Belfast ndilo mzinda wachiwiri waukulu ku Ireland, komanso mzinda waukulu kwambiri ku Northern Ireland. Malo amodzi omwe amakhala ndi moyo, anasintha kwambiri kuyambira masiku a "Troubles". Mzinda wa Belfast ndi m'mphepete mwa madera a Antrim ndi Down m'chigawo cha Ulster , ndi kumutu kwa Belfast Lough kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Ireland. Chiwerengero cha anthu ali pafupi 330,000 (Mzinda wokha, chigawochi chimawerengedwa pafupifupi anthu 600,000).
Mbiri ya Belfast
Belfast inali yodutsa nyanja ya Lagan mpaka 1603, pamene Sir Arthur Chichester analandira dzikolo ndi kumanga tawuni yokhala ndi mipanda yolimba kwambiri. Pafupifupi theka la zaka za zana la 18, Belfast anabwezeretsedwa ndipo adakhala "Atene a Kumpoto", posakhalitsa anasintha kukhala mzinda wogulitsa ndi nsalu ndi nsanja monga zikuluzikulu.
Pamene Belfast inakhala mzinda mu 1888 anthu ake anali atakula ndi 400% m'zaka makumi asanu, anthu ambiri okhala m'matawuni a njerwa zofiira komanso ogwira ntchito m'mafakitale kapena m'masitima. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800 chinapanganso kukula kwa ulemelero wamakono ndi maphunziro komanso sayansi. Kukhazikitsidwa kwa Titanic m'chaka cha 1911 kunkaimira chiyambi cha chitukukochi.
Popeza kuti mzindawu unali wogawikana kwambiri komanso wandale (anthu a Katolika anali osauka kwambiri), Belfast anasandulika likulu la Northern Ireland mu 1921, chifukwa cha kuvutika maganizo kwa zaka za m'ma 1930 ndipo "anaphwanyidwa" ndi mabomba a German 1940.
Pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko Lonse Belfast siinapezenso ndipo chiyambi cha "Troubles" mu 1969 chinapangitsa mzindawu kukhala wotsutsana ndi chigawenga ndi chigawenga. Pakati pa 1971 ndi 1991 anthu atatu mwa anthu atatu adathawa mumzindawo! Pokhapokha kuthetsa chiwawa pakati pa zaka za 1990 ndi pansi pa chisonyezo cha Lachisanu Lachisanu (1998), Belfast anayamba kuyambiranso.
Masiku ano Belfast
Kuwongolera ku Belfast munthu sangathe kuzindikira zowonongeka zapitazo. Malo okwera ngati apolisi, "mizere yamtendere" (makoma okwera omwe amalekanitsa anthu a Chiprotestanti ndi Akatolika) ndipo nthawi zina amachititsa kuti anthu odzudzula akumbukire anthu achifwamba akale.
Koma mlendoyo adzadabwa ndi zomwe zimachitikira mumzinda. Kumalo kumene zikwama zogwiritsira ntchito zidafufuzidwa pamanja pazitsulo zolimbitsa kwambiri zaka zingapo zapitazo, ogula akuyenda ndi ogulitsa pamsewu nthawi zina amayamikira katundu wake.
Akaidi akapita kumalo otsegulira maulendo otsogolera ku mbiri yakale ya Republican, masitolo ogulitsa nsomba nthawi zina amagulitsa magalimoto akuluakulu komanso magalimoto apolisi sizinayambe zowonongeka. Ngakhale kuti nthawi zina magulu a mpatuko amawombera m'midzi, mzindawu uli wofanana kwambiri ndi mizinda ina ya ku Britain. Ndi kukhudzidwa kwa Irishness kuponyedwa mkati.
Belfast kwa Mlendo
Belfast ndi mzinda wamakono wamasiku ano wokhala ndi moyo wa usiku, wokonda kugula komanso zinthu zina zochititsa chidwi. Ulendo ukupangidwira ndipo zokopa siziri zambiri kapena zosaoneka ngati zili ku Dublin. Kupita ku Belfast kungakhale kosasamala mu galimoto komanso kumapazi, njira imodzi-njira zodziwika bwino zopangidwa ndi ankhondo a kalulu m'maganizo ndi misewu yomwe siimangoganiza mozama koma ndi "mizere yamtendere".
Ndipo mukhoza kuyembekezera kuti mupeze malo ooneka bwino omwe ali pafupi ndi ngodya yotsatira.
Atanena zimenezi, Belfast ayenera kuonedwa ngati "otetezeka" kwa mlendo. Pokhapokha ngati mukuwonetsa zizindikiro kapena zizindikiro zosokoneza (mwachitsanzo, t-shirts zokhudzana ndi IRA zilipo poyera, koma kuvala kumafunsa vuto).
Belfast alibe "nyengo" monga choncho. Kusagwirizana kwachinyengo kumawonjezereka pozungulira July 12 ndi zikondwerero kukumbukira nkhondo ya Boyne .
Malo Okayendera
City Hall, Grand Opera House yokongola, Crown Liquor Saloon yakale, Botanic Gardens ndi Ulster Museum ayenera kuwona. Aliyense amene ali ndi chidwi ndi malo ogulitsa mafakitale kapena a m'nyanja ayenera kuyang'ana kuzungulira Laganside, akuyendetsa sitima zapamadzi pachitunda chachikulu, akuyamikirira mabwato akuluakulu a Harland & Wolff ("Samsoni" ndi "Goliati") ndi Lagan Weir yatsopano.
Okonda chilengedwe angayang'ane Cave Hill dera lapamwamba pamwamba pa mzindawo kapena amathera nusu yosangalatsa ku Zoezi la Belfast pafupi. Ndipo anthu omwe ali ndi chidwi kwambiri ndi Belfast amatha kuchita zoipa kwambiri kuposa kutenga "Black Taxi Tour" kumalo ozungulira.
Malo osungiramo zinthu zakale kwambiri ku Belfast ndi Ulster Museum, yomwe ili ndi mbiri yakale ya chigawocho kuyambira m'nthaŵi yamwala, Titanic Belfast yomwe ili ndi chiwonetsero chodabwitsa kwambiri pa malo osokoneza bongo , komanso wopulumuka wolemekezeka wa nkhondo ya Jutland, HMS Caroline .
Malo Oyenera Kupewa?
Ngakhale malo a Falls ndi Shankill, omwe ali a Republican ndi okhulupirika, sakuyenera kuonedwa kuti ndi "malire" . Kumbali inayi, pafupifupi msonkhano uliwonse wa anyamata omwe amagwira nawo ntchito amatha kufotokoza vuto ndipo ayenera kuwonedwa ngati chizindikiro chochenjeza.