Idan kuna wani abu kamar mu anan Murya da hangen nesa, kuna ɗokin jiran ƙarin dogon hutun karshen mako.A matsayin kyautarmu gare ku, muna so mu aiko muku da wasu abubuwan ban sha'awa na Kirsimeti.Da fatan za a ji daɗin amfani da su don masu fara tattaunawa mai ban sha'awa a taronku.(Marabanku).
ASALIN KIRSIMETI
Asalin Kirsimeti ya samo asali ne daga al'adun arna da na Romawa.Romawa sun yi bukukuwa biyu a watan Disamba.Na farko shi ne Saturnalia, wanda shi ne bikin makonni biyu na girmama allahn aikin gona na Saturn.A ranar 25 ga Disamba, sun yi bikin haifuwar Mithra, allahn rana.Bikin biyun sun kasance na ban sha'awa, shaye-shaye.
Haka kuma a cikin watan Disamba, inda rana mafi duhu ta shiga, al'adun maguzawa sun kunna wuta da kyandir don kiyaye duhu.Romawa kuma sun shigar da wannan al'ada cikin bukukuwan nasu.
Yayin da addinin Kiristanci ya yaɗu a Turai, limaman Kirista ba su iya hana al’adu da bukukuwan arna ba.Tun da ba wanda ya san ranar haihuwar Yesu, sun mai da al’adar arna ta zama bikin ranar haihuwarsa.
BIshiyar Kirsimeti
A wani bangare na shagulgulan bukukuwan arna, al'adun maguzawa sun kawata gidajensu da korayen da ake sa ran zuwan bazara.Bishiyoyin Evergreen sun kasance kore a lokacin mafi sanyi da kwanaki mafi duhu, don haka ana tunanin suna da iko na musamman.Romawa kuma sun ƙawata haikalinsu da bishiyar fir a lokacin Saturnalia kuma sun ƙawata su da guntun ƙarfe.Akwai ma rubuce-rubucen Helenawa na ado itatuwa don girmama gumakansu.Abin sha'awa shine, bishiyar farko da aka shigo da su cikin gidajen arna an rataye su ne daga silin, a kife.
Al’adar bishiyar da muka saba da ita a yau ta fito ne daga Arewacin Turai, inda kabilun arna na Jamus suka ƙawata bishiyoyin da ba a taɓa gani ba don bautar gunkin Woden da kyandirori da busassun ’ya’yan itace.An shigar da al'adar cikin bangaskiyar Kirista a Jamus a cikin shekarun 1500.Sun kawata bishiyoyi a gidajensu da kayan zaki, fitulu, da kayan wasan yara.
SANTA CLUS
An yi wahayi zuwa ga St. Nicholas, wannan al'adar Kirsimeti tana da tushen Kiristanci, maimakon arna.An haife shi a kudancin Turkiyya a shekara ta 280, ya kasance bishop a cocin Kirista na farko kuma ya sha azaba da ɗaurin kurkuku saboda bangaskiyarsa.Ya fito daga gidan masu hannu da shuni, ya shahara saboda karimcinsa ga talakawa da kuma rashin basu hakkinsa.Tatsuniyoyi da ke kewaye da shi sun yi yawa, amma mafi shahara shi ne yadda ya ceci 'ya'ya mata uku daga sayar da su bauta.Babu sadakin da za a yi wa mutum ya aure su, don haka shi ne matakin karshe na mahaifinsu.An ce St. Nicholas ya jefar da zinare ta wata taga da aka bude a cikin gida, don haka ya cece su daga makomarsu.Labari yana da cewa zinariyar ta sauka a cikin safa ta bushewa da wuta, don haka yara suka fara rataye safa ta hanyar wuta da fatan St. Nicholas zai jefa kyaututtuka a cikin su.
