Umthombo wami omkhulu wolwazi kwakuyizincwadi nezidayari zokuhamba lapho inkosazana yaseBelgium, inkosi yase-Austrian kanye nendlovukazi yaseMexico eyayikhohlisile, basishiyela khona ekubhaleni kwabo.
Ngivame ukuhlukanisa uhambo oludabula iMexico ngamaqembu amabili amakhulu ngokulinganayo: uhambo lomzimba, lukakhonkolo oluholela "ekama" izingxenyana zezwe ezingajwayelekile, nohambo olusephepheni, oluholwa ngumbhali othile ozulazulayo kwezinye izikhathi. bashiye okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo encwadini ethile.
Ucwaningo lwami ngemibhalo yaseMexico kaCarlota de Belgium lwangithinta ngalowo mlingisi omangalisayo futhi lwangisondeza kohambweni ayelwenza ensimini yethu.
Ekhungathekile evela eYurophu ngoba uMaximilian waxoshwa kuhulumeni waseLombard-Veneto ngemiyalo yomfowabo, u-Emperor Franz Joseph; engajabule lapho efika eMexico ethola ukuthi abantu ababalindelanga ngezandla ezifudumele, kunalokho bababona njengabaqhamuka kwamanye amazwe; Ngamafuphi, futhi ekhungathekile empilweni yomndeni wakhe, uCarlota waqinisa umbuso wakhe wokuzenzela futhi waphephela emsebenzini kahulumeni (ayewuthanda kakhulu kunomyeni wakhe) futhi wajabulela nohambo oluningana, olwaphawuleka kakhulu kwakuyiYucatán. .
Yize ekuqaleni lolu hambo luhlelelwe "izithandani zombuso", ngomzuzu wokugcina uMaximiliano bekufanele ahlale enhlokodolobha, ngoba isimo sakhe esibuthakathaka besingamvumeli ukuthi angabikho isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga. Ngemuva kokuhamba ngomhlaba esuka eMexico City eya ethekwini laseVeracruz, uCarlota wangena enhlonhlweni ngoNovemba 20, 1865, kwathi phakathi nohambo lwakhe, njengephephabhuku, walungiselela umyeni wakhe umbiko ngesiJalimane, owawubhalwe no i-calligraphy yasendulo noma ye- "gothic". (I-protagonist yethu yayiyi-polyglot; wayekhuluma isiFulentshi, isiJalimane, isiNgisi, isiNtaliyane neSpanishi, owokugcina wafunda ngokuzijabulisa kwakhe kwaseMexico, kanye nesiLatini nesiGreki.
Ngemuva kohambo olumatasatasa, wafika eSisal ngomhla zingama-22 kuleyo nyanga futhi wababazeka: “Abalingiswa abamhlophe bavela emikhawulweni; lapha eYucatan konke kumhlophe, ngisho nomhlabathi ... Sihamba embhedeni wamagobolondo amhlophe siya endlini ehlelelwe ukuphumula. Lapho abantu bakhuphukela emafasiteleni, bebambe imigoqo, ngamehlo amakhulu, benelukuluku futhi benomusa…; le ndawo yayiqukethe isihlahlana esihle esihlala siphila esinezihlahla eziningi zesundu nezitshalo ezinkulu ezimise okwabalandeli; ngamafuphi, bekuyihlathi elingaphazanyiswa ”. Ubusuku bokuqala emhlabathini waseYucatecan, uMbusi walala eHunucmá hacienda (njengoba kwabikwa yi-Unknown Mexico enombolweni yayo engu-187).
