Usuku lwezithandani

Usuku lweValentine, olukwabizwa ngokuba yiSanta Valentine's Day okanye uMthendeleko weSanta Valentine, lubhiyozelwa minyaka le nge-14 kaFebruwari. Lwaqala njengomKristuusuku lwesidloukuhlonelaumfeli-nkoloigamauValentineNgokusebenzisa amasiko abantu amva nje, iye yaba ngumbhiyozo obalulekileyo wenkcubeko norhwebouthandonothando kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi.

Kukho amabali amaninzi okufela ukholo anxulunyaniswa neeValentine ezahlukeneyo ezihambelana noFebruwari 14, kuquka nengxelo yokuvalelwa kukaSaintUValentine waseRomaukulungiselela amaKristubatshutshiswa phantsi koBukhosi baseRomakwinkulungwane yesithathu. Ngokwesiko lakudala, uSaint Valentine wabuyisela ukubona kwintombi eyimfama yomgcini wejele wakhe. Ezinye izinto ezininzi ezalandelayo kule ntsomi ziye zayinxulumanisa nomxholo wothando: umhombiso wenkulungwane ye-18 kule ntsomi uthi wabhalela intombi yomgcini wejele ileta eyayisayinwe "uValentine wakho" njengentetho yokuvalelisa ngaphambi kokuba abulawe; esinye isiko sithi uSaint Valentine wayetshatisa amajoni angamaKristu awayengavumelekanga ukutshata.

Inkulungwane yesi-8ISakramente yaseGelasibarekhoda umbhiyozo weSidlo sikaSanta Valentine ngomhla we-14 kweyoMdumba. Olu suku lwaqala ukunxulunyaniswa nothando oluthandanayo kwinkulungwane ye-14 neye-15 xa iingcamango zothandouthando olunesidimayachuma, ngokucacileyo ngokunxulumana “neiintaka zothando"yasekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo. Kwinkulungwane ye-18 eNgilani, yaba lithuba lokuba izibini zibonakalise uthando lwazo omnye komnye ngokubonisana iintyatyambo, ukubonelela ngeelekese, nokuthumela amakhadi okubulisa (aziwa ngokuba yi "valentines"). Iimpawu zoSuku lweValentine ezisetyenziswa namhlanje ziquka umphandle omile okwentliziyo, amahobe, kunye nomfanekiso wamaphiko.I-CupidNgenkulungwane ye-19, amakhadi enziwe ngezandla athathelwa indawo yimibuliso eyenziwe ngobuninzi. E-Itali,Izitshixo zeSanta Valentinezinikwa abathandi “njengophawu lothando kunye nesimemo sokuvula intliziyo yomphayo”, kunye nabantwana ukuba baphepheisifo sokuwa(ebizwa ngokuba yiSaint Valentine's Malady).

Usuku lukaValentine lukaSaint aluloholide kawonke-wonke kulo naliphi na ilizwe, nangona lusuku olusemthethweni lwesidlo kwiSidlo sase-Anglican nakwiCawa yamaLuthere. Iindawo ezininzi zeCawa yama-Orthodox yaseMpuma zibhiyozela uSuku lukaValentine lukaSaint ngomhla wesi-6 kuJulayi ukuhlonipha umfundisi waseRoma uSaint Valentine, nangomhla wama-30 kuJulayi ukuhloniphaUmbhali weHieromartyruValentine, uBhishophu wase-Interamna (wanamhlanjeITerni).

Kulo mhla wothando, iqela lethu le-ovida likwabhiyozela ngerozi, ndiyathemba ukuba nonke niyonwabele usuku lwezithandani olumnandi!