I-Nowruz

I-Nowruz, eyaziwa nangokuthi uNyaka Omusha WasePheresiya, umkhosi wasendulo ogujwa e-Iran nakwamanye amazwe amaningi esifundeni. Umkhosi uphawula ukuqala konyaka omusha ekhalendeni lasePheresiya futhi ngokuvamile uwela ngosuku lokuqala lwentwasahlobo, okungama-20 March. I-Nowruz yisikhathi sokuvuselela nokuzalwa kabusha, futhi ingelinye lamasiko abaluleke kakhulu nahlonishwayo esikweni lase-Iranian.

Imvelaphi ye-Nowruz ingalandelelwa emuva embusweni wasendulo wasePheresiya, owaqala emuva eminyakeni eyizi-3,000. Umkhosi ekuqaleni wawugujwa njengeholide lamaZoroastrian, futhi kamuva wamukelwa ngamanye amasiko esifundeni. Igama elithi “Nowruz” ngokwalo lisho “usuku olusha” ngesiPheresiya, futhi libonisa umqondo weziqalo ezintsha neziqalo ezintsha.

Esinye sezici ezibaluleke kakhulu ze-Nowruz yitafula le-Haft-Seen, okuyitafula elikhethekile elibekwe ezindlini nasezindaweni zomphakathi phakathi nomkhosi. Itafula ngokuvamile lihlotshiswe ngezinto eziyisikhombisa ezingokomfanekiso eziqala ngohlamvu lwesiPheresiya elithi “isono”, elimelela inombolo eyisikhombisa. Lezi zinto zihlanganisa i-Sabzeh (ukolweni, ibhali noma amahlumela kadali), i-Samanu (uphudingi omnandi owenziwe ngegciwane likakolweni), i-Senjed (isithelo esomisiwe sesihlahla se-lotus), i-Seer (isweli), i-Seeb (i-apula), i-Somāq (amajikijolo e-sumac) kanye ne-Serkeh (uviniga).

Ngaphezu kwetafula le-Haft-Seen, i-Nowruz ibuye igujwe namanye amasiko namasiko ahlukahlukene, njengokuvakashela izihlobo nabangane, ukuphana izipho, nokubamba iqhaza emikhosini yomphakathi. Abantu abaningi base-Irani nabo bagubha u-Nowruz ngokugxuma emlilweni ngobusuku bangaphambi komkhosi, okukholakala ukuthi uxosha imimoya emibi futhi ulethe izinhlanhla.

I-Nowruz yisikhathi senjabulo, sethemba, nokuvuselela isiko lase-Iranian. Kungumkhosi wokugubha ukuguquka kwezinkathi zonyaka, ukunqoba kokukhanya phezu kobumnyama, namandla eziqalo ezintsha. Ngakho-ke, kuyisiko elithandwayo eligxile ngokujulile emlandweni kanye nobunikazi babantu base-Irani.