Inkoliso, iMithetho, kunye ne-Mythology
Inkcubeko ye-Central America ityebile. Idolophu nganye oyi tyelele inamabali kunye neembali. Uninzi lweengcamango ezivela kwiMbindi yaseMiddle East ziyimveli, zivela kwimimandla yabantu basekuhlaleni, njengamaMaya nowaKwa. Abanye abanye baziswa yiSpeyin okanye badalwe ngabo ngexesha leenkoloni.
Abanye ba soyikisayo! (Yiloo nto endiyithanda kakhulu), kodwa ezinye iimbali ezizama ukukholisa abantu ukuba baziphathe ngendlela efanelekileyo ngokwemiqathango yokuziphatha yasekuhlaleni.
01 ngo 05
Sihuanaba
I-Sihuanaba (njengoko eyaziwa eGuatemala; ubizwa ngokuthi yiCiguanaba e-El Salvador, iCigua e-Honduras kunye neCegua e-Costa Rica) yenye yezoyikisayo. Umoya oguqula umongo kwiCentral American folklore, onomzimba wesifazane oshisayo kunye okhangayo xa ebonwa ngasemva; Isiqhwaba eside kwaye sihlala sihamba ze, okanye sigqoke ingubo emhlophe emhlophe. Amadoda eze kuye ngelixa ehlamba ebusuku. Ababonanga ubuso bakhe boqobo - ubuso behashe okanye i-skull yomuntu - ade abenyuse engozini, okanye alahlekelwe yithemba. EGuatemala, iSiguanaba ibonakala ijezisa abantu abangathembekanga.
Kuthiwa uyabayisa kwindawo yedwa, kwaye ubonisa ubuso bakhe obangela abantu ukuba babe noloyiko lokuba 'bahambe. Emva koko uya kuthatha umphefumlo wabo.
Freaky, kunene? Nangona kunjalo, mhlawumbi umgca we-Siguanaba wenziwa kwiCentral America ngabaqolonti baseSpeyin, ukwenzela ukuthusa (nokulawula) abantu basekuhlaleni.
02 we 05
Crystal Skulls
Ingqungquthela yaseCentral America ye-crystal skulls yayithandwa yifilimu ka-2008, i-Indiana Jones kunye noBukumkani be-Crystal Skull, ukongezelela kwexesha elide elinde kwi-Indiana Jones Trilogy. Nangona kunjalo, iimbombo ezininzi zikhona. Ziyi-replicas zeengqungquthela zomntu, ezivezwe kwi-crystal ecacile; eyona edumileyo, i-Crystal Skull yaseMitchell-Hedges, yafunyanwa kwiindawo ezibhuqiweyo zaseBelize eLouantun. I-Mayan igxeka yonke into engamatshumi amathathu kwisigxina, ngasinye sinamandla angaphezu kwamandla. Abanye bathi bakhonza njengama-hubs of energy, baxela ikusasa, okanye banamakhono okuphilisa-apho apho inxalenye yomgca ingena khona.
03 we 05
La Llorona
Vinka Bravo / Flickr I-Llorona (Umfazi olila) yinto enye yomoya wesetyha, esasazeka kulo lonke elaseLatin America: ePuerto Rico, eMexico, eMzantsi-mpuma waseMerika, naseMzantsi nase-Central America. Zininzi iinguqulelo zebali laseLa Llorona njengoko kukho amazwe aseLatin America, kodwa iindaba eziqhelekileyo ziquka umfazi ogama linguMaria. Wawaxuba abantwana bakhe ukuze abe kunye nendoda ayithandayo. Kodwa wamgatya-ngoko wazibulala. Ngenxa yezono zakhe, unyanzelekile ukuba alulaze umhlaba. Ukwenza ukukhala okukrakrayo kunye nokukhala okukhulu kukhwaza njengoko efuna abantwana bakhe ababuleweyo.
Iqonga leLa Llorona lidlalwa njengengqungquthela yokulumkisa kubantwana baseLatin America kunye namadoda ahlala emva kwexesha lokuphuza ebusuku. Ukuba bayaphambanisa-okanye bajonge kakhulu kunye namanzi ebusuku - La Llorona iya kubaba umphefumlo wabo.
Intsonkco: Kuthiwa ukuba ukuva kwakhe kufuphi nawe kukuba kukude. Kodwa ukuba uvile ekumemeza kwakhe kude nawe, mhlawumbi unokuphela kweemitha ukusuka kuwe.
04 we 05
Umvelaphi weCetet's Red Belly
El Quetzal. Matt MacGillivray / Flickr / CC 2.0 I-Quetzal ehloniphekileyo yintaka yesizwe yaseGuatemala kunye nenye yeyona ntlanzi yaseMentral America, eneentsiba ze-emerald, isifuba esibomvu, kunye neentlanzi ezintathu.
Ngokomxholo waseGuatemalan, i-quetzal yahamba ejongene nomqhubi waseSpain uDon Pedro de Alvarado njengoko wayelwa nenkokheli yaseMeya uTecun Uman ezama ukumkhusela. UTecun Uman wabulawa nantoni na, kwaye ubukhosi bukaMeya buyiswa. Isifuba esibomvu se-quetzal sitshatyathwa yigazi likaTecun Uman. Kwakhona kuthiwa ingoma ka-quetzal ayinakwenzeka kakhulu, kodwa intaka ayiyi kuphinda iphinde iyicule kuze kube yilapho abantu baseGuatemala bekhululekile.
05 we 05
El Cipitío
U-El Cipitío ungumfana oneminyaka elishumi ubudala oneminyaka eli-10 ubudala efunyanwa e-El Salvadoran folklore, ekuthiwa yindodana yothando olungekho mthethweni phakathi kweMin Star Star (El Lucero de la Mañana) kunye neSihuanaba (jonga ngasentla). Xa umyeni kaSihubana wafumanisa loo nto, unkulunkulu uTeotl waqalekisa inkwenkwe encinci ukuba iguqulwe umhlaba ngonaphakade - kunye neenyawo zakhe ezibhekise phambili. Ukususela ngoko, xa abantu beza kwiinyawo zakhe baze bazame ukubalandela, bahokelwa kwindlela ephosakeleyo. Ngokomxholo, u-El Cipitío unxibe umlingo omkhulu kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo ungumdlalo odlalwayo, onobubi, ongekho okubi.
I-Article ehlelwe ngu: Marina K. Villatoro