UKhisimusi ePhilippines: umkhosi weNoche Buena

I-Ham, i-queso de bola (i-Edam ushizi) neshokoledi eshisayo yindabuko

IPhilippines ibamba irekhodi lomhlaba ngokuba nesikhathi eside kunazo zonke uKhisimusi. Lapho inyanga yokuqala "i-ber" iqala (ngoSeptemba inyanga yokuqala "ye-ber"), izitolo ezinkulu ziqala ukudlala ama-Christmas carols nokuthengisa izinto zokuzijabulisa zikaKhisimusi nezipho. Kuhlale kuhlekisa ukuthola izingubo ze-Halloween ezithengiswa eceleni kwezihlahla zikaKhisimusi kodwa kunjalo.

Ezitolo kanye nezitolo ezinkulu, ukudla okwejwayelekile kukaKhisimusi kuqala ukwenza ukubukeka. UHam ne-queso de bola (i-Edam ushizi) baqala ukugcwalisa amafriji namahalalofu. Lezi zibili, kanye ne-chocolate ezishisayo ezenziwe etafuleni lendawo kanye ne-pan de sal, ziyizinhlamvu eziyinhloko ze-buena.

Hamba ubukhoma ? I-Spanish "ebusuku obuhle", ngokoqobo, kodwa ePhilippines, i-noche buena igxile ekubalukeni kwamasiko nezenkolo. Leli zwe laliyi-coloni yaseSpain iminyaka engaphezu kwezingamakhulu amathathu, ngemuva kwakho konke, nefa leKatolika lijule kakhulu. KulasePhilippines, ubusuku obuningi bubusuku - nomkhosi - ngaphambi kosuku lukaKhisimusi. Ngokuqondile, isidlo sidliwe ngemuva kokuzwa ubuningi besonto ebusuku ukwamukela uSuku lweKhisimusi.

Ngakho-ke, imindeni yasePhilippines idla ham kanye noshizi phakathi kwamabili ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi? Ake ngilungile kwezombusazwe. I-Philippines iyindawo yezwe yesithathu kanti abantu abangaphezu kwamaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye kuphela baphila ngaphansi kobubha. Kwabaningi balaba bantu, ham kanye noshizi yizinto zokunethezeka ezingenakukwazi ukuzikhokhela kanye kanye ngonyaka. Lapho sizwa futhi sifunda ngokusabalalisa ama-noche buena ePhilippines, atholakale emakhaya asezingeni eliphezulu naphakathi kwemindeni yasezingeni eliphezulu. Kuye ngesimo sezomnotho kanye namandla omnotho, isidlo se-ham-cheese-pan de sal-chocolate singase sihlanganiswe nezinye izitsha.