Ama-20 Ama-Evocative Chaza i-Hindu Kumbh Mela

01 ka-20

Iyini i-Kumbh Mela?

I- Kumbh Mela eNdiya ibhekwa njengomhlangano omkhulu wenkolo emhlabeni jikelele kanye nomhlangano omkhulu wokuthula emhlabeni jikelele. Lo mkhosi wasendulo osenyakatho waseNdiya yilokho amaNdiya acabangela umhlangano wezingqondo eziyingqondo. Kuletha amaHindu angcwele amadoda ( sadhus ) ndawonye ukuze akhulume ngokholo lwabo, asakaze ulwazi mayelana nenkolo yabo, futhi axhumane nabakhulekeli.

I-Kumbh Mela igcinwa yizigidi zabantu ngosuku ngalunye isikhathi sezinyanga ezimbili. Kuze kube yizigidi ezingu-75 ezirekhodiwe ku-Kumbh Mela. Ngomcimbi omkhulu njengamaMaha Kumbh, okwenzeka njalo eminyakeni engama-144, kunezigidi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezihamba ngezinyawo abaye bahlelwa ukuthi bazoya esikhathini esibekiwe.

Isenzakalo esiyinhloko se-Kumbh Mela yisisindo sokugeza esiyinkimbinkimbi emfuleni ongcwele, lapho abahamba ngezinyawo namadoda angcwele ngokufanayo bakholelwa ukuthi bangasuswa izono futhi bakhululiwe emjikelezweni wokuzalwa kabusha.

Ngo-December 2017, i-UNESCO yayihlanganisa i-Kumbh Mela kwiLifa layo elingenakulinganiswa leNdawo Yobuntu ngokuqaphela ukubaluleka komkhosi.

Kuyini iSadhu?

I-sadhu yi-ascetic yenkolo eyenza isiyalo esingokomoya esihlose "ukukhulula" ngokuzindla nangokuzindla. Iningi lama-sadhus yi-yogis. Abaningi bagqoke ama-saffron amasheya alula futhi bagubha isikhumba esivele esibukweni omhlophe; i-naga, noma i-naked, i-sadhus ayigqoke lutho, ngisho nasebusweni obunzima, njengokwenqaba impahla yezwe nokumboza imizimba yabo emlotha omhlophe.

Akuyona into engavamile ukubona umthandazo we-sadhu lapho ehlezi emfuleni ongcwele umfula ngesikhathi seKumbh Mela, ngokoqobo "ukuhleleka kwe-kumbh."

Uphi i-Kumbh Mela Held?

I-mela ngayinye yenzeka esikhathini esingangezinyanga ezimbili ngokuzungeza ezindaweni ezine ezinezingcwele kunazo zonke zamaHindu eNdiya: emagqeni omfula kaNkulunkuluavari eNashik (Maharashtra); umfula iShipra e-Ujjain ( Madhya Pradesh ); umfula iGanges eHaridwar (Uttarakhand); nasezindaweni zeGanges, Yamuna, kanye nemifula yaseSaraswati engqungquthela e-Allahabad, Prayag e-Uttar Pradesh. I-confluence yale milambo ibizwa ngokuthi yi Sangam.

Iyini i-Kumbh Mela Held?

It is indawo ngayinye kanye njalo eminyakeni engu-12. Isikhathi nendawo esiqondile yomkhosi kuxhomeke ekucabangeni ngezinkanyezi nangokwenkolo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi i-mela ikwenzeka kuphela ngonyaka ngaphandle kwamanye amasayithi.

Izithombe

Izithombe ze-Kumbh Mela ezalandela ziveza ezinye zezinto ezikhangayo zale mkhosi wasendulo.

02 ka-20

USashus Ufika e-Kumbh Mela

Amacembu ahlukahlukene we-Sadhus ngamunye afika ePrahwai Procession, eningi kakhulu, ekuqaleni kwe-Kumbh Mela. Isibuko esikhulu kunazo zonke yi-procession ye-naga sadhus, engama-Hindu amadoda angcwele.

03 ka-20

AbaPilgrifi Bafika eKumbh Mela

Izigidi zabantu abahamba ngezinyawo nazo zifika zifuna ukukhanyiselwa. Bafika ukuthatha ukugeza okuhlanjululwayo emfuleni ongcwele futhi bahlangabezane nezinhlungu ezihlukahlukene. Abagibeli bafika emhlambini, bephethe impahla yabo emasakeni emakhanda abo.

04 ka-20

I-Kumbh Mela Isixuku samaPilgrim

I-Kumbh Mela ayibizwa ngokuthi umhlangano wezenkolo omkhulu kunayo yonke. Ukubheka okuningi kwezihambi ezihambelayo, futhi uzoqonda ukuthi kungani kubhekwa njengenye yezindawo ezigcwele kakhulu eNdiya .

05 ka-20

I-Tent City e-Kumbh Mela Campground

Idolobha elisendlini yethempeli lihlelwe eKumbh Mela ukuze lamukele abahambeli nabavakashi. Kukhona amalungiselelo azinikezele ngabokufika, kuhlanganise namakamu okuvakasha akhethekile aphethe amatende okunethezeka "okugcoba."

06 kwangu-20

AbaPilgrila Balala Ngokuseduze Kumbh Mela

Abahamba ngezinyawo eKumbh Mela ngokuvamile balala ndawonye besondelene phansi. Kuningi kakhulu ukuthi bagcwalise izindawo ezinkulu.

07 kwangu-20

I-Sadhus Camp Out e-Kumbh Mela

Ihlelo ngalinye le-sadhus linenkampu yalo eKumbh Mela. Amatende abo ahloswe ngokuzithandela kulabo abahamba ngezinyawo ukuze bakwazi ukuxhumana.

