El I-San Bernardo Ayiveli nje ngokubukeka kwayo okuhle futhi okuthandekayo, kepha futhi nomlando omude ngemuva kwayo. Ingxenye yalolu daba isithombe esiyinsumansumane sale nja enomgqomo ulenga entanyeni yayo, into esesekhona kuze kube namuhla ngesimo sabathengisi nabalingiswa abaqanjiwe, ikakhulukazi kwifilimu nakumabonakude. Kodwa-ke, le nto ayikaze ixhunyaniswe ngokusemthethweni nomjaho.
Umsuka weSaint Bernard
Siyakuthola ku- I-Hospice yeGreat Saint Bernard, eyasungulwa ngo-1049 eGreat Mount Saint Bernard, e-Alps. Wazalelwa ukuhlonipha uBernardo de Menthon, idiyakoni enkulu yase-Aosta, owanikela ngempilo yakhe ekusakazeni inkolo yobuKrestu phakathi kwezakhamizi zakule ndawo. Kulesi sibhedlela izindela zazisiza abahambi nabahambi ababedlula ezintabeni.
Kusukela maphakathi nekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa baqala ukufuya izinja ukuvikela indawo, yize ngenxa yamakhono abo baqala ukusetshenziselwa umsebenzi wokuhlenga. Nakhu ukuthi I-San Bernardo, okwathi ngo-1887 kuzoqhubeka kubhalwe ngokusemthethweni njengohlobo olusemthethweni lwaseSwitzerland.
Inganekwane yomgqomo
Izindela zalesi sibhedlela ziyaqinisekisa ukuthi iSaint Bernards yakule ndawo yake yaphatha imiphongolo futhi yahlobanisa le nkoleloze nomdwebo waseBrithani U-Edwin landser "Ama-Alpine Mastiffs avusa isihambi esenkingeni" (1831). Kuyo singabona iSanta Bernard ephethe umgqomo ulenga entanyeni yayo izama ukuhlenga indoda ebibhajwe ngaphansi kweqhwa. Ukuba ngomunye wemidwebo eyintandokazi yeNdlovukazi uVictoria I, lesi sithombe sathandwa kakhulu.
Inganekwane ithi ngaphakathi kwale migqomo, lezi zinja zihlala u-Brandy, ukuze sisize futhi sinikeze imfudumalo kubantu abasindiswe eqhweni. Kodwa-ke, lokhu bekungeke kube ngumqondo omuhle, ngoba utshwala buyehlisa imithambo yegazi, bubangele ukuthi izinga lokushisa komzimba lehle kunokuba likhuphuke.
I-hospice yaseSan Bernardo namuhla
Imininingwane efuna ukwazi ngale ndaba ukuthi, yize ibhekwa njengenganekwane, i-hospice yaseSan Bernardo uqobo namhlanje inesitolo sezipho lapho singathenga khona amakhola ezinja anemiphongolo enamathiselwe, noma ezinye izinto ezikhiqiza isithombe salolu hlobo ngohlobo lwazo umphelelisi ongenakuhlukaniswa.