I-Ramadan izosithinta kanjani iholide lakho lase-Afrika?

I-Islam iyinkolo ekhula ngokushesha kunazo zonke e-Afrika, enezibalo ezingaphezu kuka-40% zezwekazi elizibiza njengeSulumane. Ingxenye yesithathu yomphakathi wonke wamaSulumane ihlala e-Afrika, futhi yiyona inkolo enkulu emazweni angu-28 (iningi lazo eNyakatho Afrika , eNtshonalanga Afrika , eMpumalanga ye-Afrika naseSwahili Coast). Lokhu kufaka izindawo ezinkulu zokuvakasha njengeMorocco, i-Egypt, iSenegal kanye nezingxenye zaseTanzania naseKenya.

Izivakashi emazweni angamaSulumane kudingeka ziqaphe amasiko wendawo, kuhlanganise nokugubha ngonyaka kaRamadan.

Iyini i-Ramadan?

I-Ramadan yinyanga yesishiyagalolunye ekhalendeni lamaSulumane futhi enye yezinsika ezinhlanu zamaSulumane. Ngalesi sikhathi, amaSulumane emhlabeni abona isikhathi sokuzila ukudla ukuze bakhumbule isambulo sokuqala se-Quran kuya Muhammad. Kuphela inyanga yenyanga, amakholwa kufanele avame ukudla noma ukuphuza ngesikhathi samalanga, futhi kulindeleke ukuba agweme ezinye izimo zokuziphatha ezihlanganisa nokubhema nokulala. I-Ramadan inesibopho kubo bonke amaSulumane abanezimbalwa ezimbalwa (kubandakanya abesifazane abakhulelwe nalabo abancancisayo, ukuya esikhathini, isifo sikashukela, abagulayo noma abahambayo). I-Ramadan idlulisa ushintsho unyaka nonyaka, njengoba iqondiswa ikhalenda yenyanga yamaSulumane.

Yini Ongayilindela Lapho Uhamba Ngesikhathi Samamadan

Izivakashi ezingezona amaSulumane emazweni angamaSulumane alindelekile ukuba zihlanganyele ekudleni kweRamadan.

Noma kunjalo, impilo yabantu abaningi ishintsha kakhulu ngalesi sikhathi futhi uzobona umehluko emiphakathini yabantu njengomphumela. Into yokuqala ongayibona ukuthi abantu bendawo ohlangana nabo ngosuku nosuku (kubandakanya iziqondiso zakho zokuvakasha, abashayeli nabasebenzi behhotela) bangase bakhathele futhi bakhathazeke kunokuba kuvamile.

Lokhu kufanele kulindeleke, njengoba izinsuku zokuzila okude zisho ubuhlungu besilamba kanye namazinga emandla anciphisa ngenkathi ukugubha emva kokudlulelwa kwamasuku kanye nokudla kwakusihlwa kusho ukuthi wonke umuntu usebenza ngokulala kancane kunokujwayelekile. Gcina lokhu engqondweni, bese uzama ukubekezelele ngangokunokwenzeka.

Nakuba kufanele ugqoke ngokuzenzekelayo ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho uvakashela izwe lamaSulumane, kubaluleke kakhulu ukwenza kanjalo ngesikhathi seRamadan lapho ukukhathazeka kwezenkolo kusesikhathini esiphezulu.

Ukudla nokuphuza ngesikhathi se-Ramadan

Ngesikhathi kungekho-muntu elindele ukuthi uzilawule, kuhloniphekile ukuhlonipha labo abagcina ukusetshenziswa komphakathi kokudla okungenani ngesikhathi samahora. Izindawo zokudla ezingamaSulumane kanye nalabo abathola abantu bendawo bangase bahlale bevaliwe kusukela kusihlwa kuze kuhlwe, ngakho-ke uma uhlela ukudla ngaphandle, bhala itafula endaweni yokudlela yokuvakasha esikhundleni salokho. Ngoba inani lezindawo zokudlela ezivulekile liyancishiswa kakhulu, ukubhuka kuhlale kuwumqondo omuhle. Ngaphandle kwalokho, kufanele usakwazi ukuthenga izinto ezivela ezitolo zokudla kanye nezimakethe zokudla, ngoba lezi zivame ukuhlala zivulekile ukuze abantu bakwazi ukubeka izithako zokudla kwabo kusihlwa.

AmaSulumane aqinile ayaphuza utshwala unyaka wonke, futhi akuvame ukukhonzwa ezindaweni zokudlela zendawo kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiRamadan noma cha.

Kwamanye amazwe namadolobha, ukugcina utshwala kutholakala izakhamuzi ezingewona amaSulumane nezokuvakasha - kodwa lezi zivame ukuvalwa ngesikhathi seRamadan. Uma unesidingo esikhulu sokuphuza utshwala, ukubheja kwakho okuhle kakhulu ukuya ehotela lezinkanyezi ezinhlanu, lapho ibha ngokuvamile izoqhubeka nokusebenzisa utshwala kubavakashi ngenkathi yokuzila ukudla.

Izikhangibavakashi, Amabhizinisi Nezokuthutha Phakathi ne-Ramadan

Izindawo ezikhangayo ezihlanganisa iminyuziyamu, izimbali nezingosi zomlando ngokuvamile zihlala zivulekile ngesikhathi seRamadan, nakuba zingavimba ngaphambi kokujwayelekile ukuvumela abasebenzi bazo ukuba babuyele ekhaya ngesikhathi sokulungiselela ukudla ngaphambi kokuphumula ngemuva kokumnyama. Amabhizinisi (kubandakanya amabhange namahhovisi kahulumeni) angase ahlangane namahora wokuvula okuncane, ngakho-ke ukuya ebhizinisini eliphuthumayo into yokuqala ekuseni kuyinto ehlakaniphile. Njengoba iRamadan isondela ekupheleni, amabhizinisi amaningi azovala izinsuku ezintathu kuze kube sekugubheni i-Eid al-Fitr, umkhosi wamaSulumane obonisa ukuphela kwesikhathi sokuzila.

Ukuthuthwa komphakathi (kufaka phakathi izitimela, amabhasi kanye nezindiza ezindiza ekhaya ) kugcina isimiso esivamile phakathi neRamadan, nabanye abasebenzisa izinsizakalo ezengeziwe ekupheleni kwenyanga ukuze bathole izinamba eziningi zabantu abahamba ngezinyawo ukuze baqede imindeni yabo. Ngokuyisisekelo, amaSulumane abahambayo akhululekile ukuzila ukudla ngosuku; Kodwa-ke, izinsizakalo eziningi zokuthutha ngeke zinikeze izakhiwo zokudla neziphuzo ngesikhathi seRamadan futhi kufanele uhlele ukuletha noma yini ukudla ongayifuna nawe. Uma uhlela ukujikeleza u-Eid al-Fitr, kungcono ukubhuka isihlalo sakho kusengaphambili njengoba izitimela kanye namabhasi amade akude zigcwalisa ngokushesha ngalesi sikhathi.

Izinzuzo Zokuhamba Nge-Ramadan

Nakuba i-Ramadan ingabangela ukuphazanyiswa kwi-adventure yakho yase-Afrika, kunezinye izinzuzo ezibalulekile zokuhamba ngalesi sikhathi. Abashayeli abaningana banikeza izaphulelo ezindaweni zokuvakasha kanye nezindawo zokuvakasha phakathi nenyanga yokuzila, ngakho-ke uma uzimisele ukuthenga nxazonke, ungase uzithole ugcine imali . Imigwaqo iphinde inamathele kancane ngalesi sikhathi, okungaba yisibusiso esikhulu emadolobheni afana neCairo awaziwa ngemoto yawo.

Okubaluleke nakakhulu, i-Ramadan inikeza ithuba elimangalisayo lokuzwa isiko lesendaweni oyikhethile ekuqinisekiseni kwayo. Izikhathi eziyisihlanu zomthandazo zansuku zonke zibhekwa ngokuqinile ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka kunanoma yimuphi omunye, futhi cishe uzobona ukuthandaza ngokwethembeka emigwaqweni. Usizo luyingxenye ebalulekile yeRamadan, futhi akuyona into engavamile ukuba inikezwe amaswidi ngamuntu ongabazi emgwaqeni (emva kokunyama, okwamanje), noma ukumenywa ukuba ujoyine ukudla komndeni. Kwamanye amazwe, amathempeli omphakathi ahlelwe ezitaladini ukuze aphule ukudla ngokudla kanye nokuzijabulisa, kanye nezivakashi ngezinye izikhathi zamukelwa.

Njalo kusihlwa kuthwala umoya wezintambo, njengezindawo zokudla kanye nezitaladi zomgwaqo ezigcwala imindeni nabangane bekulangazelela ukuphula ukudla kwabo ndawonye. Izindawo zokudlela zihlala zivulekile ngasekupheleni, futhi kuyithuba elihle lokuthola ubusuku bakho obuphakathi. Uma kungenzeka ukuthi ukhona e-Eid al-Fitr ezweni, cishe uzobona izenzo zothando ezihamba ngokungahambisani ezihambisana nokudla komphakathi kanye nokwenziwa komphakathi womculo wendabuko nokudansa.