Isingeniso kumkhosi wamaHindu waseTamil weThaipusam
Kungenzeka ukuthi uke wazibona izithombe zamaHindu azibopha ubuso babo ngesibindi noma ehudulela izigodi ezihlangene nemizimba yazo ngezingwegwe, kodwa yini ngempela iThaipusam? Kungani behlaba imizimba yabo?
I-Thaipusam (ngezinye izikhathi iphinde iphinde ishiwo, "Thaipoosam") ngumkhosi ovulekile ogujwa yiTamil Tamil ukuhlonipha iNkosi Murgan - unkulunkulu wempi wamaHindu nendodana kaShiva
Amanye amasonto athi iThaipusam ukugubha usuku lokuzalwa kukaNkosi, kanti abanye bathi usuku lokuzalwa luzoba ngoMeyi noma ngoJuni ngenyanga kaVaikhasi.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi, uThaipusam ukhumbule isipho sikaNkosi Murugan esivela kumama wakhe, uParati, unkulunkulukazi wamaHindu wothando nokuzala. Abahlanganyeli abathintekayo bayamemeza " vel! Vel! Vel! " Ngenhla ukugubha emgqeni.
Ngesikhathi iThaipusam, Nkosi Murugan ishukunyiswa ngokubonga kanye nezipho zokuzinikela emithandazweni ephendulwa. Akuwona wonke umuntu ohlambalaza umzimba wakhe noma ophethe i- kavadis ebuhlungu (imithwalo), kodwa labo abadala imbukiso enkulu.
Kuyini iThaipusam?
I-Thaipusam iwela ngosuku lwenyanga egcwele ngenyanga yeNamitha yesiThai (ayihlangene neze neThailand , Yebo).
Izinsuku zishintsha unyaka nonyaka ngoba umkhosi usekelwe esimweni senyanga, kepha iThaipusam ihlala njalo ngoJanuwari noma ngoFebhuwari .
- 2013: Januwari 27
- 2014: Januwari 17
- 2015: February 3
- 2016: Januwari 24
- 2017: February 9
- 2018: Januwari 31
- 2019: Januwari 21
Yini Ongayilindela Ngesikhathi SaseThaipusam?
Ukukhala nokugubha kugcwalisa umoya njengoba izinkulungwane zabazinikezeli zakha izinkampani ezinkulu, ezikhukhumezayo, zomsindo futhi zihamba zivela ezithempelini ukuyokhonza izindawo.
I-Thaipusam idume kakhulu kunabantu abambalwa abakhulekeli abagwaza ubuso babo nemizimba yabo ngezinkemba, ama-skewers nama-hooks. Amathempeli amakhulu, ezobuciko okuthiwa i- kavadis (imithwalo) anamathele kumavolontiya anama-skewers abukhali.
Ngezinye izikhathi izimpikiswano zinkulu kakhulu kangangokuba amadoda amaningana kufanele anikele usizo.
I- kavadis yabe isetshenziselwa isixuku kuze kube sekugcineni isuswe imithandazo endaweni ekhethiwe. Abanye abakhulekeli baphatha izimbiza zobisi njengomnikelo eNkosini Murgan.
Abakhulekeli ababhoboza izilimi zabo, izihlathi, futhi babhekene nezinto ezibukhali bengenawo igazi bese bebika ukuthi bazizwa kabi kakhulu! Abaningi bathi izilonda zabo ziphulukisa ngokushesha futhi azikhiphe izibazi.
Ngaphambi kokuhlatshwa, abazinikeleyo basebenza esimweni esifana ne-trance ngokukhala nokugubha. Uma kungenwe ngaphakathi, isixuku sisiza ukuba sinakekele futhi siholele ekuhambeni. Izilimi zivame ukuhlaba futhi zikhonjiswe njengesenzo esingokomfanekiso isisebenzi sokuzithandela esikhipha ikhono lokukhuluma.
Njengeminye imikhosi yamaHindu, uThaipusam umkhosi omibalabala, othakazelisayo, nakuba, ngokuqinisekile akuyona into ehlambalaza njengeHoli !
Kuphi Umkhosi KaThaipusam?