Ukuhlekisa okuhle kukaCarlota, okuvame kakhulu emibhalweni yakhe, kuthakazelelwa intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe: “Ngalo mgwaqo i-telegraph idlulela eSisal, eyokuqala enhlonhlweni, ebisebenza isonto lonke. Izilimi ezingezinhle zithi abantu baseMerit baqale bathi "ngubani owaziyo ukuthi lezi zinto ezisungulwe ngabaseMexico zizoba yini", kodwa-ke bathumele ucingo ngobunono nsuku zonke kangangokuba kwakudingeka ukuhlomisa amahhovisi ngezihlalo zabesifazane. "
Imvunulo yesifunda yayibabaza isihambi sethu: “Imvunulo yamaNdiya yinto ehlukile ngokweqiniso… Ngokuqondene nobulili besifazane, imvunulo iqukethe isiketi selineni esimhlophe (esibizwa ngokuthi i-fustán) esinomngcele esifekethiswe kahle emazweni amaningi imibala. Ngaphezulu bagqoka ihembe elinentamo engunxande, efekethisiwe ngendlela efanayo entanyeni, elenga iqonde, neveli emhlophe yendwangu efanayo egqokwa izindela. Amadoda afaka izigqoko zotshani ezilukiwe kahle ezinemidwebo emnyama, ibhande elincane elimnyama elifana nelaseNgilandi, i-camisole emhlophe nebhulukwe. "
Lapho efika eMérida, uCarlota uvakashela futhi achaze okuhehayo okuyinhloko: “Sahamba ngezinyawo saya ethempelini elikhulu, elakhiwe ngamatshe aphuzi ngesitayela samaMoor, njengaleso esiseMalaga naseRagusa. Ngaphakathi inezimo ezinhle kakhulu, kepha i-altare lakhiwe ngesitayela esihluke ngokuphelele. Umsebenzi wamanga ubanzi kakhulu futhi endlekeni kukhona izibani ezinengilazi ye-matte enhle kakhulu esikiwe. Konke kufana kakhulu ne-Old Spain kunamakholoni ayo; ngazwi linye, akulona neze elaseMelika kepha kungesikhathi esiphakathi ”.
NjengaseMérida wabona ama-mestizos asemancane anebala elimhlophe, wabhalela uMaximiliano: “Phakathi kwamadoda aseYucatan ungakhetha abaphathi bezomthetho abahle; (ezinye) zingathathwa ngamaJalimane ”.
Kusukela kusihlwa sakhe sokuqala eWhite City, isivakashi siphefumula ngomdlandla sithi: “Ebusuku konke kukhanyisiwe, kuyiphathi yangempela yaseVenetian njengoba angikaze ngibone okufana nakho kusukela eVenice, futhi izibani zamaphepha ezinemibala egqamile zikhanya kakhulu phakathi kwezimbali”… Gxumela ku Umbono wokuthi bonke abesifazane namantombazane bagqoke izingubo ezilula kakhulu zemisipha, kepha bahlala begqoke futhi bekama ngokucophelela okukhulu, nokuthi konke kuhlanzekile. Babukeka bengampofu, abekho abakhongi, futhi angizange ngithole nesicelo esisodwa ”.
Kwesinye isenzakalo, uCarlota wayeyisizathu sokwelashwa okuhlukile, futhi indaba yakhe ibuyela emuva esikhathini esingaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka: “Ntambama kwaba nokuhamba ngomgwaqo omkhulu ne-panorama ebukekayo. Bonke abesilisa nabesifazane babehleli phambi kwezindlu zabo noma ngemuva kwamawindi avaliwe, begqoke amasudi nezingubo ezilula, abanye behamba ngezihlalo ezinamasondo. Abanye bahamba, ngababili, emasondweni alula njengaseHavana. Lezi zinqola zinezihlalo ezimbili kuphela, zitshekile kakhulu emuva, futhi azinawo amawindi engilazi. Badonswa yihhashi umsila walo uvalwe ngci, njengama-majo, kanti ujokhi ugibela ihhashi. Izintokazi zigqoka izingubo ezinemigexo ephezulu, azigqoki lutho entanyeni, kepha kunalokho zinezimbali ezintsha ezinweleni zazo. Angazi ukuthi abantu bazofelani lapha, kepha ngeke kube ngosizi noma ngobuhlungu; impilo idlula njengentwasahlobo yaphakade futhi ungaqonda ukuthi kungani ulithanda izwe elinje ”.
