Inyaniso malunga noPatrick oNgcwele, iinyoka, iiPagan kunye nokunye

Ibali leSuku likaSanta Patrick liyimbali malunga namabali ngokwawo, indlela atshintsha ngayo kwaye aguquke, kwaye ibali elinye okanye umzobo unokuba yinto eyahlukileyo kwizizukulwana ezahlukeneyo kunye neeras. Namhlanje siphawula uSuku lukaSt.Patrick njengombhiyozo wembali kunye nelifa lemveli laseIreland, kwaye ewe, kubantu abaninzi okuthetha isizathu sokusela okanye ezimbini (nceda, uhambe neGuinness kwaye ungangcolisi ibhiya eluhlaza) kwaye unxibe umnqwazi omnandi, kodwa imbali yokwenyani kaPatrick oNgcwele kunye nokuvela kweholide yingxelo enomdla.

Ibali likaSt.Patrick yenye yeentsomi ezibekeke kwiintsomi. Ibali elaziwa kakhulu likaSanta uPatrick kukuba waba ngumphathi wesanta we-Emerald Isle kuba wagxotha zonke iinyoka eIreland. Elo libango elinomdla elinikwe apho azange zibekho iinyoka eIreland (okanye ubuncinci, azikho kwirekhodi yefosili ). Ke yintoni enika? Inkolelo eqhelekileyo yeyokuba kweli bali iinyoka zimele abahedeni okanye iiDruid awazigxothayo uPatrick kwesi siqithi, ngenxa yokuba ebizwa ngokuba ngumthunywa wevangeli owazisa ubuKrestu eIreland. Kodwa… inokuba iyintsomi, nayo.

Yiloo nto malunga nemveli kunye nembali: Kunzima kakhulu ukubaxelela ngokwahlukileyo xa sithetha ngendoda enokuthi (okanye ingabinakho!) Ibiphila ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-1500 eyadlulayo. Ukusuka kwinto esiyaziyo, i UPatrick wokwenene wazalelwa eWales okanye eBritane (okuthetha ukuba wayengenguye uIreland) malunga ne-390 CE. Eli yayilixesha apho iRoma yayilawula iBritane, kodwa amandla abo ayesiya esiba mbi kwaye kungekudala eza kuwa ngokupheleleyo. Igama lakhe lalinguMaewyn, kwaye waye (ngokokuvuma kwakhe ngobomi bakhe kamva ebomini) wabanjwa kuhlaselo lwaseIreland xa wayekwishumi elivisayo kwaye wachitha iminyaka emithandathu ebukhobokeni eIreland ngaphambi kokuba abaleke kwaye abe yindoda yelaphu.

Ngenxa yokuba wayelwazi ulwimi lwase-Ireland kunye namasiko ukusuka ngexesha lakhe apho, uPatrick wabuyela e-Ireland njengomthunywa wevangeli kunye noBhishophu ukusasaza ubuKrestu, kwaye yinto ekhunjulwayo nanamhla, kodwa kuninzi i-apocrypha intsomi ngaye , njengokubeka kwakhe i-shamrock kwi-pints ye-ale, kunye nenyoka / into yobuhedeni kunye namanye amabali ahlukeneyo atshisayo Iincwadi zeDruid (nto leyo ibingasoze yenzeke ngenxa yokuba iiDruid zazingenazo iincwadi), okanye ziguqula zigxotha abahedeni.

Kodwa kwakhona, abukho ubungqina bokwenyani boku… ikakhulu ngenxa yokuba iirekhodi zayo yonke imbali yaseYurophu yelixesha imdaka kakhulu inikwe iRoma yonke ukuwa kunye nokuthintela izinto zobudala obumnyama eziqhubeka kwinkulungwane yesihlanu. Khumbula ixesha elimnyama eYurophu alikho mnyama ngenxa yeziganeko zabo, kodwa ngenxa yokuba lixesha esingenayo imithombo ephambili. Sinemibhalo yakhe, kwaye yiyo… intle kakhulu. Eminye ngamabali nje amnandi-ngathi yinto yenyoka, engakhange ibonakale nakwezinye iirekhodi kude kube kwiinkulungwane kamva xa ibandla lisazama ukujongana nabahedeni.

