Umboniso wexesha lekhefu leKrisimesi
Kunyaka ngamnye ngoDisemba. 13, Usuku lweSaint Lucia lugujwa ngokubanzi kuwo wonke amazwe aseScandinavia, kuquka iSweden, Norway neFinland. Ukuba awuqhelekanga kwimvelaphi yeeholide kunye nendlela ekubhiyozelwa ngayo, fumana iinyaniso ngoku kuhlaziywa. Kanye njengoko imikhosi yeKrisimesi ehlukileyo kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo ibonakala kumazwe ehlabathini lonke, imikhosi yaseSt. Lucia iyingqayizivele kwiScandinavia.
Ngubani owayeseSt. Lucia?
Usuku lweSt. Lucia, olubizwa ngokuba yiSt. Lucy's Day, lubanjwe ngokuhlonipha le ntombazana yathi kuye kwaba ngumKristu wokuqala ofela ukholo kwiimbali. Ngenxa yokholo lwakhe lonqulo, iSt. Lucia wabulawa ngamaRoma ngo-304 CE. Namhlanje, uSuku lweSt. Lucia ludlala indima ebalulekileyo kwixesha likaKhisimusi kwiSmandinavia. Ehlabathini lonke, kunjalo, iSt. Lucia ayifumkeli ukuba abanye abafel 'ukholo, njengoJoan waseArc.
Iholide igujwa njani?
Usuku lweSt. Lucia lugubha ngokukhanyisa ikhandlela kunye neenkqubo zendabuko ye-candlelit, efana ne-Luminarias procession kwezinye iindawo zaseMzantsi-ntshona eMerika. I-Scandinavians ayidumisi nje iSt. Lucia ngekhanda lokukhangela kodwa kodwa ngokugqoka njengesikhumbuzo.
Ngokomzekelo, intombazana endala kwintsapho ibonisa iSt Lucia ngokugqoka ingubo emhlophe ekuseni. Kwakhona unxibe isithsaba esipheleleyo samakhandlela, kuba umlenze unayo ukuba iSt.
ULucia wayefake ikhandlela ezinyaweni zakhe ukuze amvumele ukutya kwamaKristu atshayelwayo aseRoma. Ngenxa yoko, iindodakazi endala kwiintsapho nazo zikhonza abazali bazo iLucia buns kunye nekhofi okanye iwayini elininzi.
Ecaweni, abafazi bacula ingoma yesiqhelo yaseSt. Lucia echaza indlela iSt. Lucia inqobile ngayo ubumnyama kwaye yafumana ukukhanya.
Ngamanye amazwe aseScandinavia anamazwi afanayo kwiilwimi zawo. Ngoko, zombini ecaweni nakwimibutho yangasese, amantombazana nabasetyhini banendima ekhethekileyo ekukhunjuleni ingcwele.
Kwimbali yaseScandinavia, ubusuku beSt. Lucia beyaziwa ngokuba bubusuku obude kunabo bonke bonyaka (i-winter solstice), eyatshintshwa xa ikhalenda yeGregori yaguqulwa. Ngaphambi kokuguqulwa kwabo ebuKristwini, i-Norse yabona i-solstice ngamabhonasi amakhulu ayenzelwe ukukhusela imimoya emibi, kodwa xa ubuKristu buza kwasasazeka phakathi kwabantu baseNordic (malunga ne-1000), nabo baqala ukukhumbula ukubulawa kukaSt. Lucia. Okubalulekileyo, umthendeleko unemiba yamaKristu kunye namasiko obuhedeni. Oku akuqhelekanga. Inani leeholide linezixhobo zobuhedeni namaKristu. Oku kubandakanya imithi yeKrisimesi kunye namaqanda e-Easter, zombini iimpawu zobuhedeni ezifakwe kwiimfundiso zobuKristu kunye neHalloween.
Uphawu lweeholide
Umthendeleko woSuku lweSt. Lucia wokukhanya ukhanyisa i-overtones. Ngethuba lokubhakabhaka ebumnyama eScandinavia, imbono yokukhanya ebambelele ebumnyameni kunye nesithembiso sokubuya kwelanga kuye kwamkelwa ngabantu basekuhlaleni. Imibhiyozo kunye nokuqhutyelwa kweSuku lweSaint Lucia zikhanyiswa ngamawaka ekhandlela.
Abaninzi bathi, bekungekho iKrismesi eScandinavia ngaphandle kweSanta Saint Lucia.