Imvelaphi yeeholide inomdla kum, hayi kuba iyinto edla ngokungakhathalelwa, kodwa ngenxa yokuba iiholide zisidibanisa sibuyele kwixesha elidlulileyo kunye nendlela ababengaphambi kwethu ababeliqonda ngayo ihlabathi kwaye babhiyozela ukutshintsha kwamaxesha onyaka. Kwaye, iiholide ezininzi ziyi-hella yobuhedeni, nokuba zikholelwa kubuKristu. Thatha umzekelo uSuku lweValentine eNgcwele: kutheni le nto kubhiyozelwa ingcwele yomKristu efela ukholo mhla sabhiyozela uthando nothando? Impendulo inzima.
Kwiinkulungwane ngaphambi kokuba uSanta Valentine azalwe (sizakufika kuye, ungakhathazeki), amaRoma abhiyozela umnyhadala ukusukela nge-13 ku-15 kuFebruwari obizwa ngokuba yiLupercalia kwaye yayi, njengeminyhadala emininzi yaseRoma, yayintle kakhulu. I-Lup eLupercalia inokuba ivela kwigama lesiLatini elithi lupus lengcuka. Ukuba uya kuyikhumbula imvelaphi yakho yamaRoma, amawele uRomulus noRemus bakhuliswa yingcuka emqolombeni, nakwiRoma yamandulo, loo mqolomba yayiyindawo engcwele, ebizwa ngokuba yiLupercal, ekwakukho kuyo abefundisi ababizwa ngokuba yiLuperci.
Ngoku, imvelaphi yeLupercalia azicacanga, kodwa umthendeleko ubuyela ubuncinci kwinkulungwane ye-6th B.C.E .. Inokuba yayingumnyhadala wokuchuma kwentwasahlobo okanye isikhumbuzo seqhawe lase-Akadian lendawo, okanye zombini ezo zinto. Kodwa into esiyaziyo yindlela uLupercalia ebhiyozelwa ngayo ngeentsuku zakudala zeRoma yakudala kwaye kulapho siqala khona ukubona ezinye iingcebiso zombhiyozo oza kuba lusuku lweValentine. Kwaye, njengoko benditshilo, bekusendle.
Ngaphakathi kweLupercal, umbingeleli wayeya kunikela ngebhokhwe kunye nenja (uxolo, kodwa le yayiyiRoma). Isikhumba sebhokhwe, esasimele ukuchuma phakathi kwezinye izinto, sasikwa senziwe imicu okanye imisonto saze sathi nkxu egazini lebhokhwe. Emva koko igazi laye lagcoba emabunzini eLuperci amabini, awayehamba ze. Emva koko babeza kubaleka ezitratweni, nangoku nekkid, ukutshintsha abantu ngegazi lebhokhwe ukufihla iintambo! Yonwaba!
Kutheni le nto bebatshintsha abantu? Ewe, abafazi bafuna i-Lupercalia smack kuba bekucingelwa ukuba kuzisa ukuzala kunye nokukhulelwa okunempilo. Kananjalo ngeli xesha, bekukho umsitho omkhulu wokwenza umdlalo, apho abafana bakhetha igama lomfazi kwisitya esiya enkundleni, ke ixesha lonyaka linxulunyaniswa nomtshato kunye neentsana kwaye, kubantu abaninzi (kodwa ayisiyomntu wonke kwilizwe lakudala) kwakuthetha ukuthandana.
Kodwa asazi ukuba ungakanani umbhiyozo wokuchuma uLupercalia, kwaye ukubekwa kwawo ngoFebruwari kunokuxhasa okanye kujongela phantsi loo mbono. UFebruwari yayiyinyanga yokugqibela yekhalenda yaseRoma. Unyaka wabo uqale ngo-Matshi, yiyo loo nto uSeptemba wabizwa ngokoqobo njengenyanga yesixhenxe njalo njalo. Ngoku sizibalile iinyanga ezingahambelaniyo nenani labo, kuba unyaka omtsha uhanjiselwe uJanuwari 1.
NjengaseAsia, apho kubhiyozelwa uNyaka oMtsha weLunar ngoFebruwari kwaye kwandulelwe ukucoca ikhaya lakho, uFebruwari yayiyinyanga enikelwe ekucoceni ubungqwabalala bobusika. Nditsho nelizwi NgoFebruwari kuthetha ukucoca okanye wenze iminikelo yokuhlambulula, kwaye uninzi lweminyhadala ngoFebruwari yayinento yokwenza nokucoca, ukucoca, kunye nokufa. Embindini kaFebruwari, kanye phezu kweLupercalia yayingumnyhadala weentsuku ezininzi Umzali , xa amaRoma ehlonipha izinyanya neentsapho zawo.
Ke, ewe, abantu basetyhini babefuna ukufumana i-Lupercalia swat, kodwa yayingenguye umnyhadala okanye umnyhadala wesini (kwaye ndikholelwe, amaRoma ayebathanda iindibano ezithile kunye neminyhadala yesondo, kodwa babethanda ukuba sehlotyeni okanye entwasahlobo xa uyazi, kukhululeke ngakumbi ukuba ze). Okwangoku unxibelelwano phakathi IiValentines kunye neLupercalia zisaxoxwa . Umthendeleko waqhubekeka kwaye wawudume kakhulu kwinkulungwane yesine xa iRoma yaya isiba ngamaKristu. Phambi kokuba oopopu kunye nabalawuli bamaKrestu bathathe isigqibo sokuwuthintela umnyhadala wobuhedeni nangona kunjalo, ababulali namnye, kodwa amaKristu amabini abizwa ngokuba nguValentine kwiLupercalia okanye kufutshane neLupercalia kwiminyaka embalwa yomnye nomnye ngu-Emperor Claudius II.
Kuko oko. abafana ababini! Oku kusizisa kwenye into eyonwabisayo: asazi ngokwenene ukuba ngubani uSt Valentine . Icawa yamkela abangcwele abathathu abohlukileyo abelo gama. Omnye waba bafana inokuba wayengumKristu owatshatileyo xa kwakungavumelekanga (kuba amadoda angatshatanga enza amajoni alungileyo?) Kwaye omnye wayenokuba ngumfeli-nkolo owathandana naye okanye waphilisa ubumfama bentombi yomnye wabagcini bakhe. Umthumele inqaku lothando elivela kwiValentine yakho. Kodwa zonke iapocrypha.
Ukuhla ngokuthe ngqo koSuku lweValentine oluvela eLupercalia kuyaxaka ngenxa yako konke oku. USanta Valentine wayedumile, kwaye xa iRoma izama ukwenza ubuKrestu bayitshintsha iLupercalia ukuya kumhla wakhe, ke siyazi ukuba bayazalana, kodwa kwakungekho lula njengokuba umthendeleko wokuzala waseRoma waba lusuku lweRomance. Kuyo yonke iminyaka yobumnyama (esineerekhodi ezimbalwa zayo kuba, ewe, yayiyiminyaka yobumnyama) Indima kaSanta Valentine kwinkcubeko edumileyo yatshintsha, kodwa asazi ukuba kanjani.
Siyazi nangona kunjalo ukuba ngexesha lokuba chivalry kunye nenkundla yothando yafika, uSuku lweValentine lwalubonwa njengoluthandanayo. Abantu babethumela imibuliso yoSuku lweValentine yothando yonke indlela ebuyela kwi-Middle Ages! Kwaye umbutho nothando wenza ukuba iholide ifumane olunye uqhagamshelo lobuhedeni: uthixo wothando lwesini, uCupid.
(umfanekiso: WikiMedia Commons)
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