Mbiri ya Chikhristu mu Africa inayamba zaka za zana loyamba. Kuphatikizana ndi Islam, ndi chimodzi mwa zipembedzo ziwiri zomwe zimapezeka kwambiri ku Africa. Mu 2000, panali pafupifupi 380 miliyoni a ku Africa, ndipo kafukufuku akusonyeza kuti chiwerengero chimenecho chikhoza kuwirikiza kawiri ndi 2025. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, Khirisimasi imakondwerera ku Africa konse ndi mabungwe achikhristu onse akulu ndi ang'onoang'ono.
Pa tsiku la Khirisimasi amaimba kuchokera ku Ghana kupita ku South Africa . Zakudya zimawotchedwa, mphatso zimasinthana ndipo anthu amayenda kutali kwambiri kukayendera banja. Akristu a Coptic ku Ethiopia ndi ku Egypt amakondwerera Khirisimasi malinga ndi kalendala ya Julia - zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ngakhale kuti amakondwerera pa December 25, tsikulo nthawi zambiri limamasulira ku Januwale 7 pa kalendala ya Gregory. Kwanzaa (chikondwerero cha cholowa cha African African ku United States ndipo nthawi zambiri chokhudzana ndi nyengo yachikondwerero) sichikukondwerera ku Africa. Ndipo pokhapokha mutakhala m'mapiri a Atlas a Morocco , muli ndi mwayi wambiri wokondwerera Khirisimasi yoyera .
Ngakhale m'mayiko ena ambiri a Afirika, Khrisimasi ikudziwika kuti ndi chikondwerero chadziko. Mudziko la West African ku Senegal, Islam ndilo chipembedzo chachikulu - komabe Khrisimasi imasankhidwa ngati holide ya dziko. Nkhani ya Mail & Guardian ikusonyeza momwe Asilamu a ku Senegal ndi Akristu adasankha kuti azikondwerera zikondwerero za wina ndi mzake, kuika maziko a dziko lodziwika bwino lachipembedzo.
Utumiki wa Tchalitchi ndi Kukonza
Kupita ku tchalitchi nthawi zambiri ndiko kukondwerera Khirisimasi ku Africa. Zithunzi za kubadwa kwa Yesu zimasulidwa, carols amaimbidwa, ndipo nthawi zina masewera amachitika.
Ku Malawi , magulu a ana aang'ono amayenda khomo ndi khomo kuti achite masewera ndi nyimbo za Khirisimasi pamodzi ndi zida zokonzedwera.
Amalandira mphatso yaing'ono yobwereketsa ndalama, mofanana ndi momwe ana a Kumadzulo amachitira podzipaka. M'mayiko ambiri, maulendo amapita pambuyo pa msonkhano wa tchalitchi pa Khrisimasi. Izi nthawi zambiri zimakhala zosangalatsa za nyimbo ndi kuvina. Ku Gambia, mwachitsanzo, anthu amakopeka ndi nyali zazikulu zotchedwa zotengera, zopangidwa mofanana ndi boti kapena nyumba. Dziko lirilonse liri ndi zikondwerero zake zapadera ngakhale kuti ndi Akhristu ang'onoang'ono bwanji.
Chakudya cha Khirisimasi
Monga mu miyambo yambiri ya Chikhristu, kukondwerera chakudya cha Khirisimasi ndi abwenzi ndi abambo ndi mwambo waukulu wa zikondwerero ku Africa. M'mayiko ambiri, Khirisimasi ndi tchuthi lapadera ndipo anthu amagwiritsa ntchito mpata wokachezera achibale ndi abwenzi. Kummawa kwa Africa, mbuzi zimagulidwa kumsika wa kuderako kuti aziwotcha tsiku la Khirisimasi. Ku South Africa, mabanja amatha kulimba ; kapena salonjera chikhalidwe chawo cha ku Britain ndi chakudya chamadzulo cha Khirisimasi chokwanira ndi zipewa za pamapepala, mapepala a mince ndi Turkey. Ku Ghana, chakudya cha Khirisimasi sichitha popanda fufu ndi msuzi wa okra; ndipo mu Liberia mpunga, ng'ombe ndi mabisiketi ndi dongosolo la tsikulo.
Kupereka Mphatso
Anthu omwe angathe kuzilandira amapereka mphatso pa Khirisimasi, ngakhale kuti tchuthi silili malonda ku Africa monga momwe zilili ku Ulaya kapena kumpoto kwa America.
Kulimbikitsidwa kumaphatikizapo pa chikondwerero chachipembedzo cha kubadwa kwa Yesu kusiyana ndi kupatsa mphatso. Mphatso yowonjezeka kwambiri yomwe idagulidwa pa Khirisimasi ndi zovala zatsopano, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimafunikila kuti ziveke ku tchalitchi. Kumidzi ya Africa, anthu ochepa amatha kupeza mphatso zamakono kapena zamaseŵera, ndipo mulimonsemo, mulibe malo ambiri ogula. Choncho, ngati mphatso zimasinthidwa m'madera osauka nthawi zambiri zimakhala ngati mabuku, sukulu, nsalu, makandulo ndi zinthu zina zothandiza.
Zosangalatsa za Khirisimasi
Malo okongoletsera malo, mitengo, mipingo, ndi nyumba zimapezeka m'madera onse achikhristu ku Africa. Mutha kuwona chipale chofewa chokongoletsera ku Nairobi , mitengo ya kanjedza yodzala ndi makandulo ku Ghana, kapena mitengo ya kanjedza ya mafuta yomwe ili ndi mabelu ku Liberia. N'zoona kuti mitengo yamtengo wapatali yobiriwira komanso yamtengo wapatali yomwe imapezeka kumadzulo ndi zobvuta kubwera ku Africa, choncho mitengo ya Khirisimasi nthawi zambiri imalowetsedwa ndi njira zenizeni kapena zowonjezera.
Mmene Tinganene Khirisimasi Yosangalatsa ku Africa
Ku Akan (Ghana): Afishapa
Mu Shona (Zimbabwe): Muve ndi Kisisusi
Mu Afrikaans (South Africa): Geseënde Kersfees
Chizulu (South Africa): Sinifisela Ukhisimusi Wabwino
Swazi (Swaziland): Sinifisela Khisimusi Lomuhle
Ku Sotho (Lesotho): Matswalo ndi Morena a Mabotse
Mu Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya): Kuwa ndi Krismasi njema
Mu Amharic (Ethiopia): Melkam Yelidet Beaal
Mu Egyptian Arabic (Egypt): Colo sana wintom tiebeen
M'Chiyoruba (Nigeria): E ku odun, e hu he 'dun
Mavidiyo a Zikondwerero za Khirisimasi ku Africa
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