Ke ngoku yintoni kanye kanye i-Kwanzaa?

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Namhlanje yi Ujima Usuku lwesithathu lwe-Kwanzaa, into eninzi abantu abangayaziyo. Ukukhula kokubona kwam okwenyani kwi-Kwanzaa yayisisiqendu se Usapho olunekratshi Iintsuku ezisixhenxe ze-Kwanzaa . Ebomini bam, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ndazi kuphela umntu omnye omdala owabhiyozela i-Kwanzaa kwaye andizange ndikhule nabantu bebhiyozela iholide.

Yintoni ebalulekileyo ukuyiqonda malunga nokuzazisa kwabantu abamnyama kukuba inkcubeko yabantu abamnyama base-Afrika (njengabantu abamnyama abazalelwe apha nabanozala wobukhoboka baseMelika), yahlukile kwezinye iinkcubeko zabantu abamnyama baseMelika. Njengomntu oyisizukulwana sokuqala somnyama waseMelika (nosapho olusuka kwiCaribbean), asizibhiyozeli iiholide ezifanayo ngendlela efanayo okanye ngokutya okufanayo. Ndifunde malunga neshumi elinesihlanu kulo nyaka ukusuka kumboniso Mnyama-ish , kwaye loo holide ibhiyozela ukuphela ngokusemthethweni kobukhoboka . I-Kwanzaa nayo ayihloliswanga ngaphandle kweendaba ezimnyama kwaye ngamanye amaxesha iphathwa njengehlaya lokulahla iholide. Ke yintoni i-Kwanzaa? Kutheni ibhiyozelwa? Kwaye kutheni abantu bengazi ngakumbi ngayo?

Yintoni i-Kwanzaa?

Kwanzaa ibhiyozelwa kwisithuba seentsuku ezisixhenxe ukuqala nge-26 kaDisemba ukuya nge-1 kaJanuwari, apho kukhanyiswa khona ikhandlela kwimigaqo nganye esixhenxe okanye Intsika yesixhenxe ubunye (umoja), ukuzimisela (kujichagulia), uxanduva oluhlangeneyo (ujima), uqoqosho lwentsebenziswano (ujamaa), injongo (nia), ubuchule (kuumba) kunye nokholo (imani). Kukho amakhandlela asixhenxe, amathathu aluhlaza, omnye omnyama phakathi, amathathu abomvu. Imibala yenzelwe ukumela umzabalazo odlulileyo (obomvu), abantu (abamnyama), kunye nesithembiso sekamva elingcono kunye nobutyebi beAfrika (luhlaza).

I-Kwanzaa yiholide engeyoyenkolo, ngoko ke ayingqubani neKrisimesi okanye iHanukkah okanye iYule okanye naziphi na ezinye iiholide ezinokuthi zenzeke okanye zidlule ngexesha.

La magama athathwe kwisiSwahili, ekhethwe kuba ithethwa ngabantu abaphakathi kwezigidi ezingama-50 ukuya kwi-100. Kulula kakhulu ukuba Izithethi zesiNgesi zokufunda kuba onke amagama axeliwe ukuba ajongeka njani. I-Kwanzaa ivela kwibinzana lesiSwahili elithetha iziqhamo zokuqala.

Ngomhla wamashumi amathathu ananye kuDisemba, kukho umthendeleko obizwa ngokuba yiKaramu, apho abantu bahlangana khona ukuze benze itheko kwaye ngomhla wokugqibela we-Kwanza kukho ukupha izipho, kodwa akukho kwinqanaba leKrisimesi. Zizipho ezizezakho ezizezakho kunee-iPads.

Kutheni abantu abaninzi bengazi nge-Kwanzaa?

I-Kwanzaa inengxaki yokupapasha.

Okokuqala ii-aesthetics zeholide ziyafana kakhulu neHanukkah kumntu ongaqhelekanga ngeholide. Ndikhumbula njengomntwana ndicinga ukuba kinara yayenye nje imenara (okanye a hanukkiah YeHanukkah ) , nangona iswele amakhandlela amabini ( hanukkiot unezikhanyiso ezilithoba zeentsuku ezisibhozo zeHanukkah kunye nenye eyongezelelweyo shamash , kinara zisixhenxe ngeentsuku ezisixhenxe zeKwanzaa). Ke njengomntwana andizange ndiwazi umohluko, kwaye nabantu endandijikeleze nabo babengazi. Uninzi lwabantu oluva i-Kwanzaa xa lubuzwa ukuba lubize amagama eentsuku zihlala zifumana i-Imani, kwaye abanye abantu baya kucinga ukuba iHarambee lelinye lamakhandlela ngenxa yoko IiBoondocks isiqendu.

Oko kukwathetha into malunga nokuba abantu bavezwa njani kwi-Kwanzaa, okuninzi kukuboniswa komnyama kumabonwakude kuneenkqubo zemfundo. Oko kuthetha ukuba ulwazi olungelulo, uburharha obuthi ngamanye amaxesha buluphose uphawu, kananjalo ngenxa yokuba i-Kwanzaa idla ngokuthotyelwa kwisiqendu esinye ize ibe yiKrisimesi yonke ngoDisemba emva koko, enganyanzelisi ukuba ibaluleke njengeKrisimesi.

