Ubusuku be-Halloween bukhombisa inqwaba yezithombe ezisuka kubakhohlisi noma kubaphethe ziye kumakati amnyama kubathakathi abanjenge-crone abagibela imishanelo yabo bewela inyanga egcwele. Sigubha leli holide minyaka yonke, sibeka imihlobiso futhi sigqokisa amaphathi, kepha ngokungafani namaholide afana noKhisimusi noKubonga kanye nomhla ka-4 kuJulayi, abantu abaningi abazi ukuthi kungani la masiko avela kuphi noma avelaphi.

Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, ngabhala uchungechunge lwezingxenye ezine ngomlando we-Halloween lapho ngaphula khona ukuvela kweholide kusukela ekuzalweni kwayo kwasekuqaleni njengeSamhain kuze kube sebusuku banamuhla obubi. Ngeshwa, phakathi kwalolo chungechunge, bengingenaso isikhathi esiningi engisichitha ezinkolelweni ezingokwesiko namasiko ngamanye ngakho kulo nyaka, nginqume ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuzika ngokujulile kokunye okucashile nokungajwayelekile kweholide lethu eliyintandokazi!

Amakati Amnyama

 

Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi ikati elimnyama liyinhlanhla, akunjalo? Empeleni ngiyamazi owesifazane ozoshintsha ngokuphelele umzila wakhe, afake i-GPS yakhe ku-spin, uma ikati elimnyama kufanele liwelele lapho lihamba.

Ukuhlekisa? Yebo. Kuyajabulisa? Ngaphandle kokungabaza!

Kodwa kungani futhi ikati elimnyama lathola kanjani idumela lalo?

Okokuqala, kufanele sazi ukuthi lokhu akunjalo emhlabeni jikelele. Ezingxenyeni zaseScotland, kucatshangwa ukuthi ikati elimnyama liletha ukuchuma ekhaya nasezindabeni zokuqala zamaCelt, uma owesifazane enekati elimnyama, bekucatshangwa ukuthi uzoba nabathandi abaningi empilweni yakhe.

IPirate lore ibibambe ukuthi uma ikati elimnyama lihamba liza ngakuwe, lizoletha inhlanhla kepha uma lihamba lisuka kuwe, lithathe inhlanhla yakho kuwe. Abanye amatilosi babekholelwa ukuthi uma ikati lihamba lingene emkhunjini bese lihlehla, umkhumbi wawuzobhujiswa!

Kwezinye izingxenye zeYurophu, noma kunjalo, bekukholelwa ukuthi amakati ngokujwayelekile namakati amnyama ikakhulukazi ayengabathakathi, futhi kwakungazwakali phakathi nezikhathi ezahlukahlukene zokuhlolwa kwabathakathi ukubona ikati libulawa kanye nomnikazi walo. Okuthusa kakhulu kodwa, kwakuyisiko lokushiswa kwekati kwamanye amazwe aseYurophu ngenkathi ephakathi.

Amakati ayeqoqwa afakwe emabhokisini noma emanethini aboshwe phezu komlilo omkhulu abulawe ngobuningi. Yize kungokwenkulumompikiswano ethile yezazi, abanye bacabanga ukuthi le mikhuba empeleni yavula indlela yohlupho olumnyama, olwalusatshalaliswa ngamagundane.

EMelika, amaPuritan namaPilgrim eza nezinkolelo-ze zabo ezimnyama, bethi lezo zidalwa zivela kuSathane nalabo abamkhonzayo.

Eminye yaleyo mfihlakalo ekugcineni yawa, kepha inkolelo yokuthi amakati amnyama aletha ishwa yabekezelela futhi isaphila nanamuhla njengoba kufakazelwa ngumngane wami nemikhuba yakhe yokushayela.

Ngokuhlangana kwabo nobuthakathi, akumangalisi ukuthi baba yingxenye yemihlobiso ye-Halloween nokunye okunjalo. Kakade, iHalloween uqobo lwayo iye yahlushwa inqwaba yabezindaba ababi emakhulwini eminyaka adlule.

I-Jack-O-Lanterns

Sekuyisikhathi eside kucatshangwa ukuthi ngobusuku be-Halloween, umgubuzelo ophakathi kwaleli zwe namathanga alandelayo kangangokuba imimoya ingadlula phakathi kwawo.

