Perayaan tahunan sempena St James adalah utusan telah dibatalkan
di Santiago de Compostela - berikutan kemalangan maut kereta api kereta api.
Jika terdapat bertujuan
untuk menjadi perayaan, kini terdapat ianya berkabung. Satu pesta ria, yang biasanya
akan sibuk, kini ditutup. "Saya setuju, jika mereka menutup
segala-galanya, semua perniagaan, tetapi anda boleh melihat bahawa terdapat bar yang terbuka," kata Miguel Camuendo Arias, pemegang gerai tapak pesta.
"Saya rasa perniagaan
yang kami ada di sini dalam kawasan perniagaan pasaran seperti mana-mana yang lain." Syarikat-syarikat lain berkata bahawa walaupun terdapat ramai orang
di kawasan itu, ia tidak begitu sibuk kerana ia biasanya akan menjadi pada masanya tahun ini.
"Terutamanya hari ini
terdapat kurang orang di jalan-jalan, kerja-kerja yang kurang," kata
Hector Gomez, pelayan restoran. "Orang ramai tidak begitu bersemangat,
banyak yang sedih. Kami mendapat kira-kira 30 hingga 40% peratus daripada apa yang
kita biasanya akan punyai pada hari perayaan yang seperti ini."
Pelancong kecewa kerana
perayaan telah dibatalkan, tetapi berkata bahawa mereka memahami sebabnya.
"Kita tidak berada dalam mood untuk meraikan apa-apa. Ia adalah kasihan
yang mereka telah dibatalkan bunga api, kerana kita menunggu sepanjang tahun
untuk datang ke Santiago, tetapi apa yang kita boleh buat?," Kata seorang
pengunjung.
Spanish train crash forces cancellation of
traditional festivities. Annual festivities in honour of St James the Apostle
have been called off in Santiago de Compostela - following the fatal train
train crash.
Where there was meant to be celebration, there is
now mourning. A funfair, which would normally be bustling, is now closed.
"I agree, if they close everything, all businesses, but you can see that
there are bars open," said Miguel Camuendo Arias, a fairground stall
holder.
"I think the business that we have here in
this market area businesses like any other." Other companies said that
while there are a lot of people in the area, it is not as busy as it would
normally be at this time of year.
"Especially today there are much less people
in the streets, less work," said Hector Gomez, restaurant waiter.
"People are not so enthusiastic, much more sad. We are getting about 30 to
40 percent of what we would normally have on a festive day like this one."
Tourists are disappointed that
the festivities have been called off, but said that they understood the
reasons. "We're not in the mood for celebrating anything. It was a pity
that they've canceled the fireworks, because we wait the whole year to come to
Santiago, but what can we do?," said one visitor.