Ngapha koko, bukhona ubungqina bokuba uPatrick wayengenguye umKristu wokuqala eIreland, kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, akazange abuphelise ubuhedeni … Uthanda, konke. Ewe, ubuKrestu ngokuthe ngcembe baba yinkolo ephambili e-Ireland, kodwa loo nto yayingumbandela wokuguquka kancinci, hayi ukoyisa kunye nokugxotha i-druids Kodwa iintsomi zobuhedeni, iinkolelo, kunye namasiko azange zihambe, zangeniswa nje kubume bobuKrestu nakwizinto zasekuhlaleni. Oothixo baba fairies ezifana Tuath De Danaan, okanye amaqhawe ezifana UFionn Mac Cumhaill , okanye iingcwele ziyathanda Brigid . Ubuhedeni eIreland busekho.

Elinye ibali elithandwayo likaSanta uPatrick kukuba wasebenzisa iShamrock (aka igqabi elinamagqabi amathathu) ukucacisa umbono wobathathu emnye kumaIreland, kodwa kwakhona, kwiirekhodi ezinikwe yena, akukho nto ikhankanyiweyo, kwaye eyokuqala ukukhankanywa kwe-shamrock ngokudibeneyo noPatrick kuvela ku-1517, ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-1 000 emva kokubulawa kwakhe ekucingelwa ukuba wayeku-460. UPatrick ungomnye wabo bantu babhaliweyo malunga neendlela ezininzi kwaye ngabantu abaninzi, ukuba ibali lakhe liphantse alinakwenzeka ukwazi ngokwenene.

Into esiyaziyo kukuba wabonwa njengoMxhasi waseIreland, kunye nosuku lomthendeleko wakhe wabhiyozelwa ngoMatshi 17. Kodwa yayingumbhiyozo wokuhlala phantsi ophawulwe ngokucamngca nangomthandazo, mhlawumbi ibhola apha okanye phaya. Njengamatye amaninzi enkcubeko, uSuku lwePatrick ayizange ibe yinto de yafika eMelika .

Ukuqonda ukuba kutheni sinosuku lukaSanta uPatrick, kubaluleke ngakumbi ukuqonda imbali ye-Irish diaspora eMelika kunayo nayiphi na enye into. Inani elikhulu labaphambukeli baseIreland beza eMelika ngenkulungwane ye-19, bebaleka indlala kunye noxinzelelo phantsi kolawulo lwesiNgesi, kodwa nase-US, bajamelana nocalucalulo kunye nokucalulwa. Ke uSuku lukaSanta uPatrick waba sisithuthi sokubonisa ikratshi kwilifa lemveli laseIreland, ngakumbi kwizixeko ezinabantu abaninzi baseIreland.

Kuninzi kakhulu kwibali ngalinye kunoko sikucingayo, kwaye nangaphantsi koko, kukho izaleko kunye neemfihlakalo ezingapheliyo. Xa sijonga iholide okanye isiqwenga semveli okanye isanta, siya kuhlala sifumana, siya kuthi, igqabi elinye le-clover eliyinxalenye yomzimba wonke oneengcambu ezibaleka nzulu kunokuba ubuya kucinga. (Ewe, ndine-clover eninzi ekhulayo engceni yam okwangoku kunzima kakhulu ukuyisusa. Kutheni ubuza?) Ke xa uphakamisa ipeyinti namhlanje, thatha ixesha lokucinga ngembali ekuzisileyo kuloo mzuzu. Ngenxa yokuba leyo ithamsanqa lokwenyani.

(imifanekiso: Iipelisi, UNheyob kwi-Wikimedia commons , ukuhlela kwethu)

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