Kuwala ku Cerro de San Pedro ndi kwamatsenga, kaya kowala, kowala kapena kowuma, kumawonekera pangodya iliyonse, ndi nyumba zake zakale, ndi mapiri ake otukuka, ndi misewu yake yokhotakhota, yomwe imakonzedwa popanda njira, monga momwe ambiri aliri m'matauni athu akale amigodi.
Kuunika mosakayikira ndi m'modzi mwa omwe akutsogolera pamalopo adawona ngati "chiyambi chakuchokera ku Potosí", popeza ndi tawuni iyi pomwe likulu loyamba la boma lidakhazikitsidwa, pa Marichi 4, 1592, atazindikira kuti ku Derali linali ndi mitsempha yofunika kwambiri ya golidi ndi siliva. Komabe, sizinakhalitse kwa nthawi yayitali, popeza ngakhale idali ndi chuma chambiri, idasowa chuma chokulirapo, madzi. Chifukwa chakusowa kwamadzimadzi okonza mcherewo, likulu lidayenera kukonzedwanso m'chigwacho posakhalitsa.
Kuyenda mozungulira ndi kamera yanu ndikujambula zithunzi zakumbuyo kwa nyumba zosiyidwa ndikuzindikira kuti mkati mwa zipindazo zimamangidwa mwaluso, chitha kukhala chosangalatsa chosangalatsa. Idzachezeranso mipingo ing'onoing'ono iwiri - imodzi yoperekedwa ku San Nicolás Tolentino ina ku San Pedro, kuyambira zaka za zana la 17 - ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale yaying'ono yomwe idakonzedwa ndi anthu ammudzi, yomwe ili ndi dzina lodziwika bwino la Templete Museum.
Kukana kusaiwalika
Anthu okhala ku Cerro de San Pedro - anthu opitilira 130- lero akumenyera nkhondo kulimbikira kwa tawuni yomwe kale inali yokongola yomwe inali ndi mabonanzas awiri azachuma: umodzi, womwe udadzetsa malowo ndipo udatha ndikugwa migodi mu 1621; ndi ina yomwe idayamba cha m'ma 1700.
Lero, zikusangalatsa kuwona kuti mbadwa yomwe idasamukira ku likulu la Potosí (ndi malo ena mwina akutali kwambiri), sayiwala komwe adabadwira; Chifukwa chake, ngati mungayende kuno, mutha kukhala ndi mwayi wowona ukwati, ubatizo kapena zaka khumi ndi zisanu za wina amene adaganiza zobwerera kukachita nawo phwando lofunika kumeneko.
Koma palinso ena omwe amakana kuchoka, monga a Don Memo, bambo ovuta komanso osangalala ochokera ku Potosí, omwe chipinda chawo chodyeramo mutha kusangalala ndi menudo wokoma komanso gorditas de queso wokhala ndi nthiti za nkhumba, nyemba kapena rajas. Muthanso kukumana ndi María Guadalupe Manrique, yemwe amapita ku shopu yamanja ya Guachichil - dzina la m'modzi mwa mafuko osamukasamuka omwe amakhala m'derali munthawi ya atsamunda. Kumeneku, atuluka ndi chipewa chodziwika kuchokera ku Tierra Nueva kapena ndi khwatsi wina wadzikoli.
Mwa njira, m'chipinda chodyera cha Don Memo tidakhala nthawi yayitali tikucheza ndi María Susana Gutiérrez, yemwe ali mgulu la Cerro de San Pedro Town Improvement Board, bungwe lomwe silaboma lomwe likufuna kuteteza zipilala zakale, komanso mwazinthu zina, amakonza maulendo oyendetsedwa mgodi womwe umasinthidwa kuti ulandire alendo komanso komwe mungaphunzire pang'ono za mbiri ya malowa ndi migodi. Ponena za kachisi wokongola wa San Nicolás, María Susana adatiuza kuti tizinyadira kwambiri, chifukwa adabwezeretsa chifukwa anali atatsala pang'ono kugwa.
Umu ndi momwe timazindikira kuti anthu amakhala amoyo pamene amakondedwa ndi anthu ake.
Cerro de San Pedro akukana kufa, ndichifukwa chake ali ndi zake.
Gwero: Unknown Mexico No. 365 / Julayi 2007