Ukuhambela kuka-Empress kuqondane noMbukiso Wezimboni, Ezolimo kanye Nemikhiqizo Ekhiqiziwe, futhi lo mlando wakhe ufanelekile uqobo: “Kwakunezinhlobo zonke zezinhlanzi: esimweni sayo semvelo iqabunga le-aloe, lapha i-chestnut, kukhona i-blonde, futhi ekugcineni ngokuqinile nangomusa baphotha ezintanjeni nakuma-hammock ... Izinduku ezinkulu zikashukela kanye 'ne-worm kawoyela' ehlekisayo okuthiwa ikhiqiza uwoyela omuhle kakhulu futhi kwabonakala. Igumbi eliphakathi lalinikezelwe ikakhulukazi embonini. Izikama ze-Tortoiseshell, amacansi omucu we-henequen anemidwebo enemibala, amajeke nezingubo zokulala ezivela e-Izamal, amathanga agcotshwe ngamafutha ezikelemu ...
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakukhona isigcinamagugu esincane semikhiqizo yemvelo, njengamagobolondo asogwini lwaseCozumel, iqoqo lazo zonke izinhlobo zezinkuni, kusukela ebony kuya ku-mahogany ... Zonke izinhlobo zaxubaniswa, kwahlukanisa igatsha lesitshalo sogwayi kanye nogwayi abangama-50 Ukuchazwa okwakulenga kuwo futhi okwakusongwe emaqabungeni uqobo lwawo… Okungihlabe umxhwele kakhulu ikhono nokuziqhenya okufanelekile lapho konke kwahlanganiswa khona ukunikeza umbono ongcono kakhulu ngekusasa laseYucatán ”.
NgoDisemba 5, uCarlota washiya inhlokodolobha yaseYucatecan waya eCampeche. Ngesikhathi sohambo wavakashela ama-henequen haciendas amaningana, futhi phakathi kwabo uMucuyché ugqamile, ngalezo zinsuku “… umnikazi kaDon Manuel José Peón, lapho ngahlonishwa khona nguNkk. Loreto kanye nomnumzane osanda kuqokwa wegumbi u-Arturo, indodana yakhe. Uhambisana nomsindo ‘we-luntulo’ futhi futhi namathoshi, umndeni wakwaPeón ungikhombise i-cenote, ichweba elincane lemvelo eliphakathi kwendawo yokugcina amatshe, okuyivelakancane kuleli lizwe lapho amanzi ayindlala khona. Akufanelekile ukusho ukuthi kuwo wonke ama-haciendas amakamelo okudla kwasekuseni nawokudla kwakusihlwa, ngisho nalawo obekuhloswe ukuthi kudliwe kuwo, ahlinzekwa ngasebukhosini, nokuthi umoya wokungenisa izihambi wanikezwa ngalowo musa wokuthula nokulula okuziqhenyayo okufana nobukhosi baseYucatecan " .
Izwi leMayan likaMucuyché lisho ukuthi "ihobhe ngokhuni", nepulazi elinalelo gama likumasipala wase-Abalá, 50 km eningizimu yeMerida, esikhaleni esiqala enhlokweni kamasipala. Yize namuhla ingamanxiwa, kusengenzeka ukwazisa ukwakhiwa kwayo okuhle kwekhulu le-19 elikhuluma nge-henequen boom. Ekuqaleni i-hacienda yayingamahektha ayizi-5 000 ngosayizi, kepha namuhla kunama-300 kuphela futhi idolobha elidala, elihlala abali-12. Umnikazi wamanje, uNkk uJosefina Peón onomusa futhi onomusa, uyisihlobo sabanikazi bokuqala futhi wangivumela ukuthi ngikwazi ukungena kuleli sayithi eliyingqayizivele . Yize kusobala ukuthi emanxiweni anjalo ayikho ifenisha namuhla, izinkomba zobukhazikhazi bayo bangaphambili zisivumela ukuba sicabange izizathu zamazwi kaCarlota athi: “zazinikezwe impahla yasebukhosini”.