Kwakunamasiko aphelele ahlanganiswe nomqondo wokumema imimoya yabathandekayo ekhaya eHalloween noma eSamhain kufaka phakathi ukukhanyisa amakhandlela nokuwashiya emafasiteleni ukuze abemukele ekhaya.

IJack-O-Lantern, noma kunjalo, kuthwelwe isidingo sokuvikela ikhaya kusuka kuleyo mimoya emnyama engase futhi idlule kumgubuzelo wokuncipha. E-Ireland yasendulo lapho kwaqala khona isiko, noma kunjalo, kwakungelona ithanga.

Amathanga ayengazalelwanga e-Ireland oyibonayo, kepha ayenama-turnip amakhulu, ama-gourds ngisho namazambane noma ama-beet. Babebeka ubuso obuyesabekayo esitsheni sabo abasikhethile bese bebeka amalahle ashisayo ngaphakathi ukuze bakhiphe isibani esesabekayo ngethemba lokuthi bazokwethusa noma imiphi imimoya emnyama engazama ukungena ekhaya.

Ngokwemvelo, kwavela izindaba mayelana nomsuka walo mkhuba kanye nenganekwane kaJack O'Lantern, indoda eyayimbi kabi ukuthi ingaya ezulwini kepha ithole isithembiso esivela kudeveli ukuthi ayizomvumela angene ngaphakathi. Ungafunda inguqulo eyodwa yaleyo ndaba lapha.

Lapho ama-Irish eza eMelika, aletha isiko nawo, futhi ekugcineni aqala ukusebenzisa amathanga omdabu ngenhloso yawo. Isiko lasakazeka futhi namuhla akuyona nje iHalloween ngaphandle kokuqopha ithanga noma amabili ukusetha kuvulandi wangaphambili.

Abathakathi Nezinti

Ngokwethembeka, lokhu kuyisihloko esijule kakhulu ukufihla ngokugcwele esikhaleni esifushane kangako. Kwanele ukusho ukuthi izibopho eziphakathi kweHalloween nabathakathi zinde futhi zinezendlalelo futhi ziyahlukahluka kuye ngokuthi iyiphi ingxenye yomhlaba ohlala kuyo nokuthi izinkolelo zakho zikuphi.

ISamhain, eyavela yaba yiHalloween, ingumkhosi wasendulo wokuphela kwenkathi yokuvuna. Kwakhiswa imililo emikhulu futhi kwahlangana amadolobhana wonke ukuzobungaza njengoba ingxenye encane yonyaka yayingena ebumnyameni, ngoba lokhu kwakulinganisela hhayi into engesatshwa.

Ngenkathi izinkolo ezintsha zisakazeka, noma kunjalo, labo abenza izindlela ezindala babhekwa ngokusola futhi imikhuba yabo yenziwa ngamademoni yilabo ababefisa amandla ngaphezu kwanoma yini. Babalahla labo ababebambelele ezinkolelweni zasendulo futhi babona imililo njengemibuthano yokukhonza uSathane, okuyinto ewubuwula ngoba iningi lalabo bantu basemaphandleni babengakaze bezwe ngoSathane ngaphambi kokuba kufike “izithunywa zevangeli”.

Amahemuhemu nenhlebo kwasakazeka enkolweni entsha yokuthi ngabathakathi abasebenzisana nosathane abahlangana kule mililo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bona indiza kubo ngezinduku zabo zomshanelo!

Umshanelo-ke wawusetshenziswa yinoma yiliphi inani labesifazane ukuhlanza indlu, futhi kulabo besifazane abampofu ababedinga usizo behamba besuka kwenye indawo beya kwenye, kwakungejwayelekile ukuthi basebenzise okokusebenza kwendlu yabo njengenduku yokuhamba.

Isithombe sesigaxa esidala esesabekayo, esake saba uMdala ohloniphekile sithembela ukuhlakanipha kwakhe kanye namandla akhe okuphulukisa abaswele, ngokushesha kwalandelwa futhi kwaba ngcono noma okubi kuze kube namuhla.

Amabhathi

Mhlawumbe ukuxhumana okulula futhi okunengqondo kunazo zonke eSamhain ne-Halloween kutholakala kumalulwane, esinye isidalwa esinegama elibi.

