Umlando nencazelo yeDiwali, umkhosi wamalambu
I-Deepawali, i-Deepavali noma iDiwali yiyona ebukekayo futhi igqamile kuyo yonke imikhosi yamaHindu. Kungumkhosi wamalambu: ukujula kusho "ukukhanya" futhi usebenzisa "umugqa" ukuze ube "umugqa wezibani". IDiwali imakwe izinsuku ezine zomgubho, okhanyisela izwe izwe nobukhazikhazi baso futhi lihehe abantu ngenjabulo yalo.
Izibani zeDiwali eSingapore
Umkhosi weDiwali wenziwa ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthoba noma ekuqaleni kukaNovemba. Iba ngosuku lwe-15 lwenyanga yamaHindu eKartik, ngakho-ke iyashintsha njalo ngonyaka. Ngosuku ngalunye lwezinsuku ezine lomkhosi weDiwali umakwe ngesiko elihlukile. Okusele njalo kungukugujwa kwempilo, ukujabulela kwayo kanye nomuzwa wokuhle.
Imvelaphi kaDiwali
Ngokomlando, iDiwali ingalandelelwa emuva eNdiya yasendulo. Kungenzeka iqale njengomkhosi wokuvuna obalulekile. Noma kunjalo, kunezinganekwane ezahlukahlukene ezibonisa umsuka weDiwali.
Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi kungumkhosi womshado kaLakshmi, unkulunkulukazi wezingcebo, oneNkosi uVishnu. Abanye basebenzise wona njengokugubha usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe, njengoba kuthiwa uLakshmi wazalwa ngosuku lwenyanga entsha kaKartik.
E-Bengal, umkhosi unikezelwe ekukhulekeni kukaMama Kali, unkulunkulukazi omnyama wamandla. U-Lord Ganesha - unkulunkulu okhanda indlovu nophawu lokukhulu nokuqonda - uyakhulekelwa nasemakhaya amaningi amaHindu ngalolu suku. EJainism, i-Deepawali inokubaluleka okwengeziwe kokumaka umcimbi omkhulu weNkosi Mahavira osufinyelele ubumnandi baphakade be-nirvana.
UDiwali uphinde akhumbule ukubuya kweNkosi Rama (kanye noMa Sita noLakshman) ekudingisweni kwakhe kweminyaka engu-14 nokuhlula inkosi yamademoni uRavana. Emgubhweni ojabulisayo wokubuya kwenkosi yawo, abantu base-Ayodhya, inhloko-dolobha yaseRama, bakhanyisela lo mbuso ngamalambu odaka (amalambu kawoyela) nabacishimlilo abacekeceke.
Izinsuku ezine zikaDiwali
Zonke izinsuku zeDiwali zinendaba yayo okufanele ziyitshele. Ngosuku lokuqala lomkhosi, uNaraka Chaturdasi umaka ukuhlulwa kweDemoni nguNksand Krishna nonkosikazi wakhe uSatyabhama.
U-Amavasya, usuku lwesibili lwe-Deepawali, uphawula ukukhulekelwa kukaLakshmi lapho esesimweni esihle kakhulu, wanelisa izifiso zabazinikele kuye. U-Amavasya uphinde alandise indaba yeNkosi Vishnu, ethi ekuhlaselweni kwakhe okungumzimba wanqoba uBali ongumashiqela futhi wamxosha esihogweni. UBali ugunyazwe ukuthi abuyele emhlabeni kanye ngonyaka ukukhanyisa izigidi zamalambu futhi aqede ubumnyama nokungazi njengoba kusabalalisa ubukhazikhazi bothando nokuhlakanipha.
Kungusuku lwesithathu lwe-Deepawali, uKartika Shudda Padyami, ukuthi uBali uphuma esihogweni futhi ubusa umhlaba ngokwesipho esinikezwe yiNkosi Vishnu. Usuku lwesine lubizwa ngokuthi yiYama Dvitiya (ebizwa nangokuthi nguBhai Dooj), futhi ngalolu suku odade bamemela abafowabo emakhaya abo.
I-Dhantera: isiko lokugembula
Abanye abantu babiza iDiwali njengomkhosi wezinsuku ezinhlanu ngoba ifaka umkhosi weDhanteras (dhan elisho "ingcebo" ne-teras okusho ukuthi "13th"). Lokhu kugujwa kwengcebo nokuchuma kwenzeka ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambi komkhosi wamalambu.
Isiko lokugembula kuDiwali nalo linenganekwane. Kulolu suku, unkulunkulukazi uParvati kukholakala ukuthi wadlala idayisi nomyeni wakhe Lord Shiva. Ukhiphe isinqumo sokuthi noma ngubani ogembula uDiwali ebusuku uzokhula ngonyaka olandelayo.
Okushiwo amalambu nezicishamlilo
Yonke imicikilisho elula kaDiwali inencazelo nendaba ngemuva kwabo. Lezi zindlu zikhanyiswa ngamalambu futhi izicishamlilo zigcwalisa isibhakabhaka njengendlela yokuhlonipha amazulu ngokufeza ezempilo, ingcebo, ulwazi, ukuthula nokuchuma.
