Imvelaphi yeqanda lePasika. Amaqanda etshokholethi amele ntoni kuthi maKristu?
Ukuba sithetha ngePasika, kunokwenzeka ukuba into yokuqala efika engqondweni ngamaqanda etshokolethi. Obu bumnandi bumnandi bunikwa njengesipho ngeli holide kwaye hayi nje ngokubaluleka konqulo kumaKristu. Enyanisweni, iiqanda lepasika inembali ende kunye nentsingiselo enzulu ehamba ngaphaya kokutya okulula.
Iqanda belisoloko liyi-a uphawu lobomi kwiinkcubeko neenkolo ezininzi. Enyanisweni, imele ukuzalwa, ukuzalwa kwakhona nokudalwa kwehlabathi. Ukwenzela i AmaKristu, ngokukodwa, iqanda lifuzisela uvuko lukaKristu kunye ubomi obutsha olususela ekufeni nasekuvukeni kwakhe. Iqanda, ekubonakala ukuba alisebenzi kwaye aliphili, libambe isithembiso sobomi obutsha eza kuqanduselwa.
Iqanda le-Easter limele ntoni kwizithethe ezahlukeneyo
Esi simboli sithathwa ngamanye amasiko amaninzi amandulo, njenge amaYiputa, amaGrike, amaHindu namaTshayina, owayenxulumanisa iqandaimvelaphi yecosmos kunye nokudalwa kobomi. Kwizithethe ezininzi, iqanda lalithathwa njengento umlingo kwaye ungcwele, uphawu lokuzala kunye nokuzalwa kwakhona.
Nella Isithethe sobuKristu, isiko lokuhombisa nokupha amaqanda ngeIsta lineengcambu zamandulo. Kwafika amaqanda ipeyintwe ebomvu ukufuzisela i igazi likaKristu yaye ihonjiswe ngeminqamlezo neminye imiqondiso yonqulo. Kwi Kwiminyaka ephakathi, kwakuyinto eqhelekileyo ukutshintshiselana ngamaqanda enkukhu namadada anemibala nahonjisiweyo ngexesha leeholide zeIsta.
Njengoko ixesha lidlulile, isithethe samaqanda etshokolethi siye sasasazeka ngakumbi. Kwafika amaqanda etshokolethi yokuqala yaveliswa ekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-19 kwaye ukususela ngoko bayoyisile i intliziyo yabantu abadala nabantwana. Namhlanje, amaqanda etshokolethi azo zonke iimilo kunye nobukhulu anokufumaneka kwimarike, enziwe zombini ezenziwe ngesandla kunemveliso.
Akunjalo kuphela amaqanda etshokolethi, kodwa kunye namaqanda ahonjisiweyo kunye napeyintiweyo asanikezelwa njengezipho kwiinkcubeko ezininzi ngexesha lePasika. Kwamanye amazwe, njengazo yamandulo, isiko lokupheka nokufakwa imibala amaqanda lisathandwa yenkukhu ngendlela yendalo, usebenzisa izithako ezifana amaxolo etswele, amagqabi eti kunye neziqholo.