Iyini Indlu Yesizwe Sokuthumba Umdabu waseMelika?
Indawo yokuzikhukhumeza yaseMelika-yamaMelika iyinhlangano yokugeza ekhukhumezayo evame ukuqala emlandweni wamaMelika namaMelika. Ngokwesiko, kungumkhuba wokuhlanza osebenzisa ukushisa okukhulu ukukhuthaza umbono nokuqonda. I-sweat lodge ceremony isiza ukuxosha umzimba ngokugqugquzela ukujikeleza kwegazi nokukhipha imfucuza. Uvame uhamba-ze noma ugoqwe ithawula.
Indlu yokuzikhukhumeza yaseMelika yaseNative American iyimifino futhi iyisiyingi, futhi yakhiwe phansi.
Imigwaqo ishiswa emlilweni ngaphandle kwendawo yokulala, bese ingeniswa phakathi kwendawo yokulala ngefosholo futhi ifakwe emgodini owumile. Amatshe amaningi angeniswa, ngokujwayelekile emigqeni emine, kanti indawo yama-sweat yaseNdiya itshisa kancane kancane.
Umuntu ophethe lo mkhosi "uthele amanzi" futhi unomthwalo wempilo nenhlalakahle yabahlanganyeli. Ngokuvamile kunezinsuku ezingu-8 kuya ku-12, kodwa zingabaningi njengamanye ambalwa. Thola ukuthi ungahlala kanjani uphephile ku-sweat lodge.
Ukuthulula amanzi emadwaleni kudala isithambile, okwenza i-native American sweat lodge izwe ngisho nokushisa. I-sweatgrass noma i-sage ihlakazekile emadwaleni. Ungase uphethwe yi-sage umusi ngaphambi kokungena endaweni yokugumbuluka yaseNdiya, ukusiza ngokuhlanzwa kwesiko. Kuyinto evamile ukunikela ngemithandazo, ukwabelana nabanye imicabango yakho, futhi ucele ukukhululwa ubuhlungu nokuhlupheka.
Indawo yokuzikhukhumeza yaseMelika yaseMelika ayitholakali kuma-spas.
Kusukela ngoSeptemba kuya kuJuni, iCanyon Ranch Tucson inikeza i-The Spirit Lodge, into ehlakaniphile, engokwengxenye emithathu engokomoya ehamba phambili futhi ehlonipha amasiko agcwele, awakhuthaza ukukhula ngokomoya nangomuntu kanye nenhlalakahle yomzimba. Iqala ngenkulumo engamaminithi amahlanu, ilandelwa imikhosi yama-Spirit Lodge yamahora amathathu.