Kuzvipira kuna Saint Lucia: sei uye kupi kunopembererwa!
Iyo nyaya yekuzvipira kwevateveri vaSanta Lucia yakatanga pakarepo mushure mekufa kwake. Hwekutanga humbowo hwemuviri hwatinahwo hwekunamata kwaLucia chinyorwa chemarble chakatanga muzana ramakore rechina, chakawanikwa mumakacacombs eSirakuse pakavigwa Lucia. Nguva pfupi yapfuura, Pope Honorius I akavasarudza chechi muRome. Pasina nguva chinamato chake chakapararira kubva kuSirakuse ichienda kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeItaly nedzimwe nzvimbo dzepasi - kubva kuEurope kuenda kuLatin America, kune dzimwe nzvimbo kuNorth America neAfrica. Pasi rese nhasi pane zvisaririra zveSanta Lucia nemabasa ehunyanzvi akafuridzirwa naye.
MuSirakuse muSicily, guta rekumusha kwaLucia, pati iri mukuremekedzwa kwake ndeyemwoyo uye mhemberero idzi dzinopera vhiki mbiri. Chidhori chesirivha chaLucia, chakachengetwa mukedhedral gore rese, chinoburitswa ndokuratidzwa munzvimbo huru munogara vanhu vazhinji vakamirira vakamirira. Husiku hweSanta Lucia hunopembererwawo mune mamwe maguta kuNorth Italy, kunyanya nevana. Maererano netsika, Lucia anosvika kumusana kwedhongi, achiteverwa nemurairidzi Castaldo, uye anounza zviwitsi nezvipo zvevana vakazvibata zvakanaka gore rese.
Nekudaro, vana vanomugadzirira makapu ekofi nemabhisikiti. Zuva raSt.Lucia rinopembererwawo muScandinavia, uko kunoonekwa sechiratidzo chechiedza. Zvinonzi kupemberera Zuva raSt.Lucia zvakajeka kunobatsira kuona husiku hwechando hwakareba hweScandinavia nechiedza chakakwana. MuSweden inonyanya kupembererwa, zvichiratidza kusvika kwemwaka wezororo. Pano, vasikana vanopfeka sa "Lucia".
Ivo vanopfeka jira jena (mucherechedzo wekuchena kwake) nebhanhire dzvuku (rinomiririra ropa rerufu rwake). Vasikana vanopfekawo korona yemakenduru mumisoro yavo uye vanotakura mabhisikiti uye "Lucia focaccia" (masangweji akazadzwa nesafron - akagadzirwa kunyanya pachiitiko ichi). Vaviri maPurotesitendi neKaturike vanotora chikamu mumhemberero idzi. Makenduru-akafanana nemafambiro uye mhemberero dzinoitika muNorway uye zvikamu zveFinland.