Imbali kunye neGosa le "Flor de Nochebuena"
I-Poinsettia (i- Euphorbia pulcherrima) isisimboli seKrismesi ehlabathini lonke. Umbala obomvu obomvu kunye nesimo seenkwenkwezi usikhumbuza ixesha leeholide kwaye livuyisa indawo ebusika ebusika. Mhlawumbi unxulumana nesi sityalo ngexesha lebusika, kodwa eqinisweni likhula kakuhle kwimozulu eshushu, esomileyo. Izalelwa eMexico apho iyaziwa ngokuba yiFlor de Nochebuena. EMexico, ungazibona njengezityalo ezinobumba, kodwa uza kubona zixhaphakile njengezityalo zokubhabisa kwiiyadi zabantu, kwaye zikhula njengezihlahla ezincinci okanye imithi emincinci.
I-Poinsettia ikhula ngeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwiGuerrero ne- Oaxaca ithi , apho ingafikelela kuma-16 ubude. Into esicinga ngayo njengeentyantyambo kwisityalo sasePoinsettia ngokuqinisekileyo iitshintshi eziguqulwayo ezibizwa ngokuba yi-bracts. Intyatyambo yangempela yincinci encinci ephuzi phakathi kwimibala ebomvu.
Mhlawumbi eyaziwa kakhulu kwizityalo zaseMexico, ii- Nochebuena ziqhoqho ngoNovemba noDisemba. Umbala obomvu obomvu unobunzima kwaye ekuqaleni kwebusika, umbala oqaqambileyo uyisikhumbuzo esingokwemvelo sonyaka ozayo weeholide. Igama lezityalo eMexico, "u-Nochebuena" ngokwezwi nezwi lithetha "ubusuku obuhle" ngesiSpanish, kodwa nalo li negama elinikwa uKhisimusi , ngokunjalo nakumaMexico, oku kunene "i-Christmas Eve flower".
Imbali yePoinsettia:
Ama-Aztec ayesazi kakuhle esi sityalo kwaye athiwa yiCetlaxochitl , oku kuthetha "intyatyambo yecala lesikhumba." okanye "intyatyambo ebunayo." Kwakukholelwa ukuba imele ubomi obutsha abaqhawe bafumana ekulweni.
Umbala obomvu obomvu wawubakhumbuza ngegazi, okwakubaluleke kakhulu kunqulo lwangaphambili.
Ngethuba lexesha lobukoloni, ama-friars aseMexico ayaqaphela ukuba amaqabunga aluhlaza kweso sityalo aphendubile ngexesha elikhokelela kwiKrisimesi, kwaye ukuma kweentyatyambo kubakhumbuza inkwenkwezi kaDavide.
Baqala ukusebenzisa iintyatyambo ukuhlobisa iicawa ngexesha leKrisimesi.
I-Poinsettia ifumana igama layo ngesiNgesi ukusuka kuManyanisi wokuqala wase-United States eMexico, uJoel Poinsett. Wayebona isityalo ekutyelele kwiRiscco de Alarcon e-Guerrero, kwaye wayethunyiswa ngumbala wayo obethayo. Wazisa iisampuli zokuqala zesiqithi ekhaya lakhe eSouth Carolina e-United States ngowe-1828, okokuqala ekuthiwa yi "Mexican Fire Plant", kodwa igama latshintshwa kamva ukuba lihloniphe indoda eyayiyibeka kuqala abantu baseUnited States. Ukususela kulo xesha kweso sityalo saqhubeka sithandwa kakhulu, ekugqibeleni sibe yintyatyambo enxulumene neKrismesi kwihlabathi lonke. NgoDisemba 12 ngumhla wePoinsettia, obonisa ukufa kukaJoel Roberts Poinsett ngo-1851.
Imbali yeKrismesi
Kukho umgaqo wendabuko waseMexico ojikeleze iPoinsettia. Kuthiwa intombazana ehlwempuzekileyo yayisendleleni yokuya ebudeni be-Christmas Eve. Wayebuhlungu kakhulu ngenxa yokuba wayengenaso isipho sokuza kuKrestu. Njengoko wayehamba ecaweni, waqokelela iintlobo ezimbalwa zityalo eziluhlaza ukuze athathe naye. Xa efika ecaweni, wabeka izityalo ezithwele phantsi komfanekiso kaKrestu Umntwana kwaye kwakuye kuphela ukuba waqonda ukuba amaqabunga ayithwalayo aphendukile eluhlaza aze abe obomvu obomvu, enze umnikelo olungele ngakumbi.