December 25? Kwa ena a Puerto Rico, ndizo zongopeka chabe pa zomwe amamva kuti ndizofunikira tsiku lachikondwerero cha Khirisimasi ku Puerto Rico . Ndipotu, Mafumu Atatu, kapena Los Reyes Magos , samangotamandidwa ku Puerto Rico koma m'dziko lonse la Latin.
Mafumu, kapena Amuna anzeru, amapereka chithunzi choonjezera chauzimu ndi chokhulupilika cha kubadwa kwa Khristu kuposa woyera woyera yemwe analipo kale ndipo anadziwika kuti Santa Claus ndi yemwe adakanizidwa ndi chikalata chofiira ndi Coca-Cola Company . Koma chifukwa chiyani ndizofunikira kwambiri chikhalidwe ndi miyambo ya Puerto Rico? Pano pali kuyang'ana koyang'ana.
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Mbiri ya M'Baibulo
Mosasamala chikhulupiriro, Ambiri ambiri amadziwa nkhaniyi, kapena, ndikudziwa nkhaniyi, ya Mafumu Atatu. Monga wothandizira wanga wolemekezeka komanso About Christianity Guide, Mary Fairchild, akufotokoza, sitidziwa zambiri za Amagi (zomwe sizikutanthauza matsenga amatsenga koma m'malo ambiri okhulupirira nyenyezi, owona, ndi okhulupirira). Powoneka kwawo mu Uthenga Wabwino wa Mateyu, iwo sanatchulidwe konse, ndipo matalala ochokera "kummawa." (Mayina omwe tawadziwa nawo - Gaspar, Melchior, ndi Balthasar - adaperekedwa kwa iwo patapita nthawi.) Chodziwika kwambiri pa iwo, ndithudi, ndi chakuti iwo amabweretsa mphatso: golidi, zonunkhira, ndi mure.
Usiku usiku Khristu anabadwa, adakokedwa ndi "kuwala kozizwitsa" kumene kunakhala nyenyezi yomwe inapachikidwa kumadzulo. Anatsatira chizindikiro ichi kupita ku Betelehemu, kumene iwo anafika (pang'ono mochedwa) kulemekeza kubadwa kwa Khristu. Ndipotu, "masiku 12 a Khirisimasi," omwe nthawi zambiri amakhulupirira kuti amatha pa December 25, kwenikweni imayamba pa 25 ndipo imatha kupitilira pa January 6, pamapeto pake ndi Phwando la Epiphany, kapena "Kulambira kwa Amagi."
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Miyambo ya Puerto Rico
Tsiku la Mafumu Achitatu, kapena Epiphany, ndilo limodzi la maholide ofunika kwambiri pa kalendala ya Puerto Rico. Mwachikhalidwe, pachilumbachi, ndi dziko lonse lachilatini, madzulo a January 6 ndi tsiku loti asinthanitse mphatso m'malo mwa December 25. Ana amatha kusonkhanitsa udzu, udzu kapena udzu mu nsapato za akavalo kapena ngamila za Magi - njira yosangalatsa kwa ma coki ndi mkaka kwa Santa. (Mwachikhalidwe, mudzapeza zithunzi ndi zojambulajambula za mafumu atatu pa akavalo mmalo mwa ngamila, chifukwa chakuti anthu amtundu wakale sankadziwa kuti ngamila inali yotani.)
Ana abwino amapatsidwa mphotho ndi maswiti, pamene ana oipa amatha ndi makala kapena ngakhale dothi (lomwe limapempha funso: Kodi muyenera kukhala oipa bwanji kuti mudye Khirisimasi?)
Masiku ano, ana amakhala ndi mphatso zazikulu pa 25, koma nthawi zonse pali mphatso yaying'ono, yochepetsa, komanso yopindulitsa kwambiri yokhazikika pa Tsiku la Mafumu Atatu.
Mafumu Atatu ndiwonso omwe amachitika pazojambula ndi zipangizo za ku Puerto Rico. Iwo ali pakati pa nkhani zotchuka kwambiri pa zisumbu za chilumba za chilumba, kapena mafano opangidwa ndi manja ndi anthu ena achipembedzo, ndipo pafupifupi magolo onse okhumudwitsa omwe amayenera mchere wawo adzawachitira ulemu.
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Zimene Tiyenera Kuyembekezera pa January 6
Pa Tsiku la Mafumu Wachitatu, amayembekeza zikondwerero ndi zikondwerero, nthawi ya kusonkhana kwa mabanja ndi maphwando okhala ndi chidziwitso chauzimu. Old San Juan amaponya chikondwerero chaka ndi chaka ku Luis Muñoz Marín Park ndi nyimbo zogwirizana, chakudya ndi zakumwa, ndi mphatso zaulere zomwe amapatsidwa kwa ana opanda mwayi. Chodabwitsa cha tsikulo chikuchitika pamene Mafumu Atatu akubwera mumzinda.
Mafumu ameneŵa akuchokera ku Juana Díaz, tauni yomwe ili kum'mwera kwa chilumbacho. Chifaniziro cha mafumu chikukupatsani moni mukamalowa mumzindawu, komanso mumakongoletsa malo opatulika. Kuchokera kumbaliyi, Mafumu Atatu amayenda kuzungulira chilumbacho, koma ku stop kwa Old Juan ndi malo akuluakulu pachilumbachi.