Kukonda Sardine Kumwamba
Ndikuyang'ana pawindo la sitolo ku Lisbon, ku Portugal, ndinayang'ana pakhomo la magalimoto otembenuka mtima akupita ku Avenue Liberdade: Iwo adadzazidwa ndi akwati muzithunzi zonse, mawonekedwe ndi zaka zambiri, atavala zokometsera zawo zonse.
Mwini sitoloyo anandiuza kuti anali "akwatibwi a St. Anthony," omwe amadziwikanso kuti "woyera matchmaker," ndipo anali gawo la miyambo ya phwando la Juni 12-14 ya woyera. Anati nyumba ya mzindayi imapatsa anthu okwatirana ufulu kwaulere ngati ali osauka.
Ndinali ku Lisbon kukondwerera Phwando la St. Anthony ndipo ndinayambira tsiku loyamba kupita ku Misa ku tchalitchi chake. Ndinadutsa m'gulu la anthu kupita kuguwa lansembe ndipo ndinapeza zipembedzo zogwiritsa ntchito golidi ndi kristalo. Nditayang'anitsitsa ndikuwona mafupa ena mkati. Patapita nthawi ndinapeza kuti mbali ya dzanja la woyerayo ili patsogolo.
Pakhomo loyambirira la tchalitchi linali shopu laling'ono la mphatso. Chomwe ndinachigwira ndi diso langa chinali gulu la amayi ogulitsa mkate wozungulira mkate ndi kukula kwa mipira ya golf. Anthu anali kukankhira ndi kuwombera kuti agule iwo. Ndinazindikira kuti amayi ambiri adabwerera ku tchalitchi ndikukakamiza mkatewo kuti awonetseke chithunzi choyera choyera.
Kenaka ndinazindikira kuti amayi angapo anali mauthenga olembera pamapope a pepala, kuwapukuta ndikuwakankhira muzithunzi zozungulira chithunzichi. Ndinatsatira ndondomeko yeniyeni ndikulemba pemphero lapadera, ndikulilemba mokweza ndikuliika mu chimango ndi mkate wanga.
Mwambo Wokhudza
Mwambo wa "Mkate wa St. Anthony" umabwerera ku 1263 AD, pamene mwana adamira mu mtsinje wa Brenta pafupi ndi Tchalitchi cha St. Anthony ku Padua. Mayiyo adapita ku St. Anthony ndipo adalonjeza kuti ngati mwana wake adzaukitsidwa, adzapatsa osauka kuchuluka kwa tirigu wofanana ndi kulemera kwa mwana wake.
Mwana wake anapulumutsidwa, ndipo lonjezo lake linasungidwa. "Mkate wa St. Anthony," ndiye lonjezo lopereka mphatso kuti athandizidwe ndi Mulungu kupyolera mwa kupempherera kwa St. Anthony.
Kwa Asilamu a Fado
Okonda nyimbo amangofuna kumva fado, nyimbo zowonongeka, nyimbo zosangalatsa kwambiri ku peninsula ya Iberia nthawi zambiri zimapeza chithunzi cha Anthony pambuyo pa fadista (singer) ndi oimba.
Fado adathamangira kwambiri Anthony, koma mutu wake waukulu ndi chikhulupiliro ndi kulakalaka-zomwe zatayika komanso zomwe sizinachitikepo. Anthony akulowera kumeneku.
Ndinasiya tchalitchi kuti ndikaone zomwe ndingapezepo za St. Anthony.
Anthony wa Padua
Munthu amene anadziwika ndi anthu ambiri monga Anthony wa Padua anali Chipwitikizi. Iye anali nyanja yauzimu, kufunafuna malo atsopano a moyo, monga momwe ena ofufuza a Chipwitikizi adalowera m'madzi osadziwika.
Anali ndi maonekedwe aakulu padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo adakhala wamishonale wopanda mantha akuyenda ulendo woyamba ku Morocco ndiyeno kudutsa kumwera kwa France ndi kumpoto kwa Italy pamapazi.
Ali ku Rimini, pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Adriatic ku Italy, anakumana ndi vuto linalake kuti anthu ammudzi amumvetsere. Wokhumudwa pang'ono, anapita kumtunda, kumene mtsinje wa Ariminus umathamangira m'nyanja, ndipo anayamba kulankhula ndi nsomba.
Nsomba Zambiri
Atangolankhula mau pang'ono, mwadzidzidzi nsomba zochuluka kwambiri, zing'onozing'ono ndi zazikulu, zinayandikira kubanki komwe adayima. Nsomba zonsezo zinasunga mitu yawo mmadzi, ndipo zikuwoneka kuti zikuyang'anitsitsa pa nkhope ya St Anthony; zonse zinakonzedwa mwangwiro komanso mwamtendere kwambiri, zing'onozing'ono kutsogolo pafupi ndi banki, pambuyo pake zinabwera zikuluzikulu, ndipo potsirizira pake, madzi anali akuya, aakulu kwambiri.
Pamene adapitiriza kulankhula, nsombazo zinayamba kutsegula pakamwa pawo ndikuweramitsa mitu yawo, kuyesetsa mochuluka momwe zinaliri ndi mphamvu zawo kuwonetsera ulemu wawo. Anthu a mumzindawo, atamva za chozizwitsa, anafulumizitsa kuchitira umboni.
Sardini ndizopadera zapanyumba
Ndinamva kuti sardine amaimirira nsomba zozizwazo ndipo inali mbali yofunika kwambiri pa zikondwererozo.
Ndinapita ku malo odyera pafupi ndikuganiza mozama za nsomba zokoma za masana.
Tsoka, maitre'd anadodometsa monga adanena kuti alibe sardines. Ndinayesa zowawa zina zambiri.
Sindinakhalepo mpaka mnyamata yemwe ali mu sitolo ya nyimbo ananditsogolera ine pamsewu wawung'ono womwe unali ndi matebulo akunja ndi malo odyera osiyana omwe ndinawapeza.
Iwo anali okondwa kuwonetseredwa mu ulemerero wawo wonse waubweya mu firiji. Chakudya chinali chaumulungu!
Izi zikutanthauza kuti kutsegulidwa kwa nyengo ya sardine kumagwirizana ndi Phwando la St. Anthony ndi anthu onse a mzindawo amawaphimba pa grill. Malo odyera odyera sangathe kupikisana ndipo anthu sangalipire mitengo yawo yapadera.
"Woyera wa Matchmaker"
Udindo wa zozizwitsa za St. Anthony sizinalephereke, ndipo ngakhale lero lino akuvomerezedwa kuti ndi wozizwitsa wamkulu pa nthawi.
Amapemphedwa makamaka kuti zinthu ziwonongeke. Ndiponso, motsutsana ndi njala, wosabereka; mtsogoleri wa zipolopolo, nyama, anthu oyendetsa ngalawa, Brazil, nyama zoweta, okalamba, amayi oyembekezera, chikhulupiliro cha Sacramenti Yopatulika, Ferrazzano, asodzi, zokolola, akavalo, Lisbon, nyama zochepa, mauthenga, oyendetsa sitima, anthu oponderezedwa, ku Padua, osauka, Portugal , oyendetsa sitima, osasunthika, nkhumba zazing'ono, Amwenye a ku Tigua, alendo oyendayenda, oyendayenda, ndi mavindi.
June 13 ndi Tsiku la St. Anthony
St. Anthony amadziwika kuti woyera wa matchmaker ndipo madzulo a tsiku lake, pa 13 Juni, atsikana amayesa njira zosiyanasiyana zodziwira amene adzakwatirane naye.
Njira imodzi yokondweretsa ndiyo msungwana kuti adze pakamwa pake ndi madzi ndikugwira mpaka atamva dzina la mnyamata. Dzina limene amva limakhaladi la mwamuna wake wam'tsogolo!
Njira yina yozindikiramo "njonda" ndiyo kupanga mgwirizano ndi St. Anthony ndi chizindikiro kapena chinthu chomwe inu awiri mukudziwa.
Mwambo wotchuka umalangiza kuti:
- Lembani mbale yaying'ono ndi madzi
- Lembani mayina a omwe mukufuna (kapena mukuganiza kuti mukufuna!) Kuti mukakhale mnzanu wapamtima
- Sungani mapepala onse ndi kuwaika mu mbale
- Ikani mbale pansi pa bedi lanu
- Tsiku lotsatira, yang'anirani mapepala. Dzina lomwe latsegulira kwambiri mwa mnzanu wangwiro!
Akazi osakwatira amadziwika kugula chifaniziro chaching'ono cha Saint Anthony ndi malo (kapena kuika maliro) pamtunda kwa sabata, kumusiya kuti amuike pamalo ake oyenera atapeza mwamuna wabwino.
Mwambo wokondweretsa wa tsikuli ndi wachinyamata kuti apereke mphika wa basil kwa mtsikana yemwe akuyembekeza kukwatira. M'kati mwa phokoso ndi vesi kapena uthenga umene umasonyeza chilakolako cha mnyamatayu.
Miphika ya basiliti imawonetsedwa pafupi ndi khonde lililonse kuzungulira mzindawo ndipo nthawi zambiri amaperekedwa monga mphatso ndi mavesi ang'onoang'ono omwe amamuuza St. Anthony kapena chikondi ndi chikondi kwa wolandira.
Kukondwerera St. Anthony
Pamene mzinda wonse ukukondwerera St. Anthony usiku wa 12 mpaka 13 Juni, maguwa amamangidwa, mapulusa amachitika ndipo misewu imakongoletsa mpweya wadzaza ndi fungo lokoma la sardini kukongoletsedwa pamoto wamoto pafupi ndi msewu uliwonse, makamaka m'dera la Alfama wa mzindawo.
Chombo chachikulu kwambiri ndi Marchas Populares, pafupi ndi Avenue Liberade. Ndinapeza malo abwino kwambiri owonera pafupi ndi hotelo yanga pamodzi ndi mabwenzi angapo ndikuyang'ana ngati anthu ambirimbiri akudutsa.
Mzinda uliwonse ku Lisbon uli ndi zovala zokongola, zoyandama ndi magulu oyendayenda. Pali mphotho ya gulu labwino koma panthawi yopitilirapo mpaka kupitirira pakati pa usiku, ine ndi abwenzi anga tinamva njala ndikupita ku dera la Alfama kwa sardines.
Tinaitanidwa ku bwalo laling'ono lomwe linali ndi patio kumbuyo kwake. Kumeneku tinkapatsidwa mankhwala osungunuka bwino, timagwiritsidwa ntchito pa chidutswa cha mkate pa mapepala ndi mapepala.
Tinamwa sangria kuchokera m'mapopu a pulasitiki ndipo tinanyenga zala zathu pamene tinkafikira nsomba ina. Mulu wa mafupa umasungidwa pakati pa tebulo lathu ndipo komabe nsombayo zimangobwera. Ndinali kumwamba kumwamba.
Pa zakudya zonse zokonzeka bwino zomwe ndakhala nazo ku Portugal, chotukuka cha pakati pa usiku chikhale chodabwitsa.
Ndi Jacqueline Harmon Butler