Disemba 25? Kwababantu abathile basePuerto Ricans, oko kungumqaqa wento abavakalelwa kukuba yinto ebalulekileyo yosuku lweKrisimesi e- Puerto Rico . Enyanisweni, iiKumkani ezintathu, okanye iLos Reyes Magos , azihloniphi kuphela ePuerto Rico kodwa kulo lonke elaseLatin.
AmaKumkani, okanye abantu abahlakaniphileyo, ngokuqinisekileyo babonisa ukubonakaliswa okomoya kunye nokwethembekileyo kokuzalwa kukaKristu kunomntu ongenamfihla owayengumgcini owaziwa ngokuba nguSanta Claus kwaye oye wanyiswa kwisiginyilo sakhe esifomvu yi-Coca-Cola Inkampani . Kodwa kutheni zibaluleke kakhulu kwiinkcubeko kunye namasiko asePuerto Rican? Nanku ukujonga okufutshane.
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Imvelaphi yeBhayibhile
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba nokholo, abaninzi baseMerika bayazi ibali, okanye ubuncinci, bayazi ibali, kwiiKumkani ezintathu. Njengoko ndiyintsebenziswano ehloniphekileyo kunye NesiKhokelo sobuKrestu, uMary Fairchild, uchaza, asiyazi into eninzi malunga noMagi (oku akuthi ukuthakazelisa imilingo kodwa kunokuba lixesha eliqhelekileyo kubafundi beenkwenkwezi, ababukeli, nabanenhlanhla). Ngembonakalo yabo yodwa kwiVangeli likaMateyu, abazange baqeshwe, kunye nesichotho "ukusuka empuma." (Amagama esiwazisileyo - uGarpar, uMelchior, noBalthasar - anikwe zona emva koko.) Into eyaziwa kakhulu ngabo, ngokuqinisekileyo, kukuba zizele izipho: igolide, nentlaka, nemore.
Ngobusuku uKrestu wazalwa, adibana "ukukhanya okumangalisayo" okwaba yinkwenkwezi eyayisindiswa esibhakabhakeni esentshonalanga. Kulandelwe lo mqondiso waya eBhetelehem, apho bafika khona (ukuhamba kamva) ukuzukisa ukuzalwa kukaKristu. Enyanisweni, "iintsuku ezili-12 zeKrismesi," edlalwa ukuba ziphela ngo-Disemba 25, ngokwenene ziqala ngomhla wama-25 kwaye ziqhutywe ngoJanuwari 6, ekugqibeleni kunye noMthendeleko we-Epiphany, okanye "Ukukhutshwa kwamaMagi."
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I-Puerto Rican Tradition
Usuku lweeKumkani ezintathu, okanye i-Epiphany, yenye yeeholide ezibalulekileyo kwikhalenda yasePuerto Rican. Ngokwesiko, isiqithi, kunye neyona nkoliso yehlabathi lesiLatini, ibonakaliswe ukuhlwa kweJanuwari 6 njengosuku lokutshintshana izipho kunokuba ngoDisemba 25. Abantwana nabo baya kubuthela ingca, intlanzi okanye intlobo ebhokisini leembadada kumahashe kaMagi okanye ngeenkamela - enye into enomdla kwi cookies kunye nobisi kwiSanta. (Ngokwesiko, uya kufumana imifanekiso kunye nobugcisa bobukumkani abathathu kumahashe esikhundleni seenkamela; kuba abantu belizwe kwiminyaka edluleyo babengayazi ukuba yinkamela.)
Abantwana abalungileyo bavuzwa izipho kunye ne-candy, ngelixa abantwana ababi bephelile ngamalahle okanye nendawo yokungcola (ephikelela umbuzo othi: Kubi kangakanani ukuba ufune ukungcola ngeKrisimesi?)
Namhlanje, abantwana bafumana izipho zabo eziphambili ngomhla wama-25, kodwa kunokoloko kunesipho esincinci, esithobekileyo, mhlawumbi nangomvuzo osisigxina esasigcinwe kwiSuku lweeKumkani ezintathu.
Iintombi zoKuthathu nazo zizinto eziphambili zezobugcisa kunye nezobugcisa zasePuerto Rican. Ziphakathi kwezifundo ezithandwa kakhulu kwi- santos yesiqithi, okanye iifoto ezenziwe ngezandla zabangcwele kunye nabanye abantu abanqulo, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo zonke izitolo zokukhumbula izityuwa zaso ziza kubakholisa.
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Yintoni enokuyilindela ngoJanuwari 6
Ngosuku lweeKumkani ezintathu, silindela imikhosi kunye nemithendeleko, ixesha lokuhlanganisana kwentsapho kunye namaqela anokwakheka ngokomoya. Umdala waseSan Juan uphonsa umthendeleko wonyaka kwiLuis Muñoz Marín Park kunye nomculo odlalayo, ukutya kunye nokusela, kunye nezipho zamahhala ezinikezelwe abantwana abanenhlanhla. Ukugqwesa kwimihla kwenzeka xa ookumkani abathathu beza behamba edolophini.
La ookumkani banqabileyo ukusuka kuJuana Díaz, idolophu engasemzantsi kwesi siqithi esiyindawo engabonakaliyo yaseMagi. Umfanekiso wookumkani ubingelela xa ungena edolophini, kwaye uhlobisa i-plaza enkulu. Ukususela kwesi sikelo, iiKumkani zintathu zihamba ngeenxa zonke kwesi siqithi, kodwa ukuma kwabo eSan San Juan yiyona mikhulu kunazo zonke.