Iifoto ezingama-20 ezichazayo Chaza iHindu Kumbh Mela

01 ngo-20

Yintoni i-Kumbh Mela?

I- Kumbh Mela e-Indiya ithathwa njengeyona nhlangano enkulu yenkolo kwihlabathi kunye nokuhlanganisana okukhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni. Imikhosi yasendulo yasenyakatho yaseNdiya yinto abantu baseIndiya abajonga ngayo intlanganiso yeengqondo ezifihliweyo. Izisa abantu abangcwele abangamaHindu ( sadhus ) ndawonye ukuze baxoxe ngokholo lwabo, basasaze ulwazi malunga nenkolo yabo, kunye nokusebenzisana nabakhonzi.

I-Kumbh Mela ibanjelwa zizigidi zabantu ngosuku ngalunye kwiinyanga ezimbini zelungileyo. Ukufikelela kuma-75 yezigidi kuye kwabhalwa kwi-Kumbh Mela. Ngomcimbi omkhulu njengeMaha Kumbh, owenzeka njalo kwiminyaka engama-144, abavakalisi abangaphezu kwezigidi abazigidi baye baqikelelwa ukuba baye kwixesha elifanelekileyo.

Isiganeko esisisigxina se-Kumbh Mela yindawo yokuhlambela emzimbeni ongcwele, apho abahambahambayo namadoda angcwele ngokufanayo bakholelwa ukuba banokuhlambuluka kwezono baze bakhulule kumjikelezo wokuzalwa kwakhona.

NgoDisemba 2017, i-UNESCO yayiquka i-Kumbh Mela kwiLifa layo leNkcubeko elingabonakaliyo leNkcubeko yoluntu ngokuqaphela ukubaluleka komthendeleko.

Yintoni uSadhu?

I-sadhu yi-ascetic yenkolo eyenza ukuqeqeshwa ngokomoya okujoliswe kuyo "inkululeko" ngokucamngca nangokucamngca. Ininzi edabukisayo i-yogis. Uninzi lunxibe iifayili ze-saffron ezilula kwaye zigubungela isikhumba esikhankanywe ngomlotha omhlophe; i-naga, okanye i-naked, i-sadhus ayigqoki nantoni na, nangona kubanda kakhulu, njengento yokukhanyela impahla yehlabathi kwaye igubungele imizimba yayo emlotha omhlophe.

Akuqhelekanga ukubona ukuthandaza okubuhlungu njengoko ehleli kumanxweme omlambo ongcwele ngexesha le-Kumbh Mela, ngokoqobo "i-kumbh fair".

Uphi i-Kumbh Mela egcinwe kuyo?

I-mela nganye yenzeka kwiinyanga ezimbini ngokujikeleza kwiindawo ezine ezinezingcwele kunazo zonke zamaHindu eNdiya: kumanxweme omlambo wase-Godavari eNashik (Maharashtra); Umlambo waseShipra e-Ujjain ( iMadhya Pradesh ); Umlambo waseGanges eHaridwar (Uttarakhand); kunye nase-confluence yeGanges, Yamuna, kunye nemilambo yaseSaraswati e-Allahabad, Prayag e-Uttar Pradesh. Ukuhlanganiswa kwezi mijelo kuthiwa yi-Sangam.

Ngabe i-Kumbh Mela ihlala nini?

Kuqhutywa kwindawo nganye emva kweminyaka eyi-12. Ixesha elifanelekileyo kunye nendawo yalo mthendeleko kuxhomekeke kwiinkwenkwezi zeenkwenkwezi nezenkolo. Oku kuthetha ukuba i-mela ngamanye amaxesha kwenzeka kuphela ngonyaka ngaphandle kwezinye iindawo.

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Iifoto ze-Kumbh Mela ezilandelayo zibonisa ezinye zezinto ezimangalisayo zalo mkhosi wamandulo.

