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.