Ukuqala kwentwasahlobo ezweni leCelt - isandulela usuku lukaSanta Brigid
I-imbolc, ngezinye izikhathi iphinde iphelelwe i-Imbolg (ebizwa njenge-i-molk ne-i-molg ngokulandelanayo) ngumkhosi weGaelic noma we-Celtic. Ngokwesiko kubonisa ukuqala kwentwasahlobo ekhalendeni leCeltic. Idethi yekhalenda elihambelana nezikhathi zanamuhla yi-Fabruary 1st, Day Saint Brigid's . Kodwa-ke, i-Imbolc akufanele (kodwa kaningi ikhona) idideke ne-Candlemas (February 2).
Imikhosi ye-Imbolc ... Yenzani?
Imikhosi ye-Imbolc izoqala ngesikhathi sebusuku ngoJanuwari 31, ngokuhambisana nesiko lamaCeltic sezinsuku kusukela ngobusuku.
Usuku lubuye lubeke i-Imbolc (cishe) phakathi kwesibhakabhaka esibalulekile sasebusika ne- spring equinox - nezinye izinsuku ezikhethekile emakhalendeni lasendulo. I-Imbolc ingenye yemikhosi emine yamaGaelic noma yama-Celtic engaxhunywanga ngqo kuma-solstices nama-equinoxes, kodwa ekushintsheni kwezinkathi zonyaka - ezinye ziyiBealtaine , i-Lughnasadh neSamhain . Umsuka wesidlo kanye nezinhlangano zekhonkrithi emkhakheni weCeltic awufihlekile, ukuxhuma kunkulunkulukazi Brigid noma uBrigantia (okuyinto, futhi, okungenzeka ukuthi kungenzeka noma ayizange iguquke ngokuqondile ku-saint) kucatshangwa kabanzi.
Igama lesi-Irish imbolc cishe lisuka ku-" i mbolg " (Old Irish, cishe "esiswini", ngokubhekisela kokuphila okukhulelwe). Elinye igama lomkhosi, ikakhulukazi elidumile emlandweni we-Neo-IsiPagan, ngu-Oimelc (ukuhumusha njengo "ubisi lwe-ewe".) Phawula ukuthi kokubili lezi zizobhekisela kumawundlu nonyaka wezolimo - ngenkathi enye imfundiso ebizwa nge-Imbolc evela "imb-folc" (okungukuthi kufanele kusho "ukugeza okuphelele") kuzwakala kancane okukholelwa.
I-Imbolc kungenzeka ukuthi yayiyisikhathi esibalulekile e-Ireland esikhathini seNeolithic - ngenkathi singenayo ubufakazi bokuthi, ukulungiswa kwezikhumbuzo ezithile zasendulo kubonakala sengathi kukhonjiswe ngaleyo ndlela, ngokoqobo. Ukungena emgodini we-Hostages, ingxenye ye "indawo engcwele" e- Hill of Tara futhi mhlawumbe isibonelo esaziwa kakhulu, ihambisana nelanga eliphumayo kwi-Imbolc.
Amasiko we-Imbolc
Ngokuqondene nemikhuba ye-Imbolc yangaphambi komlando kufanele sibheke ukuqhubeka kwabo zibe izikhathi zanamuhla ukuze sizame futhi sizitholele ngaphandle - amasiko abantu base-Ireland osukwini lukaSaint Brigid abe yinkomba enkulu.
Ngokuvamile, i-Imbolc yayizoqala ukuqala kwentwasahlobo - noma okungenani isikhathi lapho ubusika obubi kakhulu buphelile, nezinsuku ziba khona isikhathi eside futhi ilanga linamandla. I-association yezolimo neenkathi zezinkomo iyabonakala, yize kukhona iwindi lamasonto amane ngalokhu (i-Imbolc imaka cishe cishe phakathi kwaleli festile, ngaleyo ndlela yenza idili libonise kahle futhi linengqondo). Futhi ngenkathi imvelo ivuselela (i-blackthorn ilindeleke ukuba iqale ukuvuthwa e-Imbolc), futhi yisikhathi sokuhlanzwa kahle kwentwasahlobo endlini nasepulazini.
Isimo sezulu Lore e-Imbolc
Ngokuqondene nesimo sezulu esingcono - i-Imbolc nayo isetshenziselwa ukubeka uphawu lwezulu. Isici esisodwa singase sibe nabantu ekubheka i-Loughcrew noma i- Sliabh na Cailligh ("I-Hill of the Witch") eduze: kuthiwa ukuthi uloyi (noma "ukhonkolo", isici sesithathu "unkulunkulukazi ontathu") uyokhipha isinqumo sokuthi uyadingeka yini ukuqoqa izinkuni eziningi ngalolu suku. Uma enza, ubusika buzoqhubeka kancane kancane ngamazinga okushisa aphansi.
Futhi njengoba engeyena unyawo oluhamba ngezinyawo, i-crone izokwenza i-Imbolc ilanga elikhanyayo, elangeni, elomile ukunciphisa ukuqoqwa kwezinkuni. Ngakho-ke leli zwi lokuthi uma i-Imbolc iyinhlamba emanzini, imvula, ubusika maduze kuzobe sekuphelile ... futhi uma kusuku olumakhaza, thola amafutha angaphansi kwamapulangwe.
Ukukhumbuza noma yini? Yebo ... Usuku lwe-groundhog lunomthetho ofanayo futhi lugubha usuku olulandelayo emva kwe-Imbolc. On Candlemas, lapho bobabili eNgilandi naseScotland usuku olubi uveza ekupheleni ebusika futhi.