Ka haipule iā Saint Lucia: pehea a ma hea kahi e hoʻolauleʻa ai!

ʻO ka moʻolelo o ke kūpaʻa o ka poʻe ukali o Saint Lucia i hoʻomaka koke ma hope o kona make ʻana. ʻO nā hōʻike kino mua a mākou i pili i ka hoʻomana o Lucia kahi palapala marble mai ka makahiki XNUMX, i loaʻa i nā catacombs o Syracuse kahi i kanu ʻia ai ʻo Lucia. Ma hope iki mai, ua koho ʻo Pope Honorius I iā lākou i hale pule ma Roma. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hoʻolaha aku kāna hoʻomana mai Syracuse a i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Italia a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua - mai ʻEulopa a i Latin America, i kekahi mau wahi ma ʻAkau ʻĀkau a me ʻApelika. Ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i kēia lā aia nā relics o Saint Lucia a me nā hana noʻeau i hoʻoulu ʻia e ia.

Ma Syracuse ma Sisily, ko Lucia home, ka pāʻina i loko o kona hanohano he kūlohelohe maoli ia a me nā hoʻolauleʻa i nā pule ʻelua i hala. ʻO kahi kiʻi kālā o Lucia, mālama ʻia i loko o ka hale pule i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, lawe ʻia i waho a parade ʻia i ke kahua nui kahi e nui ai ka lehulehu e kakali nei me ka manaʻo. Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ka pō o Santa Lucia i nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma ʻItalia ʻAtalia, ʻo ia hoʻi e nā keiki. Wahi a ka moʻomeheu, hōʻea ʻo Lucia ma hope o ka hoki, a ukali ʻia e ke kahu ʻo Castaldo, a lawe mai i nā mea momona a me nā makana no nā keiki i hana maikaʻi i loko o ka makahiki. 

A laila, hoʻomākaukau nā keiki i nā kīʻaha kope nona me nā biscuits. Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ka lā o St. Lucia ma Scandinavia, kahi i manaʻo ʻia he hōʻailona o ka mālamalama. ʻLelo ʻia ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ko St. Lucia lā vividly e kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pō hoʻoilo lōʻihi o Scandinavia me ka mālamalama. I Kuekene hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ia, e hōʻailona ana i ka hōʻea ʻana o ke kau lā hoʻomaha. Maʻaneʻi, ʻaʻahu nā kaikamahine e like me "Lucia". 

Hōʻaʻahu lākou i ke kapa keʻokeʻo (hōʻailona o kona maʻemaʻe) me kahi kāʻei ʻulaʻula (e hōʻike ana i ke koko o kona make martyrdom). Hoʻokomo pū nā kaikamahine i lei aliʻi ihoiho o ko lākou mau poʻo a halihali i nā biscuits a me "Lucia focaccia" (nā sandwiches i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka safona - hana ʻia no ka hanana). Komo nā Protestant a me nā Kakolika i kēia hana. Hana ʻia nā kaʻina kukui like candlelight ma Nolewai a me nā ʻāpana o Pinilana.