Kwakungubani uSuku Lwezithandani? Phakathi komlando nenganekwane kasanta ocelwe kakhulu ngabathandi
Indaba yosuku lwezithandani - nendaba kasanta wayo ongumvikeli - kuyimfihlo. Siyazi ukuthi uFebhuwari kudala wagujwa njengenyanga yothando nokuthi uSuku lukaValentine, njengoba sazi namuhla, luqukethe izinsalela zombili amasiko obuKristu namasiko asendulo amaRoma. Kodwa kwakungubani uSuku lukaValentine, futhi wazihlanganisa kanjani nalo mkhuba wasendulo? ISonto LamaKatolika ibona okungenani abangcwele abathathu abahlukene ababizwa ngokuthi iValentine noma iValentinus, bonke babulawelwa ukholo. Inganekwane ithi ukuthi uValentino wayengumpristi owayekhonza phakathi nekhulu lesithathu leminyaka eRoma. Lapho uMbusi uClaudius II ethatha isinqumo sokuthi amadoda angashadile angamasosha angcono kunalawo anabafazi nemindeni, wakwenqabela ukushada kwabantu abasha. UValentino, ebona ukungabi nabulungisa kwalesi simemezelo, waphonsela inselelo uClaudio futhi waqhubeka nokugubha imishado yabathandi abasha ngasese. Lapho kutholakala amasheya kaValentino, uClaudius wayala ukuthi abulawe. Futhi abanye baphikelela ngokuthi kwakunguSan Valentino da Terni, umbhishobhi, igama langempela leqembu. Naye wanqunywa ikhanda nguClaudius II ngaphandle kweRoma. Ezinye izindaba ziveza ukuthi uValentine kungenzeka ukuthi wabulawa ngokuzama ukusiza amaKrestu abaleke emajele amaRoma anzima, lapho ayevame ukushaywa futhi ahlukunyezwe khona. Ngokwenganekwane, uValentine oboshiwe empeleni wathumela “uSuku Lwezithandani” lokuqala ukuba azibingelele ngemuva kokuthandana nentombazanyana - mhlawumbe indodakazi yomgcini wejele - eyayimvakashele ngesikhathi iboshiwe. Ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe, kusolakala ukuthi wayembhalela incwadi esayiniwe ethi "From your Valentine", okuyinkulumo esasetshenziswa nanamuhla. Yize iqiniso ngemuva kwezinganekwane zoSuku Lwezithandani lingacacile, zonke izindaba zigcizelela ubuhle bakhe njengomuntu oqondayo, onobuqhawe, futhi obaluleke kakhulu, othandana naye. NgeNkathi Ephakathi, mhlawumbe ngenxa yalolu dumo, uValentino uzoba ngomunye wosanta abathandwa kakhulu eNgilandi naseFrance.
Imvelaphi yosuku luka-Valentine: umkhosi wamaqaba ngoFebhuwari
Ngenkathi abanye bekholelwa ukuthi uSuku lukaValentine lugujwa maphakathi noFebhuwari ukukhumbula usuku lokufa noma lokungcwatshwa kukaSt. NgoFebhuwari emzamweni "wobuKrestu" wokugujwa kobuqaba kweLupercalia. Ukugubha ngo-Ides kaFebhuwari, noma ngoFebhuwari 270, iLupercalia kwakuwumkhosi wenzalo owawunikelwa uFaun, unkulunkulu wamaRoma wezolimo, kanye nabasunguli baseRoma uRomulus noRumus. Ukuqala umkhosi, amalungu eLuperci, umyalo wabapristi baseRoma, ahlangana emhumeni ongcwele lapho kwakukholakala ukuthi izingane uRomulus noRemus, abasunguli baseRoma, babenakekelwa yimpisi. Abapristi babeyohlabela imbuzi, yenzalo, nenja, ukuze kuhlanzwe. Ngemuva kwalokho bakhumula imvaba yezimbuzi, bayicwilisa egazini lomhlatshelo bahamba emgwaqweni, bashaya ngobumnene abesifazane kanye namasimu atshaliwe ngesikhumba sezimbuzi. Esikhundleni sokwesaba, abesifazane baseRoma bakwamukela ukuthintwa kwezikhumba ngoba kukholakala ukuthi kuzobenza bavunde kakhulu ngonyaka ozayo. Ngokuhamba kosuku, ngokwenganekwane, zonke izintombi zedolobha ngabe zibeke amagama azo emgodini omkhulu. Ama-bachelors wedolobha ngamunye angakhetha igama futhi ahlangane nonyaka nowesifazane okhethiwe.
ILupercalia yasinda ekuvukeni kokuqala kobuKristu kepha yanqatshelwa - njengoba kuthathwa "njengengasiwo amaKristu" - ngasekupheleni kwekhulu lesi-14, lapho uPapa Gelasius ememezela usuku lukaValentine ngoFebhuwari 14. Kwaze kwaba ngemuva kwesikhathi eside, nokho, lapho usuku lolo luhlotshaniswa ngokuqinisekile nothando. Phakathi neNkathi Ephakathi, kwakuvame ukukholelwa eFrance naseNgilandi ukuthi uFebhuwari 1375 kwakuyisiqalo sonyaka wokukhwelana kwezinyoni, okwanezela emcabangweni wokuthi uSuku lukaValentine maphakathi kufanele lube usuku lwezothando. Imbongi yaseNgilandi uGeoffrey Chaucer waba ngowokuqala ukuqopha uSuku lukaValentine njengosuku lokugubha uthando enkondlweni yakhe yango-1400 ethi "Parliament of Foules", ebhala: "For this sent on Valentine's Day / Whan every phallus comes to choose his mate. Ukubingelela kukaValentine kwakuthandwa kakhulu kusukela ngeNkathi Ephakathi, yize uSuku lukaValentine lungaqalanga ukuvela kwaze kwaba ngemuva kuka-1415. Usuku lukaValentine oludala kunazo zonke olwalusekhona kwakuyinkondlo eyabhalwa ngo-XNUMX nguCharles, uMbusi wase-Orleans, eya kumkakhe ngenkathi eboshiwe iTower of London ngemuva kokubanjwa kwakhe e-Battle of Agincourt. (Ukubingelela manje sekuyingxenye yeqoqo lemibhalo yesandla yeBritish Library eLondon, eNgilandi.) Eminyakeni eminingana kamuva, iNkosi uHenry V kukholakala ukuthi yaqasha umbhali ogama lakhe linguJohn Lydgate ukuba abhalele uCatherine waseValois ikhadi likaValentine.