“Bodade, i-All Hallow's Eve isiphenduke ubusuku obumnandi, lapho izingane zigqoka khona imvunulo futhi zigijimisa amangwevu!” - uBette Midler njengoWinifred Sanderson, I-Hocus Pocus

Sizwa lo mugqa ku-movie I-Hocus Pocus futhi siyahleka ngoba asinakucabanga ukuthi iHalloween iyilutho ngaphandle kobusuku obumnandi bokuthi izingane zikhohlise noma zelaphe futhi abantu abadala bagqoke futhi babe ngabagangathi njengoba bafuna ukuba yilobo busuku obubodwa ngaphandle konyaka. Asikaze sicabange ukuthi kungaba enye into. Kepha, ivelaphi iHalloween? Kwakuyini ngenkathi iqala? Ukuthola izimpendulo, kuzofanele sithathe uhambo ndawonye sibuyele emuva emuva siye emazweni amaCelt kanye nokhokho bawo, imikhuba yabo ebizoba yiholide esiyigubha namhlanje.

Ngenkathi kungekho noyedwa ongabhala phansi ngqo ukuthi lo mkhosi waqala nini, isilinganiso sethu esiseduze kakhulu somzimba waso wokuqala siseduze neminyaka engama-5000 edlule. Ngaleso sikhathi, izimpilo zabantu zazizungeza izinkathi zonyaka futhi omunye wemibuthano emikhulu wawuzokwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuvuna kokugcina. Kwakungenalo igama esilaziyo okwamanje, kepha wonke umndeni wawuzohlangana njengowokugcina okusanhlamvu nemifino ezoqinisekisa ukuthi ukuphila kwabo ebusika kugcinwa. Ama-Bonfires ayekhanyiswa futhi abantu babedansa babazungeze, babonge oNkulunkulu ngomunye unyaka wokupha. Kusukela kudala, umlilo ubulokhu uwuphawu loBunkulunkulu nganoma yisiphi isimo, futhi bajabule ngokuxhumana ababezizwa konkulunkulu ekukhanyeni okufudumele kwamalangabi.

Njengoba isikhathi sihamba, nabantu basePaleopagan besifunda beba abahleleke kakhudlwana, kwasungulwa uhlelo olwaluzothinta zonke izingxenye zempilo yabo. Isigaba sabapristi, esaziwa ngokuthi amaDruid, sesingene emandleni futhi bahola abantu ekugubheni imikhosi yomlilo emine unyaka wonke kanye nokusiza izidingo zabo zansuku zonke. AmaDruid abuye asebenze njengamanxusa phakathi kwemindeni namajaji ngamaphutha enziwa ezizweni. Lesi yisikhathi sokuqala lapho iholide / umkhosi wethu unikezwa igama futhi lelo gama yi-Samhain (ebizwa ngokuthi “SOW-en”). Okusho ukuthi “ukuphela kwehlobo”, iSamhain yakhomba ukuphela kwenkathi yokuvuna nokwehlela engxenyeni “emnyama” yonyaka njengoba kusondela i-Winter solstice.

Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho iSamhain yaqala ukuthatha olunye ungqimba lokugubha nencazelo. Abantu bafundiswe ukuthi ngalobu busuku, umgubuzelo ophakathi kwaleli zwe nelizayo wawususondele kakhulu. Kwaba inkolelo evamile yokuthi okhokho bethu bazulazula emhlabeni ngobusuku beSamhain. Imindeni ibibeka ukubeka okungeziwe ematafuleni abo ngokudla neziphuzo kubathandekayo babo abangabavakashela. Amakhandlela akhanyiswa abekwa emafasiteleni ukuqondisa imimoya lapho iya khona.

Kepha bekungebona okhokho babo abanothando kuphela abangawela leloveli. Eminye imimoya yayingenza nalolo hambo, futhi akubona bonke ababenezinhloso ezinhle. Ukuze bazivikele kule mimoya emibi, amadoda nabafazi abahlakaniphile bezigaba zamaDruid bafundisa abantu ukuba babe namaqhinga ngobusuku beSamhain. Babejwayelene nezindaba ze- “will o 'the wisp” okwakuyimimoya eyavela njengezibani ezincane ebumnyameni. Abahambi babelandela izibani bese belahleka emahlathini nasezixhaphozini. Ngakho-ke, abantu babekhipha amatheniphu amakhulu bese bebeka ikhandlela noma amalahle athungela kancane ngaphakathi ukuze bahambe nawo ngobusuku beSamhain. Ithemba labo bekungukuthi imimoya izobona ukukhanya kwabo bese becabanga ukuthi yimimoya ekanye nabo, ngaleyo ndlela baphambukise ukunaka kude nabo. Kuphinde kwaba umkhuba ojwayelekile ngalesi sikhathi, ukuthi abantu bendawo bagqoke imaski ukufihla ubunikazi babo baphinde baxove imimoya engazama ukubalimaza. Nakhu-ke, kwaba ukuzalwa kwamasiko ethu wanamuhla kaJack O 'Lanterns futhi egqoke imvunulo ngobusuku be-Halloween.

Abapristi bamaDruid babebiza imindeni ndawonye bezungeze imililo ukuze badanse futhi bajabule njengoba babehlala benza. Abesifazane abahlakaniphile, abafunde ngezindlela zemilingo nokubikezela ikusasa, bazokwenza inkatho futhi bafunde izimpawu ukuze babikezele izehlakalo zonyaka ozayo. Izinsizwa nezintombi zingenza izintelezi ziveze ukuthi bangobani abathandi bazo. Kwakuyisikhathi segolide kubo nezinkolelo zabo, kodwa kwakukhona amandla amasha ezepolitiki nezenkolo ayanda futhi maduze nje ayezoshintsha inkambo yabantu nezinkolelo zabo kuze kube phakade.

Ngiyethemba ukuthokozele Ingxenye 1 yochungechunge lwami ngomlando we-Halloween! Buya ngesonto elizayo ngeNgxenye 2!