Yayingubani uSuku lweValentine? Phakathi kwembali kunye nomxholo wesanta ocelwa kakhulu ngabathandi
Ibali leSuku lweValentine -Kwaye ibali lomxhasi wayo ongcwele-ligutyungelwe yimfihlakalo. Siyazi ukuba uFebruwari kudala wabhiyozelwa njengenyanga yothando kwaye uSuku lweValentine, njengoko siyazi namhlanje, luqulathe izinto ezibonisa ubuKristu kunye nesiko lakudala laseRoma. Kodwa yayingubani uSuku lweValentine, kwaye wazidibanisa njani nesiko lakudala? ICawa yamaKatolika ibona ubuncinci abathathu abangcwele ababizwa ngokuba yiValentine okanye iValentinus, bonke babulawa. Ibango lamabali ukuba uValentino wayengumbingeleli owayekhonza ngenkulungwane yesithathu eRoma. Xa uMlawuli uClaudius II wagqiba kwelokuba amadoda angatshatanga ayengamajoni angcono kunalawo anabafazi neentsapho, wawukhusela umtshato kulutsha. UValentino, eqonda ukungabikho kokusesikweni komthetho, wacela umngeni kuClaudio kwaye waqhubeka nokubhiyozela imitshato yabathandi abancinci ngasese. Xa kwafunyanwa izabelo zikaValentino, uClaudius wayalela ukuba abulawe. Ukanti abanye bayanyanzelisa kwinto yokuba yayinguSan Valentino da Terni, ubishophu, oyena mntu wayethetha ngaye kweli theko. Naye wanqunyulwa intloko nguClaudius II ngaphandle kweRoma. Amanye amabali abonisa ukuba uValentine usenokuba wabulawa ngokuzama ukunceda amaKrestu abaleke kwintolongo zaseRoma, apho babedla ngokubethwa nokuhlukunyezwa. Ngokomxholo, uValentine ovalelweyo wathumela "uValentine" wokuqala ukuba azibulise emva kokuthandana nentombazana encinci-mhlawumbi intombi yakhe yomgcini-ntolongo-owayemtyelele ngexesha lokuthinjwa kwakhe. Ngaphambi kokuba asweleke, utyholwa ukuba wambhalela incwadi esayinwe "Ukusuka kwiValentine yakho", intetho esasebenza nanamhlanje. Nangona inyani emva kwamabali oSuku lweValentine ingacacanga, onke amabali agxininisa umtsalane wakhe njengokuqonda, ubuqhawe, kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, umntu othandanayo. KumaXesha Aphakathi, mhlawumbi ngenxa yolu dumo, uValentino uya kuba yenye yezona ngcwele zidumileyo eNgilane naseFrance.
Imvelaphi yoSuku lweValentine: umthendeleko wobuhedeni ngoFebruwari
Ngelixa abanye bekholelwa ukuba uSuku lweValentine lubhiyozelwa phakathi ku-Februwari ukukhumbula isikhumbuzo sokufa okanye ukungcwatywa kukaSt.Valentine, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba kwenzeka nge-AD 270, abanye bathi icawe yamaKrestu inokuthi ithathe isigqibo sokubeka iholide yoSuku lweValentine embindini. NgoFebruwari ngelizama ukuba "ngumKristu" umbhiyozo wobuhedeni weLupercalia. Ukubhiyozelwa kwe-Ides kaFebruwari, okanye ngoFebruwari 15, iLupercalia yayingumthendeleko wokuzala owenzelwe uFaun, uthixo wamaRoma wezolimo, kunye nabaseki baseRoma uRomulus noRemus. Ukuqala iqela, amalungu eLuperci, umyalelo wababingeleli baseRoma, bahlanganisana emqolombeni ongcwele apho kwakukholelwa ukuba abantwana baseRomulus noRemus, abasunguli baseRoma, banakekelwa yingcuka. Ababingeleli ngebebingelele ngebhokhwe, ukuzala, kunye nenja, ukuze bahlanjululwe. Emva koko bakhulule imisonto yebhokhwe, bayithi nkxu egazini ledini kwaye baya ezitalatweni, bebetha ngobunono bobabini abasetyhini kunye namasimi alinyiweyo ngesikhumba sebhokhwe. Endaweni yokoyikisa, abafazi baseRoma bakwamkela ukubanjwa kwezikhumba kuba kukholelwa ukuba zibenza bachume ngakumbi kunyaka ozayo. Ekuhambeni kwemini, ngokwentsomi, onke amabhinqa aselula esixeko abeka amagama abo kwindawo enkulu. Izidanga zesixeko ziya kukhetha igama ngalinye kwaye zitshatise unyaka kunye nomfazi okhethiweyo.
I-Lupercalia yasinda ekuvukeni kokuqala kobuKristu kodwa bagwetywa- njengoko babonwa "bengengabo abangamaKristu" - ekupheleni kwenkulungwane yesi-14, xa uPopu Gelasius wabhengeza uSuku lweValentine ngomhla we-14 kuFebruwari. Kwakungekho kude kube kamva, nangona kunjalo, loo mini yayinxulumene ngokuqinisekileyo nothando. Ngexesha lamaXesha Aphakathi, yayikholelwa eFrance naseNgilani ukuba i-1375 kaFebruwari yayisiqalo sexesha lokukhwelana kweentaka, elongeze umbono wokuba uSuku lweValentine phakathi kufuneka lube lusuku lokuthandana. Imbongi yesiNgesi uGeoffrey Chaucer wayengowokuqala ukurekhoda uSuku lweValentine njengosuku lombhiyozo wothando kumbongo wakhe we-1400 "iPalamente yeFoules", ebhala, "Kuba oku kwathunyelwa ngoSuku lweValentine / Ngeliphi na intlonti eza ukukhetha iqabane lakhe. Imibuliso kaValentine yathandwa ukusukela kumaXesha Aphakathi, nangona uSuku lweValentine lungaqalanga ukubonakala kude kube semva kowe-1415. Olona Suku lweValentine ludala lusekho yayingumbongo obhalwe ngo-XNUMX nguCharles, uDuke wase-Orleans, emfazini wakhe ngexa wayevalelwe INqaba yaseLondon emva kokubanjwa kwakhe kwiDabi laseAgincourt. (Umbuliso ngoku uyinxalenye yengqokelela yemibhalo-ngqangi yeThala leencwadi laseBritane eLondon, eNgilani.) Kwiminyaka eliqela kamva, uKumkani uHenry V kukholelwa ukuba waqesha umbhali ogama linguJohn Lydgate ukuba abhalele uValentine waseValois ikhadi leValentine.