I-Kwanzaa yiholide yeholide ejikeleze ixesha apho zonke iiholide ziyinkolo kwimvelaphi kwaye ke zinamasiko amade. I-Kwanzaa yiyo ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-50 ubudala , ukuqala ngo-1966, kwaye ngenxa yoko akangenanga ngokupheleleyo kwi-zeitgeist yenkcubeko ngendlela ezinye iiholide ngeli xesha.

Kukwakho nendoda ngasemva Kuqala, uRonald McKinley Everett, okanye uMaulana Ndabezitha Karenga . Ngama-70s, malunga neshumi leminyaka emva kokudala i-Kwanzaa, uKarenga wabanjwa ngenxa yokuhlaselwa kunye nokuvalelwa ngamanga. Omnye wabafazi awayetyholwa ngokubamba wangqina ukuba wahluthwa kwaye wabethwa ngentambo yombane. Owayesakuba ngumfazi kaKarenga naye waxhasa amabango ukuba ungcungcuthekisa abantu basetyhini.

UKarenga umile kwelokuba olu yayiluhlaselo lwezopolitiko njengelinge likarhulumente lokutshabalalisa i- Umbutho wase-US ukuba uKarenga waseka, okwenzekileyo ngelixa uKarenga wayevalelwe. Ngo-1975 wacela ingqawule kwaye wayifumana. Ukusukela ngoko uye akavuma ukuthetha ngesi sehlo.

Ngoku, siyazi ukuba urhulumente wenza iyelenqe lokujongela phantsi iinkokheli zabantu abamnyama abazithatha njengezisongelo. Ukutshabalalisa kwabo ii-Black Panther ngokuvalela nokubulala iinkokeli zabo ayisiyonjongo nje, iyinyani. Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba uKarenga waye lixhoba loku? Inokwenzeka, kodwa asisoze sazi ngokuqinisekileyo.

Kukungathandabuzeki okuvumela iisayithi ezinje ngeMfonomfono yeMihla ngemihla ukuba zipapashe amanqaku athi i-Kwanzaa yiholide yobuxoki eyenziwe ngumdlwenguli. Kwabasetyhini abamnyama abaxhalabile malunga nobundlobongela basekhaya kunye nokuxhatshazwa, oko kuya kubanika ikhefu lokubhiyozela iholide.

Owu, kwaye iphathwa ikakhulu njengeholide emnyama ukuze ibaphelise abantu ekubeni bangakhathali ngayo ukuba ayisebenzi kubo.

Bangaphi abantu abayibhiyozelayo ngoba kutheni ?

Ngaphandle kwayo yonke loo nto, abantu yenza bhiyozela i-Kwanzaa. Ngelixa amanani eyahluka ngokuxhomekeke kwimithombo ikwindawo ethile ejikeleze Iipesenti ezi-1.9 zabantu (malunga nezigidi ezithandathu). Kukho amakhadi okubulisa e-Kwanzaa, isitampu se-Kwanzaa, kunye nepaki enye.

Nokuba iswele umbhiyozo kwindalo iphela, iseyiholide ebalulekileyo kubantu abaninzi abamnyama baseMelika. Yenzelwe ukujongana nomonakalo wenkcubeko oshiyekileyo emva koloqhushululu lweWatts ngeminyaka yama-60s, kunye nokwenza imvo yomanyano kubantu abamnyama kubo, ngabo.

Lixesha lokubhiyozela nokwazisa ukufezekiswa kwabantsundu kunye namagorha amnyama, ikwabopha kwakhona kumbutho wamaLungelo oLuntu kunye nokusebenza kwi-60s. Yiholide ebhiyozela ubumnyama kunye nomzabalazo wabantsundu kodwa ikwasicela ukuba sijonge kwikamva ngethemba kwaye singawi lithemba.

Andizukuzenza ngathi ndiza kuqala ukubhiyozela i-Kwanzaa, ngekhe ndiyenze, kodwa loo nto ayenzi indawo yayo kwinkcubeko ukuba ingabalulekanga kangako. Inokuba inemvelaphi enengxaki enkulu, ewe, kodwa xa ucinga ngeKrisimesi iyi-100%, ayingowona mhla wokuzalwa kukaYesu ukuba ebekhona, kwaye iCawe yamaKatolika ibinengxaki ukusukela ekutsiba, andicingi ukuba iyayichasa njengebalulekileyo.

Ke ukuba awukhange ucinge nge-Kwanzaa, yinike ukujonga okwesibini. Isenokungabi yindebe yomntu wonke yeti, kodwa iinjongo ezingasemva kwayo zilungile kwaye malunga noluntu kunye nethemba. Yeyiphi eyona holide ijikeleze eli xesha lonyaka.

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-UMary Sue unemigaqo-nkqubo engqongqo yokuphawula engavumiyo, kodwa ayikhawulelwanga, ukuthukwa nabani na , Intiyo nentetho egonyamelayo. —