Cempasúchitl Flowers for Day of the Dead

I-Cempaspuchitl yigama elinikezwa izimbali ze-marigold zaseMexico (iTagetes erecta). Igama elithi "cempasuchitl" livela ku-Nahuatl (ulimi lwama-Aztec) elithi zempoalxochitl elisho amashumi angamashumi amabili-imbali: ukuhlambalaza , okusho ukuthi "amashumi amabili" kanye ne- xochitl , "imbali." Inombolo engamashumi amabili kulokhu isetshenziselwa ukusho ukuthi iningi, cishe libhekisela ezinhlotsheni eziningi zembali, ngakho incazelo yangempela yegama "imbali yezikhala eziningi." Lezi zimbali nazo zivame ukubhekwa eMexico njenge- Flor de muerto , okusho ukuthi imbali yabafileyo, ngoba ibonakala ngokuphawulekayo eMfuleni waseMexico wemikhosi efile .

Kungani Marigolds?

I-Marigolds i-orange ekhanyayo noma ephuzi embala, futhi inephunga elihlukile kakhulu. Baqhakaza ekupheleni kwezimvula eMexico , ngesikhathi esifanele seholidi lapho badlala khona ingxenye ebalulekile. Lesi sitshalo sizalwa eMexico futhi sikhula phakathi nendawo yezwe, kodwa sesilinywa kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo. Ama-Aztec ayakhula ama-cempasuchitl nezinye izimbali ema-chinampas noma "izididi ezindizayo" ze-Xochimilco . Umbala wabo ovuthiwe kuthiwa ubhekisela elangeni, eliyizinganekwane zama-Aztec eziqondisa imimoya endleleni eya e-underworld. Ngokuwasebenzisa ngosuku lwezinsuku ezifile, iphunga elinamandla lezimbali liheha imimoya, ekholelwa ukuthi izobuyela emindeni yabo ngalesi sikhathi, ibasize ukuthola indlela yabo. Ngendlela efanayo, impepho yomlilo oshiswayo nayo icatshangelwa ukusiza ukuhola imimoya.

Usuku Lwezithelo Ezifile

Izimbali ziyisibonakaliso sokungapheli nokuhlukumeza kokuphila futhi sekusetshenziselwa okuningi ngosuku lwezinsuku ezifile.

Zisetshenziselwa ukuhlobisa amathuna kanye neminikelo kanye namakhandlela, ukudla okhethekile ngoSuku lwabafileyo njengokufana nesinkwa okuthiwa i- pan de muerto , ama-skulls ashukela nezinye izinto. Ngezinye izikhathi izimpondo zezimbali zikhishwa futhi zisetshenziselwa ukwakha imiklamo enhle, noma zibeke phansi phambi kwe-altare ukubeka indlela imimoya ezoyilandela.

I-Marigolds yizimbali ezithandwayo kakhulu ezisetshenziselwa ukugujwa kwezinsuku ezifile, kodwa kunezinye izimbali ezivame ukusetshenziselwa, kufaka phakathi ama-cockscomb (celosia cristata) nokuphefumula komntwana (Gypsophila muralis).

Okunye ukusetshenziswa

Ngaphandle kokusetshenziswa kwabo kwemikhosi phakathi nemikhosi yaseDía de Muertos, izimpande ze-cempasuchitl ziyadliwa. Zisetshenziswa njengombala nokubala kokudla, futhi futhi zisebenzisa ezinye izidakamizwa. Kuthathwa njengetiye, bakholelwa ukuthi kunciphisa izifo zokugaya ezifana nesisu nesisu, kanye nezinye izifo zokuphefumula.

Funda kabanzi Amazwi Esigama Sosuku Lwabafileyo .

Ukubizwa ngegama: sem-pa-soo-cheel

Futhi eyaziwa ngokuthi: Flor de muerto, Marigold

Ezinye izipelingi : Sempasuchitl, Cempoaxochitl, Cempasuchil, Zempasuchitl