Ukuhlangana Kwezenkolo Okukhulu Kakhulu Emhlabeni
I-Kumbh Mela e-India injengobuhlungu njengokomoya. Lo mkhosi wasendulo osenyakatho waseNdiya ungumhlangano wezingqondo eziyingqondo. Umbuthano omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni, i-Kumbh Mela iqoqa amaHindu amadoda angcwele ukuze axoxe ngokukholwa kwawo futhi asakaze ulwazi mayelana nenkolo yawo. Kukhona izigidi zabantu ngosuku ngalunye.
Ekuqapheliseni ukubaluleka komkhosi, ngoDisemba 2017, i-UNESCO yayihlanganisa i-Kumbh Mela kwiLifa layo elingenakulinganiswa leNdawo Yobuntu.
Uphi i-Kumbh Mela Ebenziwe?
I Mela iqhutshwa ngokuzungeza ezindaweni ezine ezingcwele kakhulu zamaHindu eNdiya - emagqeni omfula kaNkulunkuluavari eNashik (Maharashtra), umfula iShipra e-Ujjain ( eMadhya Pradesh ), emfuleni weGanges eHaridwar (Uttarakhand) ), nokuhlanganiswa kweGanges, Yamuna, nemifula yaseSaraswati engqungquthela e-Allahabad / Prayag (Uttar Pradesh). I-confluence yale milambo ibizwa ngokuthi yi Sangam.
Iyini i-Kumbh Mela Held?
Endaweni ngayinye kanye neminyaka engu-12. Ngokweqile, kufanele kwenzeke njalo eminyakeni emithathu endaweni ehlukile. Noma kunjalo, isikhathi kanye nesikhathi esiqondile somkhosi kuxhomeke ekucabangeni ngezinkanyezi nangokwenkolo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi iMala ngezinye izikhathi kwenzeka kuphela ngonyaka ngaphandle kwezizinda ezahlukene.
Kukhona futhi iMaha Kumbh Mela, eqhutshwa kanye njalo eminyakeni engu-12. Phakathi, ngonyaka wesithupha, i-Ardh Kumbh Mela (i-half mela) iyenzeka.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, e-Allahabad, njalo ngonyaka i-Maagh Mela igubha ngenyanga kaMaagh (njengekhalenda lamaHindu phakathi noJanuwari kuya kuFebhuwari) eSangam. Le Maagh Mela ibizwa ngokuthi i-Ardh Kumbh Mela ne-Kumbh Mela uma kwenzeka ngonyaka wesithupha neshumi nambili, ngokulandelana.
I-Maha Kumbh Mela ibhekwa njengendlela elula kakhulu.
Kuhlale kwenzeka e-Allahabad, njengoba i-confluence yemifula ibhekwa njengokungcwele kakhulu. I-Ardh Kumb Mela ivela kokubili u-Allahabad noHaridwar.
Iyini i-Next Kumbh Mela?
- 2019 Ardh Kumbh Mela e-Allahabad (Izinsuku zokugeza zokugqoka: Januwari 15 kuya ku-Mashi 4, 2019)
- 2022 Kumbh Mela in Haridwar
- 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela e-Allahabad
- 2027 Kumbh Mela in Nashik
I-Legend Yenza I-Kumbh Mela
I-Kumbh kusho imbiza noma imbiza. Mela kusho umkhosi noma ubulungisa. Ngakho, i-Kumbh Mela isho umkhosi wembiza. Iqondana ngokuqondile nombumbi we-nectar emasikweni amaHindu.
I-legend itho ukuthi onkulunkulu babeke balahlekelwa amandla abo. Ukuze baphinde baphinde bavumelane namademoni ukuze baqede ulwandle olumangalisayo lobisi lwe- amrit (umpe wokungafi). Lokhu kwakuzokwabiwa ngokulinganayo phakathi kwabo. Kodwa-ke, kwaba nokulwa, okuqhubeka iminyaka engu-12 yabantu. Phakathi nempi, inyoni yasezulwini, uGaruda, yahamba indiza ne-Kumbh eyayiphethe umpe. Kukholelwa ukuthi amaconsi amancane ayewa ezindaweni okwakhiwa manje i-Kumbh Mela - Prayag (Allahabad), Haridwar, Nashik, noJjjain.