Ngokuya kwenye inkolelo, umsindo wezicishamlilo ukhombisa injabulo abantu abaphila emhlabeni, okwenza onkulunkulu babone isimo sabo esiningi. Okunye futhi isizathu esinamandla kunesisekelo esengeziwe sesayensi: umusi okhiqizwa abacimi bomlilo ubulala noma uxosha izinambuzane eziningi, kufaka phakathi omiyane, aba baningi ngemuva kwezimvula.
Izincazelo ezingokomoya zikaDiwali
Ngaphezu izibani, ukugembula futhi kumnandi, Diwali futhi isikhathi sokucabanga ngempilo nokwenza izinguquko ngonyaka olandelayo. Ngalokho, kunamasiko amaningi abambiswa abaphethe unyaka nonyaka.
Woza uxole. Kujwayelekile ukuthi abantu bakhohlwe futhi bathethelele ububi abenziwe abanye ngesikhathi seDiwali. Kukhona umoya wenkululeko, wokugubha kanye nowokubonisa ububele kuyo yonke indawo.
Sukuma ukhanye. Ukuvuka ngesikhathi seBrahmamuhurta (ngehora lesine ekuseni noma ngehora elilodwa nesigamu ngaphambi kokuphuma kwelanga) kuyisibusiso esikhulu kusukela lapho kubhekwa khona impilo, isiyalo esihle, ukusebenza kahle kanye nokuthuthuka ngokomoya. Amadoda ahlakaniphile asungula leli siko le-Deepawali kungenzeka ukuthi ayenethemba lokuthi inzalo yawo izoyibona imihlomulo yayo futhi ibe ngumkhuba ojwayelekile empilweni.
Hlanganisa futhi uhlanganyele. UDiwali ungumcimbi wokuhlanganisa futhi ungathambisa ngisho nezinhliziyo ezilukhuni. Yisikhathi lapho abantu behlangana injabulo futhi babingelelane.
Labo abanezindlebe ezingokomoya ezingaphakathi eziqinile bazolizwa izwi lamadoda ahlakaniphile: "O bantwana bakaNkulunkulu hlanganani futhi nithande wonke umuntu." Ukudlidliza okhiqizwa yimikhonzo yothando, egcwalisa umkhathi, kunamandla. Lapho inhliziyo ilukhuniwe ngokubonakalayo, kungukugubha okuqhubekayo kuka-Deepavali okungavuselela isidingo esiphuthumayo sokusuka endleleni eyonakalisayo yenzondo.
Chuma futhi uthuthuke. Ngalolu suku, abathengisi abangamaHindu eNyakatho India bavula izincwadi zabo ezintsha futhi bathandazela impumelelo nokuchuma ngonyaka olandelayo. Abantu bathengela umndeni izingubo ezintsha. Abaqashi nabo bathengela izisebenzi zabo izingubo ezintsha.
Izindlu ziyahlanzwa futhi zihlotshiswe emini futhi zikhanyiswa ebusuku ngamalambu kawoyela omhlaba. Ukukhanya okuhle nokuhle kakhulu kungabonakala eBombay nase-Amritsar. IGolide Temple elidumile lase-Amritsar likhanyiswa kusihlwa ngamalambu ezinkulungwane.
Lomkhosi ugcizelela izinhliziyo ezinikela ezinhliziyweni zabantu abenza imisebenzi emihle. Lokhu kufaka phakathi uGovardhan Puja, umgubho wamaVaishnavites ngosuku lwesine lweDiwali. Ngalolu suku, bondla abampofu ngezinga elimangazayo.
Khanyisa okwakho kwangaphakathi. Izibani ze-Diwali zibonisa nesikhathi sokukhanya kwangaphakathi. AmaHindu akholelwa ukuthi isibani samalambu yiwo okhanya njalo egunjini lenhliziyo. Ukuhlala uthule futhi ulungise ingqondo kulokhu kukhanya okuphakeme kukhanyisela umphefumulo. Kuyithuba lokuhlakulela futhi ujabulele injabulo yaphakade.
Kusuka ebumnyameni kuye ekukhanyeni ...
Kuwo wonke umlando, inganekwane nendaba ka-Deepawali kulele okushiwo ukunqoba kokuhle kunokubi. Kukuyi-Deepawali ngayinye kanye nezibani ezikhanyisela amakhaya nezinhliziyo zethu ukuthi leli qiniso elilula lithola isizathu nethemba elisha.
Ukusuka ebumnyameni kuye ekukhanyeni: ukukhanya kusinika amandla okuzibandakanya ezenzweni ezinhle futhi kusisondeza kubunkulunkulu. Ngesikhathi seDiwali, izibani zikhanyisela wonke amakhona e-India kanye nephunga lezinti zempepho limiswa emoyeni, lihlanganiswe nemisindo yabacimimlilo, injabulo, ubumbano nethemba.
UDiwali ugujwa emhlabeni wonke. Ngaphandle kweNdiya, kungaphezu komkhosi wamaHindu; kungumkhosi wobunikazi baseNingizimu Asia. Uma ukude nezindawo nemisindo yeDiwali, khanyisa i-diya, uhlale uthule, uvale amehlo akho, ukhiphe izinzwa zakho, gxila kulokhu kukhanya okuphakeme futhi ukhanyise umphefumulo.