"Alongo, All Hallow's Eve tsopano ndi tsiku lotopetsa, pomwe ana amavala zovala ndikumathamangira!" - Bette Midler monga Winifred Sanderson, Hocus Pocus

Timamva mzerewu mufilimuyi Hocus Pocus ndipo timaseka chifukwa sitingaganizire kuti Halowini ndi usiku wosangalatsa woti ana azinyenga kapena kuchitira ndipo akuluakulu kuti avale ndikukhala osamvera monga amafunira usiku womwewo chaka chilichonse. Sitimaganizira kuti zikadakhala izi. Koma, kodi Halowini idachokera kuti? Chinali chiyani pamene chinayamba? Kuti tipeze mayankho, tifunika kuyenda limodzi kubwerera kumaiko a Aselote ndi makolo awo, omwe machitidwe awo akanakhala tchuthi chomwe timakondwerera lero.

Ngakhale palibe amene angakhomere pamphindi pomwe chikondwererochi chidayamba, kuyerekezera kwathu koyambirira kumakhala zaka pafupifupi 5000 zapitazo. Panthawiyo, miyoyo ya anthu imazungulira nyengo za chaka ndipo umodzi mwamisonkhano yayikulu kwambiri umachitika nthawi yokolola komaliza. Inalibe dzina lomwe tikudziwabe, koma banja lonse likanabwera pamodzi ngati chomaliza cha mbewu ndi ndiwo zamasamba zomwe zitha kuonetsetsa kuti kupulumuka kwawo nthawi yonse yachisanu zidasungidwa. Bonfires amayatsidwa ndipo anthu amavina mozungulira iwo, kuthokoza Amulungu kwa chaka china chokomera. Kuyambira nthawi zoyambirira, moto udakhala chizindikiro cha Umulungu mwanjira iliyonse, ndipo adasangalalira ndi kulumikizana komwe amamva kwa Amulungu ndikutentha kwamoto.

M'kupita kwa nthawi, ndipo anthu a Paleopagan m'derali adakhala olongosoka, kakhalidwe kabungwe kamene kanakhudza mbali zonse za moyo wawo. Wansembe, wotchedwa Druids, anali atayamba kulamulira ndipo amatsogolera anthu kukondwerera zikondwerero zinayi zamoto chaka chonse komanso kupereka zosowa zawo za tsiku ndi tsiku. A Druid nawonso anali akazembe pakati pa mabanja ndi oweruza pazolakwa zomwe zidachitika m'mafuko. Ino ndi nthawi yoyamba pamene tchuthi / chikondwerero chathu chimapatsidwa dzina ndipo dzinali ndi Samhain (amatchedwa "SOW-en"). Kutanthauza "Kutha kwa chirimwe", Samhain adawonetsa kutha kwa nyengo yokolola ndikutsikira kudera "lakuda" la chaka nthawi yozizira ya Winter ikuyandikira.

Inali nthawi imeneyi pomwe Samhain adayamba kutenga chikondwerero china ndi tanthauzo. Anthu adaphunzitsidwa kuti usiku uno, chophimba pakati pa dziko lino ndi lotsatira chinali chochepa kwambiri. Anthu ambiri amakhulupirira kuti makolo athu adzayenda padziko lapansi pa Samhain usiku. Mabanja amayika malo owonjezera pamatebulo awo ndi chakudya ndi zakumwa kwa okondedwa awo omwe angawachezere. Makandulo anayatsidwa ndikuyika mawindo kuti awongolere mizimuyo komwe ikupita.

Koma sanali makolo awo okonda okha omwe amatha kuwoloka chophimbacho. Mizimu yina itha kupanga nawonso ulendowu, ndipo si onse omwe anali ndi zolinga zabwino. Pofuna kudziteteza ku mizimu yoipa imeneyi, amuna ndi akazi anzeru am'magulu a Druid adaphunzitsa anthu kukhala amisili usiku wa Samhain. Iwo anali akudziwa nkhani za "will o 'the wisp" yomwe inali mizimu yomwe imawoneka ngati nyali zazing'ono mumdima. Apaulendo ankatsata magetsi ndikuwonongeka m'nkhalango ndi madambo. Chifukwa chake, anthu amatulutsa mipando yayikulu ndikuyika kandulo kapena malasha pang'ono mkati kuti anyamule nawo pa Samhain usiku. Chiyembekezo chawo chinali chakuti mizimu idzawona kuwala kwawo ndikuganiza kuti ndi mizimu inzake, potengera chidwi chawo. Zidakhalanso chizolowezi panthawiyi, kuti anthu akumudzi azivala zigoba kuti azibisala komanso kuti asokoneze mizimu yomwe ingawavulaze. Zachidziwikire, apa pakubadwa kwa miyambo yathu yamakedzana ya Jack O 'Lanterns ndikuvala zovala usiku wa Halloween.

Ansembe achi Druid amayitanitsa mafuko onse mozungulira moto kuti avine ndikusangalala monga amachitira nthawi zonse. Amayi anzeru, omwe amaphunzira njira zamatsenga komanso kuneneratu zamtsogolo, amaponya maere ndikuwerenga zikwangwani zolosera zamtsogolo chaka chamawa. Anyamata ndi atsikana amapanga zithumwa kuti awulule omwe akufuna. Inali nthawi yabwino kwambiri kwa iwo ndi zikhulupiriro zawo, koma panali mphamvu yatsopano pandale ndi chipembedzo yomwe ikukwera ndipo isintha posachedwa mayendedwe a anthu ndi zikhulupiriro zawo kwanthawi zonse.

Ndikukhulupirira kuti mudasangalala ndi Gawo 1 la mndandanda wanga wokhudza Halowini! Bwererani sabata yamawa ku Gawo 2!