Ukuqokelela Kwezenkolo Eyona Nkulu Kunayo Ehlabathini
I-Kumbh Mela e-Indiya ibonakalisa imilinganiselo yokomoya. Umthendeleko wasendulo osenyakatho waseNdiya yintlanganiso yeengqondo ezifihliweyo. Inkulu inkolo yonqulo emhlabeni, i-Kumbh Mela izisa abantu abangama-Hindu abangcwele ukuba baxoxe ngokholo lwabo baze basasaze ulwazi malunga nenkolo yabo. Kuya kwizigidi zabantu ngosuku.
Ekuqapheliseni ukubaluleka komthendeleko, ngoDisemba 2017, i-UNESCO yayiquka i-Kumbh Mela kwiLifa layo leNkcubeko engabonakaliyo yeLuntu.
Uphi i-Kumbh Mela egcinwe kuyo?
I-Mela iyenzeka ngokujikeleza kwiindawo ezine ezingcwele kwiindawo zamaHindu eNdiya - kumanxweme omlambo wase-Godavari eNashik (Maharashtra), umlambo weShipra e-Ujjain ( iMadhya Pradesh ), umlambo waseGanges eHaridwar (Uttarakhand) ), kunye nokudibanisa kweGanges, Yamuna, kunye nemilambo yaseSaraswati e-Allahabad / Prayag (Uttar Pradesh). Ukuhlanganiswa kwezi mijelo kuthiwa yi-Sangam.
Ngabe i-Kumbh Mela ihlala nini?
Kwindawo nganye emva kweeminyaka ezili-12. Ukufunda, kufuneka ukuba kwenzeke yonke iminyaka emithathu kwindawo eyahlukileyo. Nangona kunjalo, ixesha elifanelekileyo kunye nendawo yalo mthendeleko kuxhomekeke kwiinkwenkwezi zeenkwenkwezi nezenkolo. Oku kuthetha ukuba iMela ngezinye ivele kuphela ngonyaka ngaphandle kweziza ezahlukeneyo.
Kukho kwakhona iMaha Kumbh Mela, eqhutywe kanye emva kweminyaka eyi-12. Phakathi, ngonyaka wesithandathu, i-Ardh Kumbh Mela (i-half mela) iyenzeka.
Ukongezelela, e-Allahabad, unyaka wonke i-Maagh Mela ibhiyozelwa ngenyanga ye-Maagh (njengekhalenda yamaHindu phakathi noJanuwari ukuya kuFebruwari) kwi-Sangam. Le Maagh Mela ibizwa ngokuba yiArdin Kumbh Mela kunye neKumbh Mela xa kwenzeka ngowesithandathu neshumi elinamibini iminyaka, ngokulandelanayo.
I-Maha Kumbh Mela ithathwa njengelona mela elihle kakhulu.
Ihlala ihlala e-Allahabad, njengoko i-confluence yemifula ibonakala ingcwele. I-Ardh Kumb Mela ivela ku-Allahabad naseHaridwar.
Uphi i-Next Kumbh Mela?
- 2019 Ardh Kumbh Mela e-Allahabad (Imihla yokuhlamba ebanzi: Januwari 15 ukuya kuMatshi 4, 2019)
- 2022 Kumbh Mela eHaridwar
- 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela e-Allahabad
- 2027 Kumbh Mela kuNashik
I-Legend kwi-Kumbh Mela
I-Kumbh ithetha imbiza okanye imbiza. Mela uthetha umthendeleko okanye ubulungisa. Ngenxa yoko, i-Kumbh Mela ithetha umthendeleko webhotile. Ihambelana ngqo nebhodi le-nectar kwiintsomi zamaHindu.
Ingqungquthela inokuthi oothixo baye balahlekelwa amandla abo. Ukuze bafumane kwakhona, bavumelane needemon ukuba baqhekeza ulwandle oluphambili lwebisi ukuze luthande (i-nectar of immortal). Oku kwakuza kubelwa ngokulinganayo phakathi kwabo. Nangona kunjalo, kulwa imfazwe, eyaqhubeka iminyaka engama-12 yabantu. Ngexesha lokulwa, inyoni yasezulwini, uGaruda, yahamba ihamba neKumbh eyayibambe i-nectar. Amaconsi e-nectar akholelwa ukuba awile kwiindawo apho i-Kumbh Mela iqhutyelwe khona manje - Prayag (Allahabad), Haridwar, Nashik, noJjjain.
