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Kufuneka uyazi ngoku ukuba zonke iindawo ezilungileyo zeeholide zivela kwiiPagan kunye nezithethe zangaphambi kobuKristu. Amaqanda eIsta kunye nemivundla? Ubuhedeni. Imithi yeKrisimesi kunye neSanta ? Umhedeni! Kodwa ubusazi ukuba enye yezona zithethe zixakekileyo zaseMelika, uSuku loMhlaba, kanjalo ineengcambu zobuhedeni? Hayi? Ewe, sinifumene, iintsana. Makhe sicacise.
Usuku lwe-Groundhog, masithembeke, lubonakala lungaqhelekanga. Isiko laseMelika laqala ePuxatawny, ePennsylvania ngo-1887 njengento encinci yokupapashwa kwidolophu, kodwa uhambo oluya eGobbler's Knob lokuthetha nomgobhozi ukuze ubone ukuba wabona isithunzi sakhe sinemvelaphi endala kakhulu. Ivela kumnyhadala wobuKristu weCandlemas okanye usuku lukaSt Brigid, olwaluyinto yeholide yobuhedeni eyayibizwa ngokuba ngamaCelt Imbolc .
I-Imbolc, ewela kwinqanaba eliphakathi kweWinter Solstice kunye neNtwasahlobo ye-Equinox, sisiqalo sentwasahlobo kwikhalenda yeCeltic. Inxulunyaniswa nokubuyela kokukhanya emhlabeni emva kobumnyama bobusika, kwaye ikwayimini ehlonipha isithixokazi samaCelt ngokukhanya nomlilo, uBrigid. UBrigid wayefana ne-Imbolc, wangena kubuKrestu kwaye waba ngu-Saint Brigid.
Ngaloo mini kaBrigid, abantu ababhiyozelayo babeza kukhanyisa amakhandlela (kungoko Ikhandlela IMisa), ndlala iibhedi ukuze uBrigid atyelele asikelele indlu yabo, enze iminikelo kuye… kwaye azibandakanye ekuvumiseni ngemozulu. Ukubhula kwemozulu kwakubaluleke kakhulu, ewe, malunga nawo wonke umntu owayexhomekeke ekulimeni ukuze aphile emva kwemini. Ngokukodwa ngaphambi kohlaziyo lweshishini, amafama kuwo wonke umhlaba angayinto entle ukwazi ukuba intwasahlobo izakufika nini kwaye ukuba izityalo zawo ziya kusilela okanye zichume. Zininzi iindlela, kodwa enye inxulunyaniswa ne-Imbolc yayimalunga neBrigid, kodwa isithixokazi esahlukileyo: ICailleach okanye iBeira , uthixokazi waseCeltic wobusika.
Kuthiwa kwi-Imbolc, uCailleach uyokuqokelela iinkuni. Ilivo lithi ukuba ufuna ukuhlala ixesha elide emhlabeni ngaphambi kokuba abuyele kulo nyaka, uya kuwenza umhla uqaqambe kwaye libalele, ukuze aqokelele iinkuni ezininzi. Ke ngoko, ukuba i-Imbolc inelanga kwaye isilwanyana, njengembasa, inyoka okanye, yithi, ingulube yomhlaba, ikroba ngaphandle komngxunya wasebusika kwaye ibone isithunzi sayo, oko kuthetha ukuba ubusika buya kuhlala ixesha elide.
Ke, kulapho kwavela khona intonga encinci efuna isithunzi sayo. Yayingengawo nje amaCelt awayebhiyozela le nto. Kwakukho i-lore yaseJamani malunga ne-Candlemas yokuba ngumhla wokubhula kwemozulu, kwaye loo nto yayiyindlela eya eMelika ngePennsylvania yaseDutch. Kukho iirekhodi zemibhiyozo ye-groundhog ngaphambi kokuba yenziwe ngokusemthethweni ePuxatawny, kodwa konke oku kubuyela kwezi ngcambu zakudala, zobuhedeni.
Usuku lomhlaba womhlaba ngoFebruwari 2 yenye yezinto ezimbalwa ezishiyekileyo zexesha apho sasidibene kakhulu nomhlaba kunye notshintsho lwamaxesha onyaka, kwaye ke, ngelixa lusuku oluhle lokubukela uBill Murray weklasikhi okanye ukumamela umculo obalaseleyo , ikwalixesha elifanelekileyo lokucinga malunga nokuba isiko livela phi kwaye njani kwabanye abantu oku kukuqala kwentwasahlobo. Owu, naseFrance-I-Candlemas lusuku lwe-crepes ke yinto entle leyo!
Ngaba ufuna amanye amabali anje? Yiba ngumbhalisi kwaye uxhase indawo!
-UMary Sue unemigaqo-nkqubo engqongqo yokuphawula engavumiyo, kodwa ayikhawulelwanga, ukuthukwa nabani na , Intiyo nentetho egonyamelayo. —
