Chikondwerero cha Navratri ku India

Navratri, kapena "mausiku asanu ndi anayi", ndiye chikondwerero chachihindu chodziwika bwino choperekedwa kwa mulungu wamkazi Durga. Zimayimira chiyero ndi mphamvu, yotchedwa "shaky". Phwando la Navratri limaphatikizapo puja (pemphero) ndi kusala kudya, ndipo limatsatiridwa ndi chikondwerero chowala kwa masiku asanu ndi anayi usana ndi usiku. Navratri ku India imakondwerera malinga ndi kalendala ya mwezi ndipo imagwa pa March-April pamene Chaitra Navratri imapezeka ndi September-October pamene Sharad Navratri akukondwerera.

Panthawi ya Navratri, anthu ochokera m'midzi ndi m'matawuni amasonkhana pamodzi ndikupemphera m'makachisi ang'onoang'ono omwe amaimira mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya Mkazi wamkazi Durga, kuphatikizapo Lakshmi ndi Mkazi wamkazi Saraswati. Kuyimba kwa mantras ndi nyimbo zachikale, machitidwe a bhajan (nyimbo zachipembedzo) amatsagana ndi masiku asanu ndi anayi a tchuthi.

Kuphatikiza mitu yachipembedzo ndi chikhalidwe, zikondwerero za Navratri zimayenda mu nyimbo za dziko ndi kuvina. Pakatikati pa Navratri ndi dziko la Gujarat, komwe kuvina ndi kusangalala sikuyimitsa mausiku asanu ndi anayi. Kuvina kwa Garba kumachokera ku nyimbo za Krishna, gopis (asungwana oweta ng'ombe) amagwiritsa ntchito timitengo tating'ono. Masiku ano, chikondwerero cha Navratri chasintha ndi choreography yopangidwa bwino, zomveka bwino komanso zovala zokongola zopangidwa ndi mwambo. Alendo amakhamukira ku Vadodara, Gujarat, kuti akasangalale ndi nyimbo zolimbikitsa, kuyimba ndi kuvina.

Ku India, Navratri akufotokoza malingaliro a zipembedzo zambiri pamene akusungabe mutu wamba wa kupambana kwa chabwino pa choipa. Ku Jammu, Kachisi wa Vaishno Devi amalandira anthu ambiri odzipereka omwe amapita ku Navratri. Tsiku la Navratri limakondwerera ku Himachal Pradesh. Kumadzulo kwa Bengal, mulungu wamkazi Durga, yemwe anawononga chiwandacho, amapembedzedwa ndi kudzipereka kwakukulu ndi ulemu kwa amuna ndi akazi. Zithunzi zochokera ku Ramayana zimachitika pamapulatifomu akulu. Tchuthicho chimachitika m'dziko lonselo.

Ku South India nthawi ya Navratri anthu amapanga mafano ndikupemphera kwa Mulungu. Ku Mysore, chikondwerero cha masiku asanu ndi anayi chikugwirizana ndi Dasara, chikondwerero cha nyimbo zachikhalidwe chokhala ndi zisudzo zovina, masewera olimbana ndi zojambula. Ulendowu wokhala ndi zojambula zokongoletsedwa ndi njovu, akavalo ndi ngamila umayambira ku Mysore Palace yowala kwambiri. Vijaya Dashami Day ku South India imadziwikanso kuti ndi yabwino kupempherera galimoto yanu.

Mu 2015 chikondwerero cha Navratri chidzachitika kuyambira 13 mpaka 22 October.

Siyani Mumakonda