Inganekwane yamaHindu ka-Onam
I-Onam ingumkhosi wokuvuna wamaHindu wendabuko ogujwa esifundazweni saseNdiya saseKerala nakwezinye izindawo lapho kukhulunywa khona ulimi lwesiMalayalam. Kugujwa ngemikhosi eminingi, njengemijaho yesikebhe, imidanso yamahlosi nokuhlelwa kwezimbali.
Nansi inhlangano engokwesiko yezinganekwane ngomkhosi we-Onam.
Buyela ekhaya leNkosi uMahabali
Kudala, inkosi yase-Asura (idemoni) ebizwa ngokuthi iMahabali yabusa iKerala. Wayengumbusi ohlakaniphile, onomusa nokwahlulela futhi ethandwa yizikhonzi zakhe. Ngokushesha udumo lwakhe njengenkosi enekhono yaqala ukusakazeka kude, kepha lapho enwebela ubukhosi bakhe emazulwini nasendaweni engaphansi, onkulunkulu bazizwa bephikiswa futhi baqala ukwesaba amandla akhe akhula.
Ngokucabanga ukuthi ingahle ibe namandla kakhulu, umama ka-Aditi, umama kaDevas wancenga iNkosi Vishnu ukuthi ibeke umkhawulo amandla kaMahabali. UVishnu waphenduka umfanyana ogama lakhe linguVamana wasondela kuMahabali ngenkathi enza i-yajna wacela uMahabli ukuthi amncenge. Egculisekile ngobuhlakani bomuntu omfishane uBrahmin, uMahabali wamnika isifiso.
Umsizi wamakhosi, uSukracharya uxwayise ukuthi angasinikeli lesi sipho, ngoba uyabona ukuthi umuntu obefuna kwakungeyena umuntu ojwayelekile. Kepha ubukhosi boMbusi babekhuthazekile bacabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ucele ukuba amenzele umusa. Ngemuva kwalokho wamemezela ngokuqinile ukuthi asikho isono esikhulu ukwedlula ukubuyela esithembisweni somuntu. UMahabali ugcine izwi lakhe futhi wanikeza uVamana isifiso sakhe.
U-La Vamana wacela isipho esilula - izinyathelo ezintathu zomhlaba - inkosi yasamukela. UVamana - owayenguVishnu ngokushintshana kwenye yama-avatar akhe ayishumi - wabe esenyusa isigaba sakhe futhi ngesinyathelo sokuqala wasibekela isibhakabhaka, wasula izinkanyezi kwathi ngolwesibili, wazabalaza emhlabeni obabazekayo. Ebona ukuthi isinyathelo sesithathu sikaVamana sizowubhubhisa umhlaba, uMahabali wanikela ngekhanda lakhe njengomhlatshelo wokusindisa umhlaba.
Isinyathelo sesithathu sokubulawa kukaVishnu siphoqele uMahabali endaweni engaphansi komhlaba, kodwa ngaphambi kokumfaka ezweni elingaphansi komhlaba, uVishnu wamnika ithuba. Njengoba inkosi yayizinikele embusweni wayo nakubantu bayo, uMahabali wayevunyelwe ukubuya kanye ngonyaka esuka ekudingisweni.
Yini u-Onam ayikhumbulayo?
Ngokusho kwale ntsumansumane, u-Onam wumkhosi ohlanganisa ukubuyela kwaminyaka yonke kweNkosi uMahabali ezweni elingaphansi. Kulu suku lapho uKerala obongayo ehlonipha udumo olukhulu lwenkumbulo yale nkosi enesizotha eyanikeza konke ngenxa yezikhonzi zayo.