Umlando kanye Nendabuko ye "Flor de Nochebuena"
I-Poinsettia ( Euphorbia pulcherrima) isibe uphawu lweKhisimusi emhlabeni jikelele. Umbala obomvu obomvu nesimo sezinkanyezi kusikhumbuza isikhathi seholide futhi sijabulela indawo ebusika ebusika. Cishe uhlobanise lesi simila ngenkathi yasebusika, kodwa empeleni sikhula kahle esimweni esishisayo nesomile. Ivela eMexico lapho eyaziwa ngokuthi iFlor de Nochebuena. EMexico, ungabheka njengezitshalo ezinamanzi, kodwa uzophinde ubone ukuthi zanda njengezitshalo zokuhlobisa emagcekeni abantu, futhi zikhula njengezihlahla ezinomphela noma izihlahla ezincane.
I-Poinsettia ikhula kahle kakhulu eGuerrero nase- Oaxaca ithi , lapho ingaba khona ukuphakama kwamamitha angu-16. Lokho esikucabangayo njengezimbali ezitshalweni zasePoinsettia empeleni kushintshwe amaqabunga abizwa ngokuthi ama-bracts. Imbali yangempela yiyona ingxenye encane ephuzi phakathi nendawo ye-bracts enemibalabala.
Mhlawumbe izitshalo ezivelele kunazo zonke zaseMexico, i- Nochebuena ikhula kakhulu ngoNovemba noDisemba. Umbala obomvu obomvu ugcwele futhi ekuqaleni kwasebusika, umbala ogqamile uyisikhumbuzo esingokwemvelo sonyaka ozayo weholide. Igama lesitshalo eMexico, "Nochebuena" ngokwezwi nezwi lisho ukuthi "ubusuku obuhle" ngesiSpanish, kodwa leli yilo negama elinikezwa uKhisimusi , ngakho-ke kulabo baseMexico, lokhu kuyiqiniso "i-Christmas Eve flower."
Umlando we-Poinsettia:
Ama-Aztec ayejwayelene kahle nalesi sitshalo futhi athiwa yiCetlaxochitl , okusho ukuthi "imbali enezikhumba zesikhumba." noma "imbali emile." Kwacatshangwa ukuthi kubhekisela empilweni entsha lapho amaqhawe athola empini.
Umbala obomvu obomvu cishe wabakhumbuza ngegazi, elibaluleke kakhulu enkolweni yasendulo.
Phakathi nenkathi yekoloni, ama-friars eMexico aqaphela ukuthi amaqabunga aluhlaza okwesitshalo avuvu ngesikhathi sokuholela kuKhisimusi, futhi ukuma kwembali kwakumkhumbuza inkanyezi kaDavid.
Baqala ukusebenzisa izimbali ukuhlobisa amasonto ngesikhathi sonyaka kaKhisimusi.
I-Poinsettia ithola igama layo ngesiNgisi kusuka kuMmeli wokuqala wase-United States eMexico, uJoel Poinsett. Wabona isitshalo lapho evakashela i- Taxco de Alarcon e-Guerrero, futhi wamangala ngombala wayo obala. Waletha amasampula okuqala esitshalweni emzini wakhe eSouth Carolina e-United States ngo-1828, ekuqaleni ekuthiwa yi "Mexican Fire Plant," kodwa igama lashintshwa kamuva ukuze lihloniphe indoda eyayiyiqaphela okokuqala abantu base-United States. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kulesi sitshalo saqhubeka sithandwa kakhulu, ekugcineni sibe yimbali ehambisana kakhulu noKhisimusi emhlabeni jikelele. NgoDisemba 12 yiPoinsettia Day, ekhombisa ukufa kukaJoel Roberts Poinsett ngo-1851.
I-Legend Flower yaseKhisimusi
Kunomlando wendabuko waseMexico ozungeze iPoinsettia. Kuthiwa intombazana ehluphekile yayisendleleni yokuya emasimini ngoNovemba. Wayebuhlungu kakhulu ngoba wayengenaso isipho sokunikela ku-Christ Child. Njengoba ehamba esontweni, waqoqa izitshalo ezimbalwa ezinamaqabunga aluhlaza ukuze athathe naye. Lapho efika esontweni, wabeka izitshalo ayezithwala ngaphansi koMntwana kaKhristu futhi kwaba yilokho kuphela owaqaphela ukuthi amaqabunga ayewakhwele ayephendukile ebusweni aze abe obomvu obomvu, okwenza umnikelo owufanele kakhulu.