Ukuzinikela ku-Saint Lucia: Njani kwaye kuphi apho kubhiyozelwa khona!
Ibali lokuzinikela kwabalandeli bakaSanta Lucia laqala kwangoko emva kokubhubha kwakhe. Ubungqina bokuqala bomzimba esinabo behlelo likaLucia ngumbhalo wemarble osusela kwinkulungwane ye-XNUMX, eyafunyanwa kumangcwaba amangcwaba eSirakuse apho angcwatyelwa khona uLucia. Kungekudala emva koko, uPopu Honorius I wabamisela njengecawa eRoma. Kungekudala ihlelo lakhe lasasazeka lisuka eSirakuse laya kwezinye iindawo zase-Italiya nakwezinye iindawo zehlabathi-ukusuka eYurophu ukuya eLatin America, nakwezinye iindawo eMntla Melika naseAfrika. Ehlabathini lonke namhlanje kukho izinto ezingcwele zikaSanta Lucia kunye nemisebenzi yobugcisa ephefumlelwe nguye.
E-Syracuse eSicily, idolophu yakuloLucia, itheko elimzukisayo ngokwendalo lisuka entliziyweni kwaye imibhiyozo igqibe iiveki ezimbini. Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yesilivere kaLucia, egcinwe kwindlu yecawa yecawa unyaka wonke, ikhutshwa ize iboniswe kwindawo ephambili apho kuhlala kukho isihlwele esikhulu esilindileyo. Ubusuku baseSanta Lucia bukwabhiyozelwa kwezinye iidolophu ezikumantla e-Itali, ngakumbi ngabantwana. Ngokwesiko, uLucia ufika ngasemva kwe-esile, elandelwa ngumqeqeshi uCastaldo, kwaye uzisa iilekese kunye nezipho kubantwana abaziphethe kakuhle unyaka wonke.
Kwelinye icala, abantwana bayamlungiselela iikomityi zekofu ezineebhiskiti. Usuku lukaSt. Lucia lukwabhiyozelwa eScandinavia, apho luthathwa njengophawu lokukhanya. Kuthiwa ukubhiyozela uSuku lweSt.Lucia ngokucacileyo kuyanceda amava eScandinavia ngobusuku obude basebusika ngokukhanya okwaneleyo. ESweden ibhiyozelwa ngokukodwa, iphawula ukufika kwexesha leholide. Apha, amantombazana anxiba njengo "Lucia".
Banxibe umwunduzo omhlophe (uphawu lobumsulwa bakhe) kunye nebhanti ebomvu (emele igazi lokubulawa kwakhe). Amantombazana afaka nesithsaba samakhandlela entloko kwaye aphethe amaqebengwana kunye ne "Lucia focaccia" (iisendwitshi ezizaliswe ngesafroni - zenzelwe ngokukodwa lo msitho). Omabini amaProtestanti namaKatolika athabatha inxaxheba kule mibhiyozo. Iinkqubo ezifana nokukhanya kwamakhandlela kunye nemibhiyozo zenzeka eNorway nakwiindawo ezithile zaseFinland.