UWalpurgis Night

Umthendeleko wobuhedeni waseWalpurgis Night, obizwa ngokuba nguBusuku boButhakathi kunye no-Witchfire, ugujwa ngobusuku bo-30 ku-Epreli ukuya ngowokuqala kaMeyi. Izizwe zamanye amazwe aseNtshona Yurophu ngexesha elifanayo libhiyozela umthendeleko wasentwasahlobo, onokuqhawula kwizithethe zengaphambi kobuKristu. Abemi bamazwe aseCeltic bagubha eBeltein malunga nexesha elifanayo, kwaye ubusuku baseWalpurgis kwiindawo ezininzi zaseJamani nasePrague kubanjwe ngomdaniso wendabuko, oqhutyelwa kumthi wesihedeni kaMeyi.

Imbali yeeholide

Eli gama linikwe umthendeleko ngokuhlonipha iSt. Valpurga, eyayinokwenziwa ngo-778. Kukhunjulwa kwakhe konyaka ngoMeyi 1.

Kwixesha elidlulileyo, ngobusuku bukaWalpurgis, izithethe zenziwa ngenjongo yokugxotha abathakathi. Abahlali bavutha umlilo omningi, owawutshisa amaqabunga amaqabunga, wahambahamba ngeemfudu ekhaya, ezibizwa ngokuba yi-bells bells. Abantu bakholelwa ukuba ngobusuku bukaWalpurgs utshani obunamandla amakhulu.

Inkolelo yaseJamani ithi ubusuku bukaWalpurgis abuhlanganisi nje abathakathi kuphela, kodwa kunye nama-waswolves kunye nemiphefumlo yomfi. Abagqwirisi kule holide bafika nabathandi-iimpawu. Phakathi kwintlanganiso, etafileni elikhulu lamatye okanye esihlalweni esiphezulu, uSathana ngokwakhe wayephethe ubuso obumnyama bomntu kunye nomzimba webhokhwe. Okokuqala, zonke iindwendwe ziguqa phambi kwakhe, zibanga imilenze kaSathana, zibonisa ukuzithoba nokuzinikela. Nangona kunjalo, uSathana uthetha kuphela kwindlovukazi yabathakathi, obika kuye ngezinto zonke ezimbi ezenziwa ngonyaka. Bonke baceba amacandelo omnyaka ozayo. Emva koko uqala umthendeleko ngokutya inyama yehashe, inyama kunye neenkomo. Kumculo ophuma ekhanda lentaka kunye nomsila wekiti, abagqwirha baqala ukudlala ngemidanso yasendle, kwaye kusasa ngotshani abahlali bebona izijikelezo eziphangiweyo.

I-Walpurgis Night no Modernity

Namhlanje kulobu busuku obungaqhelekanga kumazwe aseYurophu, njengeminyaka eyikhulu edlulileyo, ukutshisa i-bonfires, ukukhwela abathakathi abaye bahamba beya kwiSabatha, badlala ngexesha elide lokuzonwabisa, bephulaphule ukuqhutyelwa kweeyimbadi bafundi. Amakhwenkwe avunyelwe ukukrazula ngokukhawuleza, ukutshisa i-firecrackers, ekubeni kukholelwa ukuba isandi esikhulu sikhuseleke ngakumbi kwimimoya emibi. E-Scandinavia, i-bonfires isebenza njengeememo zokusasa, kwaye udoti ushushu lonke. Isidlo esasidlangalaleni kwisuku se-Walpurgis sesidlo se-salmon esitsha esele ihlanjululwe ngoshukela, ilitha kunye netyuwa. AmaCzech awathululela isanti emngceleni wezindlu zawo ukuze abathakathi bangene apho kuphela xa bebala iintlobo zesanti. Kwaye eBavaria, kuyaqhelekile ukuhlekisa abamelwane ngokukrazula izihlangu zabo, ukuxubha umnyango kunye ne-toothpaste ye-colorful or even moving door to another place.