Amalulwane anokuzihlanganisa okuningi nemilingo nezinkolelo zasendulo. Balala, bafihlwe emihumeni nezitho ezivikelekile zezihlahla ezinkulu, ezivela kuMama uMhlaba uqobo ukuzingela ebusuku. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bazoboshelwa kwesinye isidalwa sasebusuku nama-vampire, ikakhulukazi uBram Stoker encwadini yakhe, Dracula.

Ngokuphathelene nokuxhunywa kwabo neHalloween, umuntu kufanele akhumbule imililo kuphela yaleyo mikhosi yasendulo yaseSamhain.

Njengoba noma ngubani esazi ukuthi ngubani owake wakha umlilo ekhempini ehlathini, akuthathi isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba zonke izinambuzane ezisendaweni engamamitha amathathu zidonselwe ekukhanyeni kwazo. Manje ake ucabange ukuthi umlilo mkhulu kakhulu!

Ngokwemvelo izinkumbi zezinambuzane zazihamba nemililo ephendula umkhosi ube yikho konke ongakudla nge-buffet yamalulwane azulazula ubusuku bonke edla ukugcwala kwawo.

Futhi, uphawu lwanamathela, futhi namuhla, akuyona into engavamile ukuthola imihlobiso yamalulwane ilenga ophahleni nakumpheme ongaphambili njengengxenye yemikhosi ethile yonyaka.

Ukubhoboza ama-apula

Ukuqothula ama-apula kwaziswa amaCelt ngemuva kokuba amaRoma ehlasele iBrithani. Beza nezihlahla zama-apula baletha umdlalo.

Ama-apula afakwa emigqonyeni yamanzi noma alengiswa ngentambo. Abesilisa nabesifazane abasebasha, abangashadile bazozama ukuluma ama-apula futhi owokuqala owenze lokho bekucatshangwa ukuthi nguye ozoshada olandelayo.

Isiko lakhula, lasakazeka eziqhingini zaseBrithani njengomdlalo othandwayo walokho okuzoba yiHalloween. Kwakucatshangwa nokuthi intombi eyathatha i-aphula eyalithatha yalibeka ngaphansi komqamelo lapho ilala yayizophupha ngendoda ezoshada nayo.

Kwakungenye yezinhlobo eziningi zokubhula ezenziwa ngobusuku obuhle nobumlingo.

Namuhla, isiko liphethe futhi uzothola i-apula igawula emhlabeni wonke.

Ukukhohlisa noma Ukwelapha

Isiko lokugqoka imvunulo kulokho okuzoba yi-Halloween laqala kudala, futhi ngamaCelt. Uyayikhumbula inkolelo yemimoya ezulazula emhlabeni ngalobu busuku? Yebo, ababi bangahle nje bazame ukukubuyisela emuva nabo, ngakho-ke bekungukuhlakanipha ukufihla.

Indlela engcono yokwenza lokhu, bacabanga ukuthi ukugqoka njengesilo wena. Imimoya emnyama, ecabanga ukuthi ungomunye wayo, ingavele idlule kuwe. Isiko laqhubeka ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa ngamabutho ahlaselayo anezinkolo ezahlukahlukene, futhi eNkathini Ephakathi umkhuba "wokuqamba" noma "ukuguqula" wakhula.

Izingane futhi kwesinye isikhathi abantu abadala abampofu nabalambile babegqoka izingubo zokugqoka bangene endlini ngendlu becela ukudla kulabo ababengakusiza kaningi uma bethandaza noma becula izingoma eziculelwa abafileyo ngokwesiko elibizwa nge- “Souling.”

Lesi siko saphela futhi sazalwa kaningi ngaphambi kokuba umkhuba wokukhohlisa noma ukwelapha ube khona ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. Ngobusuku be-Halloween, intsha yayiphuma igqoke imvunulo icela ukuphathwa futhi labo ababengenalutho abangalunikeza, noma ababenamandla okwenza lokho, bangathola amawindi abo esekwe noma amasondo ezinqola zalahleka ngakusasa ekuseni!

Lezi yizibonelo ezimbalwa nje zamasiko e-Halloween nemvelaphi yawo. Uma ungathanda imininingwane engaphezulu ngomlando we-Halloween, hlola uchungechunge lwami ngeholide ukuqala lapha.