Tsiku la Keke ku Iceland
 

Poyamba, masiku a Lent Wamkulu asanafike anali kukondwerera ndi maphwando ambiri. Komabe, m’zaka za m’ma 19, mwambo watsopano unabweretsedwa ku Iceland kuchokera ku Denmark, womwe unali wokomera anthu ophika buledi am’deralo, ndiko kuti, kudya makeke amtundu wapadera wodzazidwa ndi kirimu wokwapulidwa komanso wokutidwa ndi icing.

Tsiku la Keke la Iceland (Tsiku la Buns kapena Bolludagur) amakondwerera chaka chilichonse mdziko lonse Lolemba, masiku awiri m'mbuyomo.

Mwambowu nthawi yomweyo unakopa mitima ya ana. Posakhalitsa unakhala mwambo, wokhala ndi chikwapu chopakidwa utoto wa nyati, kudzutsa makolo m’maŵa mwa kufuula dzina la makekewo kuti: “Bollur, bollur! Mumafuula kangati - mudzalandira makeke ochuluka. Koma poyamba ankayenera kudzikwapula. Mwinamwake mwambo uwu umabwereranso ku mwambo wachikunja wodzutsa mphamvu za chilengedwe: mwinamwake umanenedwa ku zilakolako za Khristu, koma tsopano zasanduka zosangalatsa za dziko lonse.

Komanso, ana pa tsikuli ankayenera kuguba m’misewu, kuimba ndi kupempha makeke m’malo ophika buledi. Poyankha ophika makeke osachiritsikawo, anafuula kuti: “Ana a ku France amalemekezedwa kuno!” Unalinso mwambo wofala “kugwetsa mphaka m’mbiya,” komabe, m’mizinda yonse kusiyapo Akureyri, mwambowo unasamukira ku Tsiku la Phulusa.

 

Tsopano mikate ya bollur imawoneka m'malo ophika buledi masiku angapo tchuthi lisanachitike - kukondweretsa ana ndi onse okonda makeke okoma.

Siyani Mumakonda