Phwando la Candlemas: ndi chiyani, chidwi ndi miyambo

Tchuthi ichi poyamba chimatchedwa kuyeretsedwa kwa Namwali Maria, kuwonetsa chizolowezi choti, ngati mayi wachiyuda, amayi a Yesu azitsatira. M'miyambo yachiyuda, azimayi amawerengedwa kuti ndiodetsedwa kwa masiku 40 atabereka mwana wamwamuna ndipo samatha kupembedza pakachisi; pakatha masiku 40, azimayiwo amapita nawo kukachisi kuti akayeretsedwe. Pa 2 february, ndiye kuti, patatha masiku 40 kuchokera pa Disembala 25, tsiku lomwe Tchalitchi chimakondwerera kubadwa kwa Yesu.Dyerero lachiyuda ili limasonyezanso kuperekedwa kwa mwana Yesu mkachisi, phwando lakhala likuchitidwa ndi Akhristu ku Yerusalemu kale m'zaka za zana lachinayi AD Pofika pakati pa zaka za zana lachisanu, chikondwererocho chinaphatikizapo kuyatsa makandulo oyimira Yesu Khristu monga kuunika, chowonadi ndi njira.

Pa mwambowu, wansembe, atavala chibakuwa ndi kupirira, amayima pambali pa kalatayo ya guwa lansembe, amadalitsa makandulo, omwe akuyenera kukhala phula. Kenako amawaza makandulowo ndi madzi oyera ndikuwapatsa zonunkhira ndikuwapereka kwa atsogoleri achipembedzo ndi anthu wamba. Mwambowu umatha ndi gulu lonse la omwe atenga nawo mbali, onse omwe ali ndi makandulo oyatsidwa, kuyimira kulowa kwa Khristu mwana, Kuwala kwa Dziko, kulowa m'Kachisi wa Yerusalemu.

Miyambi yambiri yaku Italiya, makamaka yokhudza nyengo, imagwirizanitsidwa ndi tsiku lino. Amodzi mwamawu otchuka ndi awa, Kwa Santa Candelora ngati kukugwa chisanu kapena ngati kugwa mvula, timakhala m'nyengo yozizira, koma ngati kuli dzuwa kapena dzuwa, nthawi zonse timakhala pakati pa dzinja ('Kwa Santa Candelora, kumagwa chisanu kapena ngati kumagwa mvula, timakhala 'm'nyengo yozizira, koma ngati kuli dzuwa kapena kuli kanthawi pang'ono, tikadali m'nyengo yozizira'). M'mayiko olankhula Chingerezi, komwe phwando la Candlemas limadziwika kuti Candlemas Day (kapena Candle Mass), mwambiwu ndi wofanana ndi ku Italy: ngati tsiku la Candlemas kuli dzuwa komanso lowala, nthawi yozizira idzakhalanso ndi ndege ina, ngati tsiku la Candlemas ndi mitambo ndi mvula, dzinja lapita ndipo silidzabweranso.

Kodi pali kulumikizana kotani pakati pa zikondwerero zachipembedzo zofananazi ndi nthawi? Zakuthambo. Malo osinthira pakati pa nyengo. February 2 ndi tsiku la kotala, pakati pa nyengo yozizira ndi nthawi yamasika. Kwa zaka masauzande ambiri, anthu ku Northern Hemisphere awona kuti ngati dzuwa litatuluka pakati pa dzinja ndi masika, nyengo yozizira imapitilira milungu ina isanu ndi umodzi. Monga momwe mungaganizire, kwa anthu okhala ndi moyo wochepa kusiyanako kunali kofunikira, kofunikira pakupulumuka komanso kusaka ndi kukolola. Nzosadabwitsa kuti miyambo ndi zikondwerero zimalumikizidwa nawo.