Ukuqala kwentwasahlobo kwihlabathi laseCeltic - umlandeli weSuku loBugcini lweSanta
I-Imbolc, ngamanye amaxesha iphinda iphane imbolg (ebizwa ngokufana ne-i-molk kunye ne-i-molg ngokulandelanayo) ngumthendeleko wamaGaelic okanye weCeltic. Ngokwesiko kubonisa ukuqala kwentwasahlobo kwikhalenda yeCeltic. Umhla wekhalenda ohambelana namaxesha anamhlanje yi-Fabruary 1, uSuku loBugcini lwabaNgcwele. Nangona kunjalo, i-Imbolc ayifanele (kodwa isoloko ikhona) idideke kunye ne-Candlemas (ngoFebhuwari wesi-2).
Imibolc Celebrations ... yintoni?
Imibhiyozo ye-Imbolc iya kuqala ngo-Januwari 31, ngohlobo lwe-Celtic isiko leentsuku eziqala ngobusuku.
Umhla uphinde ubeke i-Imbolc (cishe) phakathi kwesibhakabhaka esibalulekileyo sasebusika kunye ne- spring equinox - nezinye iintsuku ezikhethekileyo kwiikhalenda zamandulo. I-Imbolc yenye yezinto ezine zamaGaelic okanye i-Celtic imikhosi engaxhunyiwe ngqo kwi-solstices kunye ne-equinox, kodwa ekutshintsheni kwexesha lexesha-ezinye ziyiBealtaine , uLughnasadh neSamhain . Imvelaphi yomthendeleko kunye nemibutho yekhonkrithi kwiqela lamaCeltic lingabonakali, ukuxhamla kuxokekazikazi uBrigid okanye uBrigantia (apho kwakhona, mhlawumbi, mhlawumbi, mhlawumbi, mhlawumbi, mhlawumbi, ingenakho ukuguqukela ngqo kwi-saint) ithathwa ngokubanzi.
Igama lesi-Irish imbolc lisenokwenzeka ukuba livela kwi " i mbolg " (i-Old Irish, cishe "esiswini", ngokubhekiselele kwimpilo yokukhulelwa). Elinye igama lomthendeleko, ngokugqithiseleyo lithandwa kwi-neo-Pagan umongo, ngu-Oimelc (ukuguqulela ngokuthi "ubisi lwe-ewe".) Qaphela ukuba zombini ezo zinto ziza kubhekisela kwiimvu kwiimvu kunye nomxholo wonyaka wezolimo - ngelixa elinye inkolelo ebizwa ngokuba yi-Imbolc evela "imb-folc" (okufuneka ukuba ithetha "ukuhlamba ngokugqithiseleyo") izandile nto encinci.
I-Imbolc isenokuba ngumthendeleko obalulekileyo e-Ireland kwixesha le-Neolithic - ngelixa singenabungqina bokuba, ukulungelelaniswa kwezikhumbuzo ezithile zamandulo kubonakala ngathi kulandelelana, ngokoqobo. Isigcawu esiya kwiNxweme yamaMikhosi, inxalenye ye "indawo engcwele" kwiNtaba yeTara kunye mhlawumbi umzekelo owaziwayo, uhambelana nelanga eliphumayo kwi-Imbolc.
Amasiko e-Imbolc
Ngokuphathelele kwimasiko yase-Imbolc yangaphambili, kufuneka sijonge ukuqhubeka kwabo ukuya kumaxesha anamhlanje ukuze sizame ukuyiqonda-i-Irish folk customs kwiSanta ye-Saint Brigid ibe yinkomba enkulu.
Ngokuqhelekileyo, i-Imbolc yayiza kuphawula ukuqala kwentwasahlobo-okanye ubuncinci ixesha apho ixesha elibi kakhulu lebusika liphelile, kunye neentsuku ezibonakalayo zide kwaye ilanga linamandla. Umbutho wezolimo kunye nexesha elimhlophe liyabonakala, nangona kukho iifestile ukuya kwiiveki ezine kule (i-Imbolc imakisha ngokubanzi phakathi kweli festile, ngaloo ndlela yenza umthendeleko uphawu oluhle nolunengqiqo). Kwaye nangona i-nature ivuselela (i-blackthorn ikulindeleke ukuba iqale ukutsala kwi-Imbolc), lixesha lokuhlambulula i-spring endlini nakwifama.
Isimo seMozulu kwi-Imbolc
Ngokubhekiselele kwimozulu engcono - i-Imbolc yayisetyenziswe njengommakethi we-weather-lore. Enye imbali ingabangela ukuba abantu babone i-Loughcrew okanye i- Sliabh na Cailligh ("Intaba yeWizch") ngokusondeleyo: kuthiwa inkohlakalo (okanye "inkohliso", into yesithathu "oothixokazi abathathu") iza kugqiba ekubeni ukuqokelela iinkuni ezininzi namhlanje. Ukuba uyenzayo, ubusika kuya kuqhubeka ngokukhawuleza ngokushisa okuphantsi.
Kwaye njengokuba engekho iinqwelo zeenyawo, i-crone iya kwenza i-Imbolc ibe yimini ekhanyayo, ilanga, eyomileyo ukucutha ukuqokelela izinkuni. Ngako oko ilizwi lokuba ukuba i-Imbolc yinto ehlambulukileyo, emini, ngokubusika kungekudala kungekudala ... kwaye ukuba yinto eqaqambileyo, thengisa amafutha kunye neentsimbi ezifudumeleyo.
Ukukhumbuza nantoni na? Ewe ... Usuku lweGroundhog linomgaqo ofanayo kwaye lubhiyozelwa ngosuku emva kwe-Imbolc. Kwi-Candlemas, xa e-England naseScotland usuku olubi lugqithisa ukuphela kwebusika.