08 ka-20

I-Naga Sadhus Emakamu Abo

Naga, noma behamba, sadhus bahlangana ekamu labo eKumbh Mela.

09 ka-20

Ubani uNaga Sadhus?

Lawa madoda angcwele angama-naga, noma ahamba ze-sadhus. Abaningi babo bayiqeda imizimba yabo ngomlotha (umkhuba ohlobene neNkosi Lord) futhi babe nezinwele ezinde. Ukuvezwa njalo kwesimo sezulu kwenza la madoda aphikisana nokushisa okushisa. Amehlo abo aphuma egazini ngokubhema amapayipi e-chillums-hookah agcwele u-smokingnabis noma amapayipi enobumba obunjengobhubhe asetshenziselwa ukubhema inambuzane.

10 kwangu-20

I-Sadhus Smoke Cannabis e-Kumbh Mela

Ukubona kwezibhamu ezibhebhethekayo, okuvame ukufana nombhobho wobumba obumise umnsalo, kuvamile eKumbh Mela, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwe-nhus sadhus. Benza njengendlela yokuxhumana nokuqonda okuphakeme futhi basize ukukhanya kwabo.

11 kwangu-20

I-Sadhus Edwetshiwe eMarigolds

USashus uhlobisa izigqoko ezinkulu zama-marigolds ngesikhathi seKumbh Mela. I-marigold ihlonishwa kakhulu ngombala wayo, okumelela umlilo ovuthayo womlilo.

12 kwangu-20

Ukumaketha amabandla Ukudlala ku-Kumbh Mela

Iqembu elihamba ngamasiko lendabuko lenza njengoba i-sadhus ihamba emgodini wokugeza emfuleni.

13 kwangu-20

Isixuku seNaga Sadhus Ukugeza e-Kumbh Mela

Ukufakazela isixuku se-naga sadhus esiphezulu umfula ongcwele ukuze uthathe umcibisholo wokuzilolonga kuyinto evelele ye-Kumbh Mela. Kwabazalwane abathile, kuba umbukiso owufanele uhambo lwabo.

14 kwangu-20

Abahamba ngezinyawo Ukugeza e-Kumbh Mela

Ukugeza okuningi kwi-Kumbh Mela kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuqala ekuseni kakhulu. USashus uvuka ekuseni ngo-3 ekuseni ukulungiselela.

15 kwangu-20

Abesifazane Benza Isiko LaseKumbh Mela

Abesifazane bavame ukwenza amasiko emfuleni ongcwele we-Kumbh Mela. Kulaba besifazane esithombeni, ama-marigold ezinyaweni zabo nomlilo ubonisa umlilo ohlanzayo. Nakuba laba besifazane abathile beyizihambi, abesifazane bangaba sadhus (abizwa ngokuthi sadhvis) enkolweni yamaHindu, nakuba kungavamile.

16 kwangu-20

Isibusiso ku-Kumbh Mela

U-pilgrim uthola isibusiso esivela ku-naga sadhu Ram Giri Naga Baba ku-Kumbh Mela. Abahamba ngezinyawo bafuna ukusebenzisana nalokhu nge-sadhus yokufundiswa empilweni yabo engokomoya, futhi i-sadhus baya khona ukuze bazitholele ukuxhumana okunjalo. Ngokusebenzisana, u-pilgrim uthemba ukuthola i- darshan , ukuhlonishwa okubukwayo ne-sadhu, okwenza umfundisi abeke "isiphuzo" ​​esivela emandleni aphezulu onkulunkulu bezenkolo.

17 kwangu-20

Izingane ezikhulekayo eKumbh Mela

Izingane kanye nonina baya ndawonye ukuze bahlambuluke emfuleni, futhi kubantwana, lokhu kuvame ukufana nokudlala. Njengoba usuka emfuleni, lapho kukhona abathengisi basemgwaqweni bethengisa ukudla, amakhandlela nezithombe zama gods amaHindu, abazali bayashiya izingane njengabantwana abancane abembethe ngokuzenzekelayo njengonkulunkulu bamaHindu nabesifazanekazikazi ukuba bahlale phansi ngetende noma isitsha phambi kwabo. Njengamantombazane esithombeni, bacela usizo; abaningi abahamba ngezinyawo abakwazi ukumelana nokuzinikela ngemali yesinhlamvu. Kuyinto isiko elincane ukuthi lembula umngcele wezokuhweba we-Kumbh Mela.

18 kwangu-20

Umphenyi weContortionist eKumbh Mela

Iziphambuluzi ezikhulile zizibandakanya kuzo zonke izikhundla ezingajwayelekile ukuze zithole imali kule ndawo engekho emakethe yezentengiselwano emigwaqweni emincane emfuleni.

19 kwangu-20

Imithandazo Ngesikhathi seKumbh Mela

I-sadhu ifunda emibhalweni esithombeni. I-Sadhus bahlangana ndawonye eKumbh Mela ukuxoxa ngezimfundiso zokholo lwabo, basakaza ulwazi mayelana nenkolo yabo, futhi bakondle abampofu.

20 kwangu-20

Amabhuku ezenkolo ezithengiswa ku-Kumbh Mela

Abathengisi bezitaladi emgwaqweni ohlangothini ohlangothini oluvela emfuleni ongcwele we-river hawk kancane kancane konke okuhlobene ne-Kumbh Mela, kusuka emakhandlela amhlophe okukhulekela futhi amaswidi ezincwadini zenkolo ezifundisa ngokuHindu.