti awuzange usindiswe udlame lwamahlelo; ngo-1999, ibhomu laqhuma endaweni yase-Istiqlal Mosque, yabalisa abathathu. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwagxeka abahlubuki bakwaJemaah Islamiyah, futhi bavusa iminye imiphakathi ehlasela amasonto obuKristu ngokubuyisela.
Ukufika e-Istiqlal Mosque
Ukungena okuyinhloko kwe-Istiqlal Mosque kunqamula umgwaqo ovela eCathhedral, eJalan Kathedral. Amatekisi alula ukufika e-Jakarta, futhi iyindlela ewusizo kakhulu yokuvakasha ukuhamba edolobheni - khetha amatekisi ase-blue ukukuthatha kusukela ehhotela lakho ukuya e-Mosque nasemuva.
Uma usungena, hlola ngezikhungo zezivakashi nje ngaphakathi komnyango; ukuphathwa kuyobe kujabulise ukunikeza umhlahlandlela wokuvakasha ukukuhambisa esakhiweni. Abangewona amaSulumane abavunyelwe ngaphakathi kwehholo elikhulu lomkhuleko, kodwa uzongeniswa phezulu ukuze ugibele emigwaqeni engenhla kanye nemithala ehamba ngesakhiwo esikhulu.