Don girmama mutuwarsa, Disamba 6th an ayyana ranar St. Nicholas.Yayin da lokaci ya ci gaba, kowane al'adun Turai ya daidaita nau'ikan St. Nicholas.A cikin al'adun Swiss da Jamusanci, Christkind ko Kris Kringle (yaro Kristi) sun raka St. Nicholas don ba da kyauta ga yara masu kyau.Jultomten ya kasance mai farin ciki da ke ba da kyaututtuka ta hanyar sleigh da awaki suka zana a Sweden.Sai kuma Uban Kirsimeti a Ingila da kuma Pere Noel a Faransa.A cikin Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Lorraine, Faransa, da wasu sassan Jamus, an san shi da Sinter Klaas.(Klaas, don rikodin, taƙaitaccen sigar sunan Nicholas ne).Wannan shine inda Santa Claus na Amurka ya fito.
KIRSIMETI A AMERICA
Kirsimeti a farkon Amurka ya kasance jaka mai gauraya.Mutane da yawa masu akidar Puritan sun haramta Kirsimati saboda asalin arna da kuma yanayin bikin.Sauran bakin haure da suka taho daga Turai sun ci gaba da al'adun kasashensu.Yaren mutanen Holland sun kawo Sinter Klaas tare da su zuwa New York a cikin shekarun 1600.Jamusawa sun kawo al'adun bishiyar su a cikin 1700s.Kowannensu ya yi bikin kansa a cikin al'ummarsa.
Sai a farkon shekarun 1800 ne bikin Kirsimati na Amurka ya fara kama.Washington Irving ya rubuta jerin labaran wani hamshakin attajiri dan kasar Ingila wanda ya gayyaci ma'aikatansa su ci abinci tare da shi.Irving yana son ra'ayin mutane na kowane yanayi da matsayin zamantakewa suna haduwa don hutu.Don haka, ya ba da labari da ya tuna da tsofaffin al’adun Kirsimati da aka ɓata amma wannan hamshakin attajiri ya maido da shi.Ta labarin Irving, ra'ayin ya fara ɗauka a cikin zukatan jama'ar Amurka.
A cikin 1822, Clement Clark Moore ya rubuta Asusu na Ziyara daga St. Nicholas don 'ya'yansa mata.Yanzu an san shi da Dare Kafin Kirsimeti.A ciki, ra'ayin zamani na Santa Claus a matsayin mutum mai daɗi da ke yawo a sararin sama a kan sleigh ya kama.Daga baya, a cikin 1881, an hayar mai zane Thomas Nast don zana hoton Santa don tallan Coke-a-Cola.Ya halicci Santa Round tare da mata mai suna Mrs. Claus, kewaye da ma'aikaci elves.Bayan haka, hoton Santa a matsayin mutum mai fara'a, mai kitse, farin gemu a cikin jajayen kwat da wando ya shiga cikin al'adun Amurka.
HUTUN KASA
Bayan yakin basasa, kasar na neman hanyoyin da za a bi domin ganin an kawar da bambance-bambancen da za a samu a dunkule a matsayin kasa daya.A cikin 1870, Shugaba Ulysses S. Grant ya ayyana shi hutun tarayya.Kuma yayin da al'adun Kirsimeti sun daidaita tare da lokaci, ina tsammanin sha'awar Washington Irving na haɗin kai a cikin bikin yana rayuwa.Ya zama lokacin shekara inda muke yi wa wasu fatan alheri, ba da gudummawa ga ayyukan agaji da muka fi so, da ba da kyaututtuka tare da ruhi mai daɗi.
BARKANMU DA HUKUNCIN KIRSIMETI
Don haka, duk inda kuka kasance, kuma duk al'adun da kuka bi, muna muku fatan alheri na Kirsimeti da farin ciki na hutu!
Albarkatu:
• https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/history-of-christmas/2566272.html
• https://www.nrf.com/resources/consumer-research-and-data/holiday-spending/holiday-headquarters
• https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/trees.shtml
• http://www.religioustolerance.org/xmas_tree.htm
• https://www.livescience.com/25779-christmas-traditions-history-paganism.html
• http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/who-is-st-nicholas/
Lokacin aikawa: Dec-24-2022
