I-Halloween: yintoni ngokwenene? Imvelaphi, iqela

Kule mihla, ehlabathini lonke, iHalloween yeyona holide ibalulekileyo yonyaka kubalandeli bakaSathana. Ukongeza, umhla we-31 ka-Oktobha sisiqalo sonyaka omtsha ngokwekhalenda yegqwirha. I<em>“World Book Encyclopedia” ithi esi sisiqalo sayo yonke into “ebandayo, emnyama nefileyo”: ukubanda, ubumnyama nokufa.
Imbali encinci: iminyaka engama-300 ngaphambi koYesu Krestu, iqela eliyimfihlo lababingeleli lalibambe ilizwe leCeltic phantsi kobukumkani babo. Nyaka ngamnye, ngo-Oktobha 31, iHalloween, ayebhiyozela umthendeleko wokufa ezukisa izithixo zawo zobuhedeni iSamhain. Aba babingeleli bangena kwizindlu ngezindlu bebanga amadini kuThixo wabo yaye kwenzeka ukuba bafune imibingelelo yabantu! Kwimeko yokwala, bathetha iziqalekiso zokufa kule ndlu, ngoko ke iqhinga okanye impatho: isiqalekiso okanye isipho, kunye nokucaca kancinci: ukunikela okanye isiqalekiso.
Ukuze bakhanyise indlela yabo, aba babingeleli bazisa iitheniphu ezisikwe kwimilo yobuso apho kwakutshisa ikhandlela elawenziwe ngamanqatha omntu wamadini angaphambili. Ezi turnips zazimela umoya owenza ukuba iziqalekiso zabo zisebenze.
Ngenkulungwane ye-18 neye-19, xa kwafika eli siko eUnited States, kwakusetyenziswa amathanga endaweni yeetheniphu. Igama elinikwe umoya owawuhlala kwithanga lalingu "Jock", ngoku eyaziwa phantsi kwegama elithi "Jack" ohlala kwizibane, ngoko ke "jack-o-lantern".
Igama elithi "halloween" livela kwi "All Hallow's Eve", inguqulelo: iHalloween. Kwaye siyahendeka ukuba sinxulumanise eli siko kunye nesiko lobuKristu ”. Enyanisweni, imvelaphi yeHalloween ibubuhedeni ngokupheleleyo kwaye ayinanto yakwenza nesi sithethe sonqulo.
Kumhla wethu, siyazi ukuba ubuSathana benza amadini ngabantu ngobu busuku, eUnited States, eOstreliya, eFransi nangaphaya.
Ke xa sibona abantwana bethu besenza ubuqhetseba kwaye becela iilekese kwindlu ngendlu, konke kubonakala kungenabungozi kwaye kumnandi, kodwa ngaba asibanxulumanisi, ngokungazi, nesithethe esimnyama?
Ngethemba lokuba eli nqaku liza kukwazisa ngobunyani beHalloween, sifuna ukukhuthaza ukuba ungabafihli abantwana bakho ngesi sihlandlo kwaye ucinezele ukuba lo mkhuba uyeke ezikolweni zethu.