Sa dubban magoya bayan Netherlands suka mamaye titunan Houston, Texas, a safiyar ranar Asabar, wani alamar tarihi ta jagoranci taron — bas ɗin orange mai bene biyu wanda ya kasance ginshiƙi na al'adar magoya bayan Netherlands sama da shekaru ashirin.
Oranje Bus ta jagoranci magoya baya sama da 10,000 ta hanyar Oranje Fanwalk daga Rice University zuwa Houston Stadium, inda Netherlands suka ci Sweden 5-1 a ƙarshen rana. Wannan sabon babi ne a cikin wata labari da ta ɗauki shekaru 22 tana gudana.
Bas ɗin da babu irinsa
A madugunta, kamar yadda ya kasance a cikin kofofin duniya biyar na FIFA, akwai Frans Peeters. Daga Jamus zuwa Afirka ta Kudu, Brazil zuwa Qatar, da yanzu a fadin Arewacin Amirka, Peeters ya tuki bas ɗin ɗaukar gida ko ina Netherlands suka taka filin duniya.
Bas ɗin kusan ta rasa damarta a wannan karon. Wata matsalar fasaha ta yi barazanar hana ta zuwa babbar titi kwanaki kaɗan kafin tafiyar masoya — wani lokaci na gaske na "Houston, muna da matsala" a cikin birni wanda ya ba duniya wannan magana. Matsalar ta warware a lokaci mai dacewa.
"Ko ina muka je, akwai waƙa, rawa da dariya," in ji Peeters. "Muna kawo farin ciki da murmushi ga rayuwar mutane. A ƙarshen rana, dukkanmu iyali ɗaya ne mai girma."
Al'ada da aka haifa daga ra'ayi na kwatsam
Labarin ya fara kafin UEFA EURO 2004, lokacin da wata ƙungiyar abokai suka sayi tsohon bas ɗin Turanci mai bene biyu suka zana shi da launukan Netherlands. Abin da ya fara a matsayin ra'ayi na kwatsam ya zama alama ta gaskiya ta al'adar magoya bayan Holandi. Har ya zuwa yau, bas ɗin ta yi fiye da kilomita 70,000 a teku da ƙarin dubban kilomita a hanyoyin duniya, kuma ana kimanin magoya baya fiye da 450,000 suka bi ta a fiye da tafiyoyi 60.
"Babu wata bas ɗin duniya da ke bi ƙungiyar ƙasa ko ina ta tafi," in ji Peeters. "Yana ɗaukar lokaci da kuɗi kuma wani lokaci yana iya zama damuwa kaɗan. Amma muna yi da duk haka."
Houston ta zama teku na orange
Taron a tituna na Houston ya ɗauko fiye da magoya bayan Netherlands kaɗai. Mazauna gida sun shiga tare da su a hanya, ciki har da Noe Contreras daga Houston: "Haɗuwar al'adu da muke gani a nan, yana da ban mamaki, a gaskiya. Wannan shi ne abin da ya sa wannan gasar ta zama ta musamman."
Daga cikin magoya bayan, Paul Hirschel da Caroline Dessing daga Rotterdam sun sa kayan Mutum-mutumin 'Yancin orange. "Lady Liberty tana wakiltar dimokraɗiyya, 'yanci, abokantaka ta ƙasashe duniya," in ji Dessing. "Kuma waɗannan dabi'u ne masu muhimmanci sosai gare mu da kuma ga al'ummar Dutch da ke son ƙwallon ƙafa."
Taurarin duniya na FIFA Wesley Sneijder da Edwin van der Sar sun rayu yanayin musamman daga benin sama na Oranje Bus. "Ba ya gajewa abada," Sneijder ya gaya wa tashar talabijin ta Netherlands NOS. "Ba magoya bayan Netherlands kaɗai kake gani. Mutanen Houston ma sun haɗu da mu don bikin. Ko ina Oranje suka buga, mutane suna magana game da wannan tafiyar masoya. Ya zama al'ada ta gaske."
Chris Canetti, Shugaban Kwamitin Masaukin FIFA World Cup 2026 na Houston, ma ya yi mamaki da yanayin: "Zuwan magoya bayan Oranje zai kawo makamashin da ba za a iya misaltawa ba ga birnin mu." Marianne van Leeuwen, Daraktan Ƙwallon Ƙafa na Sana'a na KNVB, ta ƙara: "Abin da ke sa Oranje na musamman shi ne haɗin kai tsakanin ƙungiyar da magoya bayanmu. Tare, muna ƙirƙirar wannan yanayin na musamman."
Ga Peeters, gadon bas ɗin ya zarce fagen ƙwallon ƙafa. Yana tunawa da UEFA Euro 2012 a Ukraine, inda mazauna, waɗanda da farko suka bayyana suna da kunya, a hankali suka shiga taron suna waƙa suna rawa. "Kamar fure yana bude a hankali," in ji shi. "Muna shi ne ɗan wasa na 12 a bayan ƙungiyarmu, ko da yaushe."