I-Sadhus kwi-Kumbh Mela
I-sadhus namanye amadoda angcwele ayingxenye ebalulekileyo yeMela. Abahamba ngeeNdwendwe abaza kuzo baza bababone baze balalele la madoda, ukuze bafumane ukukhanya kokomoya.
Kukho iintlobo ezahlukahlukeneyo ze-sadhus:
- I-Nagas - i-sadhus ehamba ngeyayidla iidumbu zazo kunye nomlotha kwaye inamazinyo amade. Ukutshatyalaliswa rhoqo kwimozulu kwenza ukuba banganyangeki kwiqondo lokushisa. Amehlo abo aphuma egazi ngenxa yokutshiza i-charas (i-marijuana) rhoqo, ekholelwa ekuncediseni ukukhanya.
- I-Urdhwavahurs - abanemibutho ephazamisayo esuka kwizinto ezinzulu zokomoya.
- Parivajakas - abaye bathabatha isifungo sokuthula.
- UShirshasinse - ohlala emile, alala kunye neentloko zawo ephumla kwisigxina, kwaye ucamngce ukuma ezintloko zabo.
- Kalpvasis - abahlala ngaselunxwemeni lomlambo baze banike ixesha labo lokucamngca, ukwenza amasiko, nokuhlamba amaxesha amaninzi ngosuku.
Ziziphi izithethe ezenziwa kwi-Kumbh Mela?
Isithethe esiyinhloko sisitya sokuhlamba. AmaHindu akholelwa ukuba ukuzingca emanzini angcwele ngomhla othe wenyameko wokuthwasa kwenyanga uya kubahlula kunye nookhokho babo besono, ngaloo ndlela kugqiba umjikelezo wokuzalwa kwakhona.
Abahamba ngee-pilgrim baqala ukuhlamba baze bahlambe ukususela ngo-3 ekuseni namhlanje.
Njengoko ilanga likhuphuka, amaqela ahlukeneyo ahamba ngokudabukisayo kwintlambo eya kumlambo ukugeza. Ngokuqhelekileyo i-Nagas ikhokela, ngelixa iqela ngalinye lizama ukuphuma ngabanye ngobungangamsha nangobungakanani. Umzuzu umlingo, kwaye wonke umntu uyangena kuwo.
Emva kokuhlamba, abahambahambayo banxiba iimpahla ezintsha kwaye baqhubela phambili banqula kunxweme lomlambo. Emva koko bahamba behamba bephulaphula iintetho ezivela kwiintlobo ezimbi.
Indlela yokuya kwi-Kumbh Mela
Ukusuka kwimbono yezokhenketho, i-Kumbh Mela yinto engalibalekiyo - kunye nezobuhlungu! Inani elikhulu labantu apho lingaba kude. Nangona kunjalo, kwenziwa amalungiselelo azinikezelweyo, ngokukodwa kwamanye amazwe. Iinkampu ezikhenketho ezikhethiweyo zisekwa, zinika iintente zentengiso kunye neendawo zokuhlambela, izikhokelo kunye nokuncedisa ukuhamba. Ukhuseleko olukhuselekileyo lusekho.
Ukuze ubone umboniso omkhulu we-sadhus, qiniseka ukuba ukhona nge- shahi snan (uhlambe lwasebukhosini), okwenzeka kwiintsuku ezithile. Ngokuqhelekileyo kukho iindawo ezimbalwa kule mihla kwi-Kumbh Mela nganye. Imihla ichazwe kwangaphambili.
Esinye isiganeko esiyinhloko kukufika kwamacandelo amaninzi e-sadhus, ekuhambelaneni kunye nefuthe elikhulu, ekuqaleni kweKumbh Mela.
Imifanekiso yeKumbh Mela
Bona ezinye zeempawu eziqhayisekileyo nezimangalisayo ze-Kumbh Mela kulegalari yezithombe.