Holi - chikondwerero cha mitundu ndi masika ku India

Masiku angapo apitawo, chikondwerero chokongola kwambiri komanso chowoneka bwino chotchedwa Holi chinagunda ku India konse. Malinga ndi chipembedzo cha Chihindu, holide imeneyi imasonyeza kupambana kwa chabwino pa choipa. Mbiri ya Phwando la Mitundu idachokera kwa Lord Krishna, kubadwanso kwa Ambuye Vishnu, yemwe ankakonda kusewera ndi atsikana akumudzi, kuwathira madzi ndi utoto. Chikondwererochi chimasonyeza kutha kwa nyengo yozizira komanso kuchuluka kwa nyengo ya masika yomwe ikubwera. Kodi Holi amakondwerera liti? Tsiku la Holi limasiyanasiyana chaka ndi chaka ndipo limagwa tsiku lotsatira mwezi wathunthu mu March. Mu 2016, Phwando lidachitika pa Marichi 24. Kodi chikondwererocho chikuyenda bwanji? Anthu amapaka utoto wina ndi mnzake ndi utoto wamitundu yosiyanasiyana, kwinaku akunena kuti “Holi Wachimwemwe!”, Kuwaza madzi kuchokera m’mipope (kapena kusangalala m’madziwe), kuvina ndi kusangalala. Patsiku lino, amaloledwa kuyandikira aliyense wodutsa ndi kumuyamikira, kumupaka utoto. Mwina Holi ndiye tchuthi chosasamala kwambiri, momwe mungapezere ndalama zabwino komanso zosangalatsa. Kumapeto kwa tchuthi, zovala zonse ndi khungu zimadzaza ndi madzi ndi utoto. Ndikoyenera kupaka mafuta pakhungu ndi tsitsi pasadakhale kuti tipewe kuyamwa kwa mankhwala omwe ali mu utoto. Pambuyo pa tsiku lotanganidwa ndi losangalatsa, madzulo anthu amakumana ndi mabwenzi ndi achibale, kusinthanitsa maswiti ndi moni wa tchuthi. Amakhulupirira kuti tsiku lino mzimu wa Holi umasonkhanitsa anthu onse pamodzi ndipo amatembenuza adani kukhala mabwenzi. Oimira madera onse ndi zipembedzo zonse za ku India amachita nawo chikondwererochi chosangalatsa, kulimbikitsa mtendere wa dzikoli.

Siyani Mumakonda