Indaba yeMoya wesithombe seDetroit

Angase abukeke kancane njengeJolly Green Giant, kodwa isitembu esingamamitha angu-26 se "Spirit of Detroit" esikhishwe nguMarshall Fredericks ngawo-1950 siye saba uphawu lweDetroit futhi luphawu oluphawulekayo. Lesi sithombe empeleni sibonisa indoda ehlezi ephethe isigaba esandleni esisodwa kanye neqembu lomndeni kwelinye. I-plaque yesithombe ithi, "Ngomoya womuntu ubonakala emndenini, ubuhlobo obuhle kakhulu bomuntu."

I-Jolly Green Giant

Njengoba kuluhlaza okwedlula iminyaka, isifanekiso sebhedu sagcina sakha ama-alias "Jolly Green Giant." Nge-moniker entsha, lesi sithombe sasibonakala siphila. Ngokwesibonelo, ngobunye ubusuku obuseduze nosuku lukaSt. Patrick (noma okukhona) umfana omkhulu obuluhlaza wavakashela u-Woodward Avenue kumdanso womdanso ongeyena ovezwe kuGiacomo Manzu 's Dance Step . Ngesikhathi kungekho muntu owake wabona i-Jolly Green Giant ngesikhathi sokuphunyuka kwakhe ebusuku, kutholakale izinyawo ezinjenge-pavement ekuseni ehlanganisa izifanekiso ezimbili.

I-Jolly Green Giant ibanjwe esenzweni, kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi edlala ijezi elibomvu i-Red Wing ekugubheni iStanley Cup ukunqoba ngo-1997. Manje sekuyisiko lomuntu oboshiwe ukuba agqoke ijezi noma nini lapho ama-Red Wings enqoba khona.

Indawo

Lesi sithombe sitholakala yi-City-County Building (i-aka Coleman A. Young Municipal Centre) esekelwe kuWinward Avenue nase-Jefferson Avenue kusukela ku-GM Renaissance Centre eDowntown Detroit.

Ukubhalwa Kwamatshe Okubhekene Nesitatimende:

"Manje iNkosi inguMoya: futhi lapho uMoya weNkosi ukhona, kukhona inkululeko."