Kudzipereka kwa Saint Lucia: bwanji komanso komwe amakondwerera!

Nkhani yodzipereka kwa otsatira a Saint Lucia idayamba pomwe adamwalira. Umboni woyamba womwe tili nawo wachipembedzo cha Lucia ndi cholembedwa cha marble kuyambira m'zaka za zana lachinayi, chomwe chidapezeka m'manda a Syracuse pomwe Lucia adayikidwa. Pasanapite nthawi, Papa Honorius Woyamba anawapatsa tchalitchi ku Roma. Posakhalitsa chipembedzo chake chinafalikira kuchokera ku Syracuse kupita kumadera ena a Italy ndi madera ena padziko lapansi - kuchokera ku Europe kupita ku Latin America, kumadera ena ku North America ndi Africa. Padziko lonse lapansi lero pali zotsalira za Saint Lucia ndi zaluso zouziridwa ndi iye.

Ku Syracuse ku Sicily, kwawo kwa Lucia, phwandolo pomulemekeza mwachilengedwe ndilolimbikitsa kwambiri ndipo zikondwererochi zatha milungu iwiri. Chifanizo cha siliva cha Lucia, chomwe chimasungidwa ku tchalitchi chachikulu chaka chonse, chimatulutsidwa ndikuwonetsedwa pabwalo lalikulu pomwe nthawi zonse pamakhala gulu lalikulu la anthu likudikirira. Usiku wa Santa Lucia umakondwereranso m'mizinda ina kumpoto kwa Italy, makamaka ndi ana. Malinga ndi mwambo, a Lucia amafika kumbuyo kwa bulu, ndikutsatiridwa ndi wophunzitsa Castaldo, ndikubweretsa maswiti ndi mphatso kwa ana omwe achita bwino chaka chonse. 

Nawonso ana amamupangira makapu a khofi ndi masikono. Tsiku la St. Lucia limakondwereranso ku Scandinavia, komwe kumawerengedwa kuti ndi chizindikiro cha kuwala. Zimanenedwa kuti kukondwerera tsiku la St. Lucia momveka bwino kumathandizira kuwona usiku wautali ku Scandinavia ndikuwala kokwanira. Ku Sweden imakondweretsedwa makamaka, posonyeza kuti nthawi yachikondwerero ifika. Apa, atsikana amavala ngati "Lucia". 

Amavala diresi yoyera (chizindikiro cha kuyera kwake) ndi lamba wofiira (woimira mwazi wophedwa). Atsikanawo amavalanso korona wamakandulo pamutu pawo ndipo amanyamula mabisiketi ndi "Lucia focaccia" (masangweji odzazidwa ndi safironi - opangidwa makamaka pamwambowu). Achiprotestanti komanso Akatolika amatenga nawo mbali pamisonkhanoyi. Maulendo ndi zikondwerero ngati makandulo zikuchitika ku Norway ndi madera ena a Finland.