I-Halloween: yini ngempela? Imvelaphi, iqembu

Namuhla, emhlabeni wonke, i-Halloween yiholide elibaluleke kakhulu lonyaka kubalandeli bakaSathane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Okthoba 31 ukuqala konyaka omusha ngokwekhalenda lomthakathi. I- "World Book Encyclopedia" ithi kungukuqala kwakho konke lokho ukuthi "kubanda, kumnyama futhi kufile": kubanda, kumnyama nokufa.
Umlando omncane: eminyakeni engama-300 ngaphambi kukaJesu Kristu, umphakathi oyimfihlo wabaphristi wabamba umhlaba wamaCelt ngaphansi kombuso wawo. Unyaka nonyaka, ngo-Okthoba 31, i-Halloween, bagubha umkhosi wokufa behlonipha onkulunkulu babo abangamaqaba uSamhain. Labo bapristi babehamba indlu ngendlu becela ukunikela ngoNkulunkulu wabo futhi kwenzeka ukuthi bafuna imihlatshelo yabantu! Uma senqaba, bathumela iziqalekiso zokufa kule ndlu, ngakho-ke iqhinga noma impatho yazalwa: isiqalekiso noma isipho, futhi kucace kancane: isithembiso noma isiqalekiso.
Ukuze bakhanyise indlela yabo, laba bapristi babephethe ama-turnips angenalutho asikwe esimweni sobuso lapho kwakukhanyiswa khona ikhandlela elinamafutha omuntu emihlatshelo edlule. Lama-turnips amelela umoya owenza iziqalekiso zawo zisebenze.
Ngekhulu le-18 nele-19, lapho leli siko lifika e-United States, amathanga asetshenziswa esikhundleni se-turnips. Igama elinikezwe lo moya owayehlala empompini kwakungu "Jock", manje owaziwa ngegama lika "Jack" ohlala kwizibani, yingakho "jack-o-lantern".
Igama elithi "halloween" livela ku- "All Hallow's Eve", ukuhumusha: All Saints Day. Futhi silingelwa ukuhlanganisa leli siko nesiko lobuKhrestu ”. Eqinisweni, imvelaphi yeHalloween ingobuqabaqaba ngokuphelele futhi ayihlobene nalokhu kusiko lwenkolo.
Osukwini lwethu, Siyazi ukuthi amaSathane enza imihlatshelo yabantu phakathi kobusuku, e-United States, e-Australia, eFrance nakwamanye amazwe.
Ngakho-ke lapho sibona izingane zethu zenza ubuqili ziphatha futhi zicela uswidi wendlu ngendlu, konke kubonakala kungenangozi futhi kumnandi, kodwa asizihlanganisi yini nathi, singazi, ngenqubo emnyama?
Ngiyethemba ukuthi le ndatshana izokwazisa ngobuqiniso beHalloween, sifuna ukukukhuthaza ukuthi ungazifihli izingane zakho ngalo mcimbi futhi ucindezele lo mkhuba ukuthi uphele ezikoleni zethu.