Ngethuba lethu kukho iholide ezininzi nembali yamandulo kunye nezithethe. Usuku lukaIvan Kupala lunye lweeholide ezinjalo, imbali yayo indala kakhulu kwaye inomdla.
Ngenye indlela, eli holide libizwa ngokuba yi "Kupala ebusuku". Le yeholide yesizwe yaseSlavic, apho i-solstice yasehlobo igujwa. Ngokwesiko, iholide ka-Ivan Kupala yagujwa ngoJuni 24 ngabaSlav. Kwisitayela esidala, bekuyi-Juni 24, i-summer solstice, isitayela esitsha saleli holide siwela ngoJulayi 7. Yintoni enomdla, ngoJulayi 7, kwaye ubhiyozele iholidi lobuKristu likaJohane uMbhaptizi.
Imbali yokuzalwa komthendeleko we-Ivan Kupala ixhomekeke kumaxesha obuhedeni, abantu babhiyozela iholide yelanga kunye nokugaya. Inqaku elithandekayo kukuba ngaphambi kokuvela kobuKristu eRashiya, le holide yayibizwa ngokuba "usuku lweKupala", igama likaIvan lalingekho. Kwabonakala ngokuqinisekileyo xa iholidi yayihambelana nokuzalwa kukaYohane uMbhaptizi. UYohane uMbhaptizi wayengumlandeli kaYesu Kristu, owachaza kwangaphambili ukubonakala kwakhe. Wabhaptiza uKristu ngokwakhe eJordan. U Yohane umBhaptizi uhlonishwa kakhulu ebuKristwini, mhlawumbi, nguyena onguyintanda edumileyo emva kweNtombi.
Babhiyozela njani i-Kupala Day eRashiya?
Ngomhla ka-Ivan Kupala, kukho izithethe ezininzi kunye nezithethe, abanye babo baye basinda nanamhla. Okhokho bethu babhiyozela le holide ngale ndlela elandelayo: kusasa amantombazana aqokelela iintyatyambo kunye nemifuno, iingubo ezigcobileyo kunye nokugcinwa kweengqungquthela kubo bonke abahlali. Abantu abaselula banqumla umthi baze bawubeke endaweni yemikhosi, amantombazana ahlobisa lo mthi ngeentyantyambo, umfanekiso wesithixo uJarilo (idodoli eyenziwe ngotshani, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha obumba) wafakwa phantsi komthi. Ngaphambi kokuba idonsa ibe neesitya zokutya. Yatshisa imililo emibili-enye, kufuphi nayo eyakhokelela imidaniso, kunye nomngcwabo wesibini, ukutshisa iYarila. Amantombazana ahamba ejikeleza i-birch, kwaye abantu abatsha bazama ukuliba. Xa kwenzeka oko, umlilo wokuqala wawushiswa kwaye ujikeleze umdaniso wenziwa ngeenxa zonke. Bonke abathathi-nxaxheba beholide bavuya kakhulu njengoko bebenako, - benza izigodo, batshintsha iimpahla, badlala imidlalo. Xa umlilo wawushiswa, baqala ukukhetha abaphangi. Ngokuqhelekileyo, kwakhiwa amaqabane amaninzi, kamva esatshata. Ekuseni le mibini ibhanqa emfuleni. Ababingeleli ngeli xesha baqokelela amazolo, okwakucatshangelwa ukunyanga. Ngentsasa iholide iphelile.
Kakade ke, akuzona zonke ezo masiko ezigcinwe, zafika kuthi kwiinguqulelo ezilula. Nangona kunjalo, iholide ka-Ivan Kupala isisityebi kwisithethe. Isithethe esiqhelekileyo kukunyusa wonke umntu ngokulandelelana ngamanzi, ukuba abantu basemvelo, banokudansa ngeenxa yomlilo kunye nokuxhuma kuwo. Ewe, ngoku akukho mntu uza kukhetha isibini ubusuku obunye aze atshise i doll Yarila.
Ibandla lobuKristu alizange liyixabise imimiselo kunye nezithethe zeSlavs ngenjongo yokuhlonipha imini ka-Ivan Kupala. Kuyaziwa ukuba abaninzi babhishobhi banqabela ukubhiyozelwa kwalo mhla. Phakathi neMinyaka Ephakathi, umthendeleko wawuvinjelwe yicawa. Ngoku iCawa yaseOrthodox yaseRussia ayinakuyivuma le holide, ekuqwalaseleni ibuhedeni. Enyanisweni, ngoko kunjalo, ezininzi izithethe zale holide zibuhedeni.