Momwe mungakongoletsere, zomwe mungatumikire ndi malingaliro ena a Tsiku la Akufa
Chaka chilichonse chapafupi ndi Nov. 1, Santa Monica, Calif., Danette wokhalamo akulumikizana pabwalo la nyumba kuti alemekeze okondedwa awo omwe adutsa. Danette, yemwe anapempha kuti asunge dzina lake lomaliza lachinsinsi, akhazikitsa arenda (guwa lansembe) kumene zithunzi za malo oyandikana nawo amwalira.
Si nthawi yowopsya, yowawa, komabe. Ndi chikondwerero chachikondwerero chomwe chimadziwika ndi chikhalidwe cha Latin America monga El Dia de los Muertos, kapena Tsiku la Akufa.
El Dia de los Muertos amatha masiku awiri ndipo nthawi zambiri amagwirizanitsidwa ndi Halowini, ngakhale kuti maholide ali ndi chiyambi chosiyana. Panthawi ya Halowini, zithunzi za mizimu ndi ziphuphu zimayenera kuopseza anthu. Anthu amene amakondwerera Dia de los Muertos, amawongoletsa zithunzi za mafupa ndi zigaza ndikuwoneka ngati njira yowonjezera kuti aliyense akhale omasuka ndi imfa.
Anthu a ku Mexico anayamba kagulu ka El Dia de los Muertos zaka zikwi zambiri zapitazo. Akatolika a Roma Katolika ku Latin America adagwirizana ndi mwambo wawo pa nthawi yake, ndipo tsopano ikugwirizana ndi zikondwerero za Katolika za Tsiku Lonse Lopatulika pa Nov. 1 ndi Tsiku Lonse la Moyo pa Nov. 2.
Ena amaganiza kuti n'zosavuta kuyankhulana ndi miyoyo ya akufa m'masiku amenewo, choncho amachezera kumanda, kukongoletsa miyala yamanda ndi kukhazikitsa maguwa kuti azilemekeza okondedwa omwe adutsa.
Mwachikhalidwe, ana omwe anamwalira amalemekezedwa pa Nov.
1, ndi akuluakulu omwe anamwalira akulemekezedwa pa Nov. 2.
El Dia de los Muertos ndi holide yokongola, yosangalatsa komanso ingakhale yosangalatsa ndi ana. Nawa malangizowo opanga kusangalatsa:
- Lembani nyumba yanu ndi maluwa, kuphatikizapo marigolds, omwe amakhulupirira kuti amakopa mizimu ya wakufayo. Ngati simungathe kudzaza chipinda ndi maluwa atsopano, pangani maluwa a mapepala pamodzi ndi ana anu musanayambe kapena panthawi ya phwando ndikuwonetsani.
- Zithunzi zojambulidwa za mafupa ndi zigaza. Gwiritsani ntchito template yazigawenga zamitundu yosiyanasiyana, monga kupanga maski ndi ana kapena kuigwiritsa ntchito kufumbi yakufa mu mawonekedwe a gaza pamwamba pa keke ya chokoleti. Kuti muchite ntchito yomalizayi, tsatirani chimodzi mwa zigaza pakati pa pepala lalikulu, dulani mutuwu kuti muchoke pamapepala omwe akuzungulira ndi kuyika chithunzi choipa pamwamba pa keke. Dulani mutu wa chigaza ndikuyikapo pa keke komwe angayang'ane pa nkhope yake. Sungani bwino shuga wofiira pa gawo looneka la keke pogwiritsa ntchito ufa wosakaniza ndiyeno ponyani mosamala pepalalo kuti muwulule fuga.
- Konzani guwa ndi kulikongoletsa ndi mitanda, makandulo, maluwa, zithunzi za wakufayo ndi zopereka, monga zakudya zomwe mumazikonda.
- Pangani ndi kuvala zibangili za zigoba, phokoso limene amakhulupirira kuti adzaukitsa akufa.
- Gwiritsani chakudya chambiri cha Dia de los Muertos, monga zigawenga, pan de muerto ndi tamales.
- Fotokozani nkhani zachidule zokhudza womwalirayo.
Pa phwando lapachaka la Danette ku Santa Monica, ana amapanga zojambulajambula, monga zibangili zopangidwa ndi zigaza, ndipo amapatsidwa mabuku a Dia de los Muertos ndi zojambulajambula kuti azigonjetsa kuvina kapena kuvala zovala zabwino.
Akuti ana amaphunzitsidwa kuganizira za chisangalalo chokumbukira anthu omwe adutsa ndi "kukumbukira akufa kukumbukira kukhala moyo wambiri."
"Ndikuganiza kuti mawu akuti, 'Musawope kufa. Opani kuti musakhale ndi moyo, "anatero Danette.