Nkhani

Chikondwerero cha Lantern chimachitika pa tsiku lakhumi ndi chisanu la mwezi woