Disemba 25? Kwababantu abathile basePuerto Rican, lokho kuyisandulela salokho abazizwayo ngempela usuku olubalulekile lweNkathi yeShisimusi yaseKhisimusi ePuerto Rico . Empeleni, amaKhosi amathathu, noma iLos Reyes Magos , awahlonishwa kuphela ePuerto Rico kodwa kulo lonke elaseLatin.
AmaKhosi, noma amadoda ahlakaniphileyo, ngokuqinisekile abonisa ukubonakaliswa okungokomoya okwethembekile kokuzalwa kukaKristu kunomuntu ongcwele owayengumngcwabo owaziwa ngokuthi nguSanta Claus futhi owafakela uphawu lwakhe olubomvu yi-Coca-Cola Company . Kodwa kungani beyingxenye ebalulekile yenkambiso namasiko asePuerto Rican? Nakhu ukubuka okuseduze.
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Isizinda seBhayibheli
U-Adam Lubroth / Ukhetho lwezithombe / i-Getty Images Ngaphandle kokukholwa, iningi lamaMelika liyazi indaba, noma okungenani, yazi indaba, yamaKhosi amathathu. Njengowomsebenzi wami ohloniphekile kanye ne-About Christianity Guide, uMary Fairchild, uyachaza, asazi konke okwenzayo ngoMagi (okusho ukuthi abasebenzisa imilingo-mbumbulu kodwa isikhathi esijwayelekile kubalingisi bezinkanyezi, aboni, nabanenhlanhla). Ekuboneni kwabo kuphela eVangelini likaMatewu, abazange baqanjwe ngamagama, futhi isichotho esivela "empumalanga." (Amagama esaziwa ngabo - uGarpar, uMelchior noBalthasar - anikezwa zona okuningi kamuva.) Into eyaziwa kakhulu ngabo, ukuthi yizo ezizalela izipho: igolide, inhlaka yempepho, nemure.
Ngobusuku uKrestu wazalwa, amantombazane ahanjiswe "ukukhanya okungaqondakali" okwaba yinkanyezi eyayibekwe emazulwini angasentshonalanga. Lalandela lesi sibonakaliso eBetlehema, lapho bafika khona (ukuphuza kancane) ukuhlonipha ukuzalwa kukaKristu. Eqinisweni, "Izinsuku ezingu-12 zeKhisimusi," okuvame ukukholelwa ukuthi zizophela ngo-Disemba 25, empeleni ziqala ngo-25 futhi zigijime ngoJanuwari 6, ekupheleni komkhosi we-Epiphany, noma "Ukudumisa amaMagi."
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I-Puerto Rican Tradition
UCarlos Gotay / Getty Images Usuku Lwamakhosi Amithathu, noma i-Epiphany, ngenye yeholide ebaluleke kakhulu ekhalendeni lasePuerto Rican. Ngokwesiko, isiqhingi, kanye neningi lamazwe aseLatini, kwacaca ukuthi usuku lukaJanuwari 6 luzoba usuku lokushintshanisa izipho esikhundleni sikaDisemba 25. Izingane nazo zizoqoqa utshani, utshani noma utshani emabhokisini esikhwameni amahhashi noma amakamela kaMagi - okunye okuthakazelisayo kuma cookies nobisi ku-Santa. (Ngokwesiko, uzothola imidwebo nemidwebo yamakhosi amathathu kumahhashi esikhundleni samakamela; kungenxa yokuthi abantu bezwe eminyakeni edlule babengazi ukuthi ikamela laliyini.)
Izingane ezinhle zanikezwa izipho kanye ne-candy, kuyilapho izingane ezimbi ziphelile ngamalahle noma ngisho nokungcola (okuyinto ebuza umbuzo: Kumele ube mabi kangakanani ukungcola uKhisimusi?)
Namuhla, izingane zivama ukuthola izipho zabo ezinkulu ngomhla wama-25, kodwa njalo zikhona isipho esincane, esithobekile, futhi esiphumelele nakakhulu esiphezulu seSithathu yamaKhosi.
AmaKhosi amathathu nawo ayingxenye enkulu yobuciko nobuciko bePuerto Rican. Ziphakathi kwezihloko ezithandwa kakhulu kwi- santos yesiqhingi, noma izitho zangasese zabangcwele nabanye abantu bezenkolo, futhi cishe zonke izitolo zemkhumbuzo ezifanele uketshezi lwazo zizozihlonipha.
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Yini Ongayilindela NgoJanuwari 6
UWalter Bibikow / Getty Images NgeSuku LamaKhosi Amithathu, kulindeleke ukuba kube nemikhosi nemikhosi, isikhathi semibuthano yomndeni kanye namaqembu anesimo esingokomoya esingaphezulu. I-Old San Juan idala umkhosi wonyaka eLuis Muñoz Marín Park ngomculo ophilayo, ukudla nokuphuza, ngezipho zamahhala ezinikezwe izingane ezinenhlanhla. Okugqamile kosuku kwenzeka lapho amaKhosi amathathu efika edolobheni.
Lawa makhosi atholakala kuJuana Díaz, idolobha eliseningizimu yalesi siqhingi esingumuzi waseMagi. Isifanekiso samakhosi sikhonza wena lapho ungena edolobheni, futhi uhlobisa i-plaza enkulu. Kusukela kulesi sikelo, amaKhosi amathathu ahamba azungeze isiqhingi, kodwa ukuma kwabo e- Old San Juan yiyona emikhulu emikhosini yesiqhingi.