Akudingeki ukuba ube eNdiya ukubona umkhosi weThaipusam. Umkhosi ugujwa eNdiya, ikakhulukazi eningizimu, kodwa njalo ngonyaka abangaphezu kwesigidi abazinikezelayo baya eBatu Caves ngaphandle kweKuala Lumpur . Isithombe segolide seNkosi iNkosi uMugugan emi ngakwesokunene samapulangwe singamamitha ama-140 ubude - umfanekiso omude kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
ENingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, ukugubha okukhulu kweThaipusam kwenzeka eMalaysia naseSingapore. Isiqhingi saseMalaysia sasePenang singenye indawo elula ukujabulela ukugubha kancane kweThaipusam.
I-Sri Lanka , i-Mauritius neFiji yenze iThaipusam ibe yisiholide sezwe. Ngisho nezinye iziqhingi zaseCaribbean zingene esenzweni! Uzothola imikhosi kakhulu kunoma yikuphi umphakathi omkhulu wamaHindu wesiTamil.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi mayelana nokuthola iThaipusam e-United States, thintana nethempeli laseShiva Murugan e-Concord, eCalifornia. Bahlela umqhudelwano omude futhi bane- kavadis etholakalayo ngokushintshanisa ngeminikelo.
Ithiphu: Uma ubukela umkhosi weThaipusam eBatu Caves eMalaysia , kuzodingeka ufike ekuseni kakhulu ekuseni. Beat the heat of the day bese uqala ekuphumeni kwelanga ukuze uthole okuhlangenwe nakho okuyiqiniso. Izitimela eziseMaphandleni eBatu zizogcwaliswa emandleni emini.
Ukuqaphela iThaipusam
Uma ufuna ukujoyina umkhosi weThaipusam, hlela kahle phambili; ezokuthutha kanye nokuhlala kuzoba ngendlela engcono kakhulu kunokujwayelekile ezindaweni ezifana neKuala Lumpur.
"Okumnandi" kuyisimo esingaphansi - lindela izixuku!
Ngaphandle kokuthi ubambe iqhaza eThaipusam ngokungaphezu kwezinto ezithinta ezokuxhumana zenhlalo, phuma endleleni! Ungaphazamisi nabakhulekeli ukuthola izithombe ezingcono. Uma une- kavadi enzima kakhulu yokubhoboza umzimba wakho ezindaweni eziningana, into yokugcina oyidingayo ukuthola ukuvakasha ngendwendwe ye-pushy ephethe induku ka-selfie.
Nakuba iThaipusam ingazizwa njenge-esiciksi esicacile-into echithelwa emgwaqweni, bonisa inhlonipho ngokubaluleka kwenkolo yomkhosi. Akuyona indawo yokugodla noma ukungahloniphi. Ungalokothi ukhombe abantu abahlabayo, bejabule kakhulu. Amavolontiya ahlonishwa futhi ahlonishwa emcimbini ngokuzibophezela kwabo, hhayi ukuphathwa njengezinhlangothi zomhlaba.
UThaipusam akuwona umkhosi kuphela e-Asia lapho abakhulekeli bebopha ubuso babo ngezinkemba nangama-skewers. Umkhosi we- Phuket Vegetarian WaseThailand ohlanganiselwe ngokuphelele (ingxenye yoMkhosi Ka-Nine Emperor Gods) ngenye indawo ukubona abantu behlaselwa ngomoya ovuthayo!
Gcina izimpahla lapho ubhekene nezixuku ezinkulu ezihlangene ezitaladini.
Imikhuba Ngesikhathi seThaipusam
- Abahlanganyeli bagqoka ophuzi ne-orange, imibala ibalulekile eNkosini Murugan.
- Ama-Pitchers ebisi athwala ekhanda njengeminikelo.
- Ulimi nezihlathi zihlaba ama-skewers amabili angokomfanekiso ukuze kuboniswe ukuthi imihlatshelo yokuhambela isipho isipho sokukhuluma. Laba bahambeli abafanayo bavame ukugoba amakhanda abo futhi bahambe amabanga amade ukuba abe khona.
- Abazinikeleyo baphatha i- kavadis (imithwalo) ehlabayo noma egwaza imizimba yabo. Abanye badonsa izindwangu ezinzima ezihlangene nemizimba yazo ngezingwegwe.
- Ngaphambi kokuba umuntu agqoke i- kavadi , azihlanza izinsuku ezingu-48 ngokusebenzisa ubunikazi, ukudla okukhethekile, nokuthandaza okuqhubekayo.
- Abantu aseBatu Caves bakhuphuka izinyathelo ezingu-272 ukuya endaweni engcwele emhumeni.