Intsomi yamaHindu ka-Onam
I-Onam ngumnyhadala wemveli wokuvuna wamaHindu obhiyozelwa kwilizwe laseIndiya iKerala nakwezinye iindawo apho kuthethwa khona ulwimi lwaseMalayalam. Ibhiyozelwa ngeminyhadala emininzi, enje ngemidyarho yamaphenyane, ukudanisa ingwe, kunye nokulungiswa kweentyatyambo.
Nanku umbutho wemveli wamabali kunye nomnyhadala weOnam.
Buyela kwikhaya likaKumkani Mahabali
Kudala-dala, inkosi yaseAsura (idemon) egama linguMahabali ilawula iKerala. Wayengumlawuli osisilumko, olungileyo kwaye olumkileyo kwaye ethandwa ngabantu bakhe. Kungekudala udumo lwakhe njengenkosi enezakhono lwaqala ukusasazeka kude nakude, kodwa xa wayolula ulawulo lwakhe waya emazulwini nakwimimoya engaphantsi komhlaba, oothixo baziva becelwa umngeni kwaye baqala ukoyika amandla akhe akhulayo.
Ukucinga ukuba anganamandla kakhulu, uAditi, umama kaDevas wacenga u-Lord Vishnu ukuba anciphise amandla kaMahabali. UVishnu waguqulwa waba ngumntwana ogama linguVamana wasondela kuMahabali ngelixa wayesenza i-yajna kwaye wacela uMahabli ukuba acele. Wonwabile bubulumko bendoda encinci yaseBrahmin, uMahabali wamnika umnqweno.
Umqeqeshi kamlawuli, uSukracharya wamlumkisa ukuba anganiki isipho, kuba wayeqonda ukuba umntu ozifunayo akangomntu uqhelekileyo. Kodwa u-Emperor wasebukhosini wakhuthazwa ukuba acinge ukuba uThixo umcelile ubabalo. Emva koko wathi ngokuqinisekileyo akukho sono sikhulu ngaphezu kokubuyela kwisithembiso sikabani. UMahabali uligcinile ilizwi lakhe kwaye wanika uVamana umnqweno wakhe.
IVamana icele isipho esilula- amanyathelo amathathu omhlaba- kwaye ukumkani wasamkela. UVamana-owayenguVishnu ngendlela enye yee-avatars zakhe ezilishumi-emva koko wasandisa isiqu sakhe kwaye inyathelo lokuqala wagubungela isibhakabhaka, etshabalalisa iinkwenkwezi kunye neyesibini, ephazamisa umhlaba ongapheliyo. Eqonda ukuba inyathelo lesithathu likaVamana liza kuwutshabalalisa umhlaba, uMahabali wanikela ngentloko yakhe njengedini lokusindisa umhlaba.
Isinyathelo sesithathu sikaVishnu esibulalayo saqhubela uMahabali kwilizwe langaphantsi, kodwa ngaphambi kokumgxotha emhlabeni, uVishnu wamnika ithuba. Kuba umlawuli wayezinikele kubukumkani bakhe nakubantu, uMahabali wayevunyelwe ukuba abuye kanye ngonyaka elubhacweni.
Ukhumbula ntoni u-Onam?
Ngokweli bali, u-Onam ngumbhiyozo ophawula ukubuyela ekhaya kukaKumkani Mahabali minyaka le evela kwilizwe labaphantsi. Ngumhla apho uKerala onombulelo ahlonipha ngokuhlonipha imemori yalo kumkani ulungileyo owanikela yonke into ngezifundo zakhe.