Umzimba omkhulu we-hacienda ukwakhiwa okukhulu kukanxande okuzungezwe ezinhlangothini zalo ezine yipulangwe elibanzi elinama-ogee arches, okunikeza ukunambitheka okuthile kweMudejar ekubukekeni kwayo. Eminyango emibili yokungena emagcekeni e-hacienda kukhona uhlobo lwamakhothamo, akhiwe ngokulandelana kweminye emincane ebekiwe, enikeza umbono wokuba ngumshayeli. Yize kungasekho ukuhlobisa kwabefundisi, isonto lihlala, futhi ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene indlela amakamelo afulelwe ngayo kungabonakala ngaleso sikhathi: ngezingodo ezihlanganisiwe kanye nokwakhiwa kwamatshe.
Enye yezinto ezikhangayo yi-cenote yayo, lapho, ngokusho kwesilinganiso esilandelayo esivela encwadini engavamile, uCarlota wageza: “Ekubuyeni kwakhe ohambweni lwakhe oluya eYucatán, ngo-1865, uMbusi uCarlota Amelia waya eCampeche umgwaqo omkhulu odlula eTicul naseMuná, ukuze uvakashele amanxiwa e-Uxmal. Ubephelezelwa ngumphelelisi wabakhongi abebehamba ngamahhashi, kanye nezimpelesi zakhe. Lapho emile epulazini laseMucuyché laseDoña Loreto Peón, lapho evakashele i-cenote enhle lapho, uCarlota waveza isifiso sokugeza ku-lymph crystalline, ayenza egqoke ukubhukuda okunesibindi okungayeki ukushaqisa izintokazi ezihlala isikhathi eside udumo ". Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi naseHunucmá bathi uCarlota wabhukuda e-cenote yakhe, kepha lolu lwazi alubhalwanga phansi.
Namuhla uhlaza oluminyene aluvumeli ukubonwa kwesitebhisi esinamakhulu eminyaka sisehlela ngaphakathi kwe-Mucuyché cenote, embozwe ngendlwana enama-stalactites ayenza umhume wangempela ovulekile, futhi amanzi ayo agqamile abonakala ngokusobala. Ukulandisa ubuhle bayo kulula kakhulu kunokubuthola, ngoba inyosi yase-Afrika iye yanda esifundeni futhi kunoju lwezinyosi olukhulu ophahleni lwechibi lemvelo. Empeleni ukuze singene kwakumele sibheme kakhulu.
Imfudumalo yokwamukelwa eCampeche yathinta u-Empress: “Konke lokhu kwaqhamuka kubantu abathobekile, kusuka kumatilosi angazi lutho avela emakilasini ahluphekayo aseCampeche, hhayi kumaMeridan asankondlo nawesiko. Engikubonile ukuthi inhliziyo ifinyelelwa ngqo lapho, kepha ngendlela encane yezimbali [kunaseMérida] ”.
NgoDisemba 16, uCarlota wahamba ngomkhumbi waya eCampeche waya eCiudad del Carmen, lapho afika khona ngosuku olulandelayo: “Leli chweba lihlome kahle ngabameli; ngaphandle kwalokhu okushiwo ngenhla [iBelgium] kukhona owaseFrance nowase-Italy, futhi bonke badansa ngomdlandla omkhulu ezingutsheni zabo. Umphakathi uxubekile futhi awuhlangene neYucatecan ”.
Ngomhlaka 19, uCarlota Amelia Victoria Clementina Leopoldina washiya itheku laseKarmeli waya eVeracruz "... evalelisa ngenhliziyo ethintekayo." Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, wayezobhala mayelana "... naleyo nhlonhlo enhle futhi engiyithandayo kakhulu ... Zonke izinto engizwelana nazo ziye zahlala futhi zihlala unomphela eYucatán."
Esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka kamuva, wayezoba isisulu sokuhlanya - i-paranoid schizophrenia - futhi wayezohlala ehlukanisiwe iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi ayisithupha, njengoba eshona ngo-1927, eneminyaka engama-87 ubudala. Indodakazi yamakhosi aseBelgium, umzukulu wamakhosi aseFrance, umzala weNdlovukazi yaseNgilandi, umalokazana we-Emperor of Austria, uCharlotte wayevame ukugqoka ubhasikidi.