02 we-20

USadhus ufika kwi-Kumbh Mela

Amacandelo ahlukeneyo e-sadhus ngamnye afika kwiProgram ye-Peshwai Procession, enefuthe elikhulu, ekuqaleni kweKumbh Mela. Umbukiso omkhulu kakhulu ngumqhubi we-naga sadhus, ayenama-Hindu amadoda angcwele.

03 we-20

Abahambi bafika kwi-Kumbh Mela

Izigidi zabantu abahambahambayo bafika befuna ukukhanyiselwa. Baza kuthatha ibhedi yokuhlanjululwa kwimlambo engcwele kwaye bahlangabezane neentlungu ezahlukeneyo. Abahamba ngee-pilgri bafika emhlambini, bephethe izinto zabo kwiingxowa ezintloko zabo.

04 wama-20

I-Kumbh Mela Isihlwele sePilgrims

I-Kumbh Mela ayibizwa ngokuba yintlanganiso enkulu yonqulo yehlabathi. Omnye ukhangela abantu abaninzi abahambahambayo, kwaye uya kuqonda ukuba kutheni ukuba ithathwa njengamaqela amaninzi e-India .

05 we-20

Isixeko seTent kwiKumbh Mela Campground

Umzi wexeshana wentente usekwe kwiKumbh Mela ukulungiselela abahambi ngeendwendwe kunye neendwendwe. Kukho amalungiselelo anikezelwe ngabangaphandle, kuquka iinkampu ezikhethiweyo zokutyelela ngeentente zokunethezeka "zokugubha."

06 we-20

Iifama zokulala zihlala ziVala kufuphi neKumbh Mela

Abahamba ngee-Kumbh Mela ngokuqhelekileyo bonke balala ndawonye ngokusondeza phantsi. Kukho ezininzi kangangokuba zizalisa iindawo ezinkulu.

07 we-20

I-Sadhus Camp Out e-Kumbh Mela

Ihlelo ngalinye le-sadhus linenkampu yalo kwi-Kumbh Mela. Intente zabo zizondelele ngokukhawuleza kubahambi ukuba baququzelele intsebenziswano.

08 wama-20

Naga Sadhus Kwiqela Labo

I-Naga, okanye i-naked, i-sadhus ibuthana kwinkampu yabo kwi-Kumbh Mela.

09 we-20

Ngubani onguNaga Sadhus?

La madoda ahlambulukileyo angama-naga, okanye abuze, sadhus. Abaninzi babo baqhwaba umzimba wabo ngomlotha (isithethe esihambelana neNkosi Lord Shiva) kunye neenwele ezinde. Ukutshatyalaliswa rhoqo kwimozulu kwenza abo bantu baxhomekeke ekugqibeleni kweqondo lokushisa. Amehlo abo aphuma kwi-bloodshot ngokubhema izibhobho ze-hookah ezizaliswe nge-cannabis okanye iibhobho zobumba ezinobumba obusetyenziselwa ukutshaya i-marijuana.

10 kwi-20

I-Sadhus Insimo ye-Cannabis kwi-Kumbh Mela

Ukubona okubuhlungu kubuhlungu bokutshaya, okuqhelekileyo ngohlobo lwebhobho lobumba lobumba, luqhelekile kwi-Kumbh Mela, ngokukodwa kwi-naga sadhus. Benza njengendlela yokudibanisa nokuqonda okuphezulu kunye nokuncedisa ukukhanya kwabo.

11 kwama-20

I-Sadhus Eboniswe eMarigolds

USashus uzinxiba izigulane ezinkulu ze-marigolds ngexesha le-Kumbh Mela. I-marigold ihlonishwa kakhulu ngombala wayo, omele ilangatye lomlilo.

12 kwi-20

Ukuhamba kweebhanki kudlala kwi-Kumbh Mela

Ibhinqa eliqhelekileyo elihambayo lenza njengento edabukisayo ekuhambeni kwintlambo yokuhlambela emlanjeni.

13 wama-20

Isihlwele seNaga Sadhus Ukuhlamba kwi-Kumbh Mela

Ukunikela ubungqina besihlwele se-naga sadhus isiphephelo umlambo ongcwele ukuthabatha umxokelelwano oqhelekileyo kukugqwesileyo kweKumbh Mela. Kwezinye iindwendwe, ibonakaliso elifanelekileyo lokuhamba kwabo.

14 we-20

Abahamba ngeeNdwendwe Ukuhlamba kwi-Kumbh Mela

Ubuninzi bokuhlamba kwi-Kumbh Mela lwenzeka ngexesha lokuqala kweeyure zokusa. U Sadhus uvuka ngo-3 ekuseni ukulungiselela.

15 kwi-20

Abasetyhini benza isiko kwiKumbh Mela

Abasetyhini bavame ukwenza amasiko kumlambo ongcwele we-Kumbh Mela. Kubafazi besithombeni, ii-marigolds ezinyaweni zabo kunye nomlilo ubonisa ilangabi lokucoca. Nangona la mabhinqa athile abahambahambayo, abafazi banokuthi bangabi sadhus (abizwa ngokuthi sadhvis) kwinkolo yamaHindu, nangona kunqabile.

16 kwama-20

Iintsikelelo kwi-Kumbh Mela

Umfundisi ufumana intsikelelo evela kwi-naga sadhu Ram Giri Naga Baba kwi-Kumbh Mela. Abahamba ngeefama bafuna ukusebenzisana okunje kunye nosizi ngenxa yokufundisa kwimpilo yabo yokomoya, kwaye i-sadhus ihamba khona ukuze ibenokufumaneka kuyo. Ngokusebenzisana, umfundisi othemba ukufumana i- darshan , intlonelo ebonakalayo kunye ne-sadhu, eyenza umkhokeli ukuba "aphuze" ngamandla kaThixo onqulo lobuxoki.

17 kwama-20

Iimfumba zezingane kwi-Kumbh Mela

Abantwana kunye noomama baya kunye kunye nokuhlamba kwabo emfuleni, kunye nabantwana, oku kufana nokudlala. Phuma emlanjeni, apho kukho abathengisi bezitalato bathengisa ukutya, ikhandlela kunye neefoto zezilwanyana zamaHindu, abazali bayashiya abantwana njengabancinci bembethe ngokugqithiseleyo njengothixo bamaHindu kunye noothixokazi ukuba bahlale ngokuthula ngesitya sensimbi okanye ngesitya phambi kwabo. Njengabantombazana abasemfanekisweni, bacela ukunceda; abaninzi abahambahambayo abanako ukuxhathisa nokuzinikela ngemali. Isithethe esincinane esityhila umnxweme we-Kumbh Mela.

18 we-20

Umcebisi we-Contortionist kwi-Kumbh Mela

Abaceli beemfuno ezikhulayo bazibandakanya kuzo zonke iintlobo zezikhundla ezingaqhelekanga ukuze bafumane imali kule ndawo engekho-ntengiso yezitrato ezinqabileyo ukusuka emlanjeni.

19 wama-20

Imithandazo Ngexesha leKumbh Mela

I-sadhu ifundeka kwizibhalo kwi-photo. I-Sadhus ihlangene kwi-Kumbh Mela ukuxubusha imfundiso yokholo lwabo, idibanise ulwazi malunga nenkolo yabo, kwaye ixhase amahlwempu.

20 kwi-20

Amabhuku ezenkolo ezithengiswa kwi-Kumbh Mela

Abathengisi bezitrato kwizitrato ezisecaleni ukusuka kwi-hawk yomlambo ongcwele yonke into enxulumene ne-Kumbh Mela, evela kumakhandlela amhlophe kunye neetekisi kwiincwadi zonqulo ezifundisa ngeHindu.