I-Sadhus e-Kumbh Mela
Ama-sadhus namanye amadoda angcwele ayingxenye ebalulekile yeMela. AbaPilgri abaya kuyo bafika ukuzobona futhi balalele la madoda, ukuze bathole ukukhanya okungokomoya.
Kunezinhlobo ezahlukene ze-sadhus:
- I-Nagas - i-sadhus ehamba ngezinyosi ezishaya imizimba yazo ngomlotha futhi zinezinwele ezinde. Ukuvezwa kwesimo sezulu okuqhubekayo kwenza kube nzima ukumelana nokushisa. Amehlo abo aphuma e-bloodshot avela e- charas njalo (inambuzane), abakholelwa ekukhanyiseni usizo.
- I-Urdhwavahurs - abanemizimba ekhukhumezekile emikhuba engokomoya eqinile.
- Parivajakas - ngubani othathe isifungo sokuthula.
- U-Shirshasinse - ohlala emile, alala namakhanda awo ehlezi esihlahleni esicacile, futhi acabangisise emi emakhanda abo.
- I-Kalpvasis - abahlala ngasogwini lomfula futhi banikela isikhathi sabo sokuzindla, ukwenza amasiko, nokugeza izikhathi eziningi ngosuku.
Yimiphi imicimbi eyenziwa e-Kumbh Mela?
Umkhuba oyinhloko ukugeza okujwayelekile. AmaHindu akholelwa ukuthi ukuzithoba emanzini angcwele ngosuku oluhle kunazo zonke lwenyanga entsha kuzobaqeda wona kanye nokhokho babo besono, ngaleyo ndlela baphele umjikelezo wokuzalwa kabusha.
Abahamba ngezinyawo baqala ukugeza kuze kugeze kusukela ngo-3 ekuseni ngalesikhathi.
Njengoba ilanga likhuphuka, amaqembu ahlukene ahamba ngezinhlungu ahamba emkhunjini eya emfuleni ukugeza. Ngokuvamile ama-Nagas ahola, kuyilapho iqembu ngalinye lizama ukukhipha abanye ngobukhulu nangokwengeziwe. Umzuzwana ungumlingo, futhi wonke umuntu uyangena kuwo.
Ngemuva kokugeza, abahamba ngezinyawo bagqoka izingubo ezintsha futhi baqhubeke bekhulekela emabhishi omfula. Bese behamba bezungeze ukulalela izinkulumo ezivela ezihlukahlukene ezibuhlungu.
Indlela Yokuya Kumbh Mela
Kusukela kumbono wezokuvakasha, i-Kumbh Mela iyinto engalibaleki - nesimo esibuhlungu - isipiliyoni! Inombolo enkulu yabantu lapho ingase ibe khona-ukubeka. Noma kunjalo, kwenziwa amalungiselelo okuzinikela, ikakhulukazi abezinye izizwe. Amakamu okuvakasha okhethekile ahlelwe, ahlinzeke ngamatende okunethezeka anezindlu zokugeza, iziqondiso, kanye nosizo lwezokuvakasha. Ukuphepha okunamandla nakho kukhona.
Ukuze ubone umbukiso omkhulu we-sadhus, qinisekisa ukuthi ukhona lapho u- shahi snan (ukugeza okubukhosini), okwenzeka ezinsukwini ezithile ezithandekayo. Ngokuvamile kunezinsuku ezincane kulezi zinsuku ze-Kumbh Mela. Izinsuku zimenyezelwa kusengaphambili.
Esinye isenzakalo esiyinhloko ukufika kwamacembu ahlukahlukene e-sadhus, emidlalweni yezinkampani eziningi, ekuqaleni kweKumbh Mela.
Izithombe ze-Kumbh Mela
Bheka ezinye zezinto ezinhle futhi ezimangalisayo ze-Kumbh Mela kulegalari yezithombe.