I-Halloween ingenye yalezi ziholide zakudala eziye zafika ezikhathini zethu futhi azizange zilahlekelwe uthando lwazo ezimibalabala nezithandwayo. Ingabe wayazi ukuthi isiko lokugubha iHalloween liye laqhubeka kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, lapho abantu bekhulekela onkulunkulu bamaqaba? Abahedeni banikezela zonke izinto zemvelo ngobunkulunkulu babo, okwakungekho ngokukhonza kuphela, kodwa nangemihlatshelo. Ngakho umdwebo we-Halloween wawuyiholidi laseSamhain, eligxile emasikweni aseCelt.
Usuku lokugubha i-Halloween luwela ngo-Okthoba 31, okuyinto ngokwekhalenda leCeltic, elibonisa ukuphela kwehlobo. Imisebenzi yeholide yamaHalloween, ekuqhubekeni kwamasiko aseCeltic, ihloselwe ukuvuma uNkulunkulu wokuzala nokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu wokufa, obizwa ngokuthi iSamhain.
Amasiko
Ezikhathini zasendulo, umkhosi omkhulu wawuwumhlatshelo. Abantu baphoqeleka ukuthatha ehlathini abameleli abakhulu bezinkomo, izinyoni, baphathe izithelo ngisho nokupheka okuphekwe. Lokhu babefuna ukuvikelwa kwamanye amazwe aphakeme angaphandle. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngoba ingxenye yomkhosi kwakunguNkulunkulu wokufa, kwakukholelwa ukuthi indoda ebusuku bokuqala kaNovemba ingafunda ikusasa lakhe. Ngenxa yalokhu, umlilo walala phakathi kwamabili futhi ngamunye walabo abakhona babeka i-chestnut noma itshe elincane eduze komlilo. Uma ekuseni ngamatshe othile noma amakhondeni ashabalale, phakathi nonyaka umuntu kufanele alindele ukufa kwalowo muntu onobuhlungu.
Izambatho ezimbi nazo zavela ngenxa yesiko lokugubha i-Halloween namaCelt asekudala. Phela, abantu basendulo bakholelwa ukuthi ngalolo suku imiphefumulo yabafileyo iza kubo. Kodwa njengoba besaba ukuthi, ngaphezu kwabafokazi abavela ezweni elihlukile, izivunguvungu ezimbi, abaroyi kanye nabathakathi bazofika kubo, bezigqoke izikhumba zezilwane futhi bahlalise ubuso babo ngokusila. Kwacatshangwa ukuthi lolu hlobo lomuntu lungabesaba yonke imimoya emibi.
Amakhandlela avela emlilweni wamaCeltic. Esikhathini esidlule, ukuqala kwasebusika kwakuhlobene nokuqala kobumnyama nokufa kwesikhathi eside. Ngakho-ke abapristi bavutha umlilo omkhulu, futhi yonke i-Celtic elula yathatha i-ray yaya nayo endlini yakhe, ukuze isinde ebusika obubi.
Amanye amasiko ahlobene ne-Halloween
Umkhosi uhambisana nokubhula ngothando. Isibonelo, umbhangqwana kufanele uphonsa amantongomane amabili emlilweni bese uwabuka isikhathi esithile. Uma amantongomane ashiswa kancane futhi engenamakhadi amaningi, onkulunkulu bayababusisa impilo emide ndawonye. Hhayi, futhi uma kwakukhona ukuqhuma okuqinile, lomshado ubuhlehlisiwe kuze kube ngonyaka ozayo.
Njengoba leli holide lihambisana kakhulu nokuzala, ngokuvamile baqagela ngama-apula. Isibonelo, uma intombazane idla i-apula ebusuku, khona-ke ebusweni bamanzi noma esibukweni uzokwazi ukubona izici zayo ezilula. Futhi uma i-ghost ingacabanga ukuthi iyisiphambeko, kwakukholelwa ukuthi wayenesiqalekiso kuye, futhi kwakudingeka asebenzise izinsuku eziningana ehlathini, ukuze i-druids emihle imlondoloze ekubhubhiseni. Kodwa isiko elijabulisayo kakhulu kuwumkhuba wokucela iholidi lomnandi.
E-England, amasiko omkhosi wamaCeltic endala njengemikhosi yase-Halloween athola ukuvelela okwedlulele ekhulwini lesishiyagalolunye, lapho amaKatolika ehlanganisa amaphiko alo kabanzi ezweni lonke. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ngo-Okthoba 31 kuthathwa njengosuku lokukhunjulwa kwabafileyo, lapho wonke umuntu ephoqelekile ukuba anikeze lo mfakizicelo, owangqongqoza emnyango wendlu yabo. Yilapho isiko esithi "Usizo, noma uzodabukisa", lapho uthola izingane ezinekhono ngamaswidi nakwamanye amaswidi, kwavela.
Futhi uphi ithanga? Kwavela emlandweni kaJack, owakhohlisa uDeveli ngokwakhe. Kubonakala sengathi uJack waphendulela ikhanda lakhe libe yi-turnip ngokukhanyisa izibani esikhundleni salokho. Yiqiniso, phakathi nokugubha kwe-Halloween, okuye kwasakazeka emazweni ahlukene, namhlanje faka efesiteleni isibani sobuso asisekho i-turnip kodwa ithanga.