Chimene chikhalidwechi chimatanthauza kwa Achijapani
Ngati simunapite ku Japan, mwina simudziwa Tanabata. Kotero, ndi chiani kwenikweni? Mwachidule, Tanabata ndi chikhalidwe cha ku Japan kumene anthu amalemba zofuna zawo pamapepala ang'onoang'ono, okongola ndi kuwapachika pa nthambi za bamboo. Liwu la Chijapani la mapepala awa ndi tanzaku. Mwinanso, anthu ena amakongoletsa nthambi zachitsamba ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mapepala ndi kuziyika kunja kwa nyumba zawo.
Njira imene Japan imafunira ikhoza kukhala yapaderadera, koma miyambo yosiyanasiyana ili ndi chikhalidwe chokhudzana ndi kukhumba. Ku United States ndi maiko ena a Kumadzulo, kuswa nkhumba zamakono za nkhuku, kutaya makoko mumadzi, kutulutsa makandulo a tsiku lobadwa kapena pa dandelion fluff ndi njira zina zomwe zanenedwa kuti apange zofuna. Tanabata ndi mwambo wosiyana, koma ndi chilengedwe chonse kuti anthu onse, ngakhale kuti dziko lawo lachokera, ali ndi chiyembekezo ndi maloto kuti akwaniritse.
Chiyambi cha Tanabata
Zimanenedwa kuti chiyambi cha Tanabata, chomwe chimadziwikanso ndi "Star Festival", chinabwerera zaka zopitirira 2,000 zapitazo. Mizu yake imafotokozedwa m'nkhani yakale yachi China. Malingana ndi nkhaniyi, kamodzi kunali mfumu yachifumu ya weaver yotchedwa Orihime ndi mkulu wa ng'ombe wotchedwa Hikoboshi akukhala mlengalenga. Atasonkhana pamodzi, ankasewera nthawi zonse ndikuyamba kunyalanyaza ntchito yawo. Izi zinakwiyitsa mfumu, amene anawapatulira kumbali zonse za mtsinje wa Amanogawa (Milky Way) monga chilango.
Mfumuyo inakhumudwa ndipo inalola Orihime ndi Hikoboshi kuti awone kamodzi pachaka pa tsiku lachisanu ndi chiwiri la mwezi wachisanu ndi chiwiri mu kalendala ya mwezi. Tanabata kwenikweni amatanthauza usiku wachisanu ndi chiwiri. A Japanese amakhulupirira kuti Orihime ndi Hikoboshi sangathe kuwonana ngati nyengo ikugwa, choncho ndizolowezi kupempherera nyengo yabwino komanso lero.
Tsiku Limasinthasintha
Chifukwa Tanabata akuchokera pa kalendala ya mwezi, pamene phwando la nyenyezi likuchitika chaka chilichonse limasiyana. Malingana ndi dera lomwe likuchita chikondwererochi, Tanabata ikunakumbukidwa mwina pa July 7 kapena Aug. 7 ku Japan. Mizinda ndi midzi yambiri ya m'dzikomo imakhala ndi zikondwerero za Tanabata ndikuyika maonekedwe okongola pamsewu waukulu. Ndizosangalatsa kwambiri kudutsa mumtsinje wautali pamsewu. Kumadera ena, anthu amawala nyali ndikuyandama pamtsinje. Ena amayandama masamba a bamboo pamtsinje.
Kukulunga
Tanabata amakondwerera mfundo zingapo zosiyana, kuphatikizapo chikondi, zokhumba, kusewera ndi kukongola, zonse pofotokozera magulu a nyenyezi. Ngati simungakwanitse kupita ku Japan kwa phwando la nyenyezi, mukhoza kutenga nawo mbali ku Tanabata m'malo omwe amadzitamandira anthu ambiri a ku Japan. Mwachitsanzo, Los Angeles ndi mzinda umodzi. Ndilo kunyumba kwa phwando la nyenyezi lomwe likuchitika mu August m'dera laling'ono la Tokyo.
Pamene mukugwira nawo ntchito ku Tanabata kunjako sikudzakhala chimodzimodzi ndikukondwerera ku Japan, kuchita izi kudzakupatsani mpata wowona miyambo yeniyeni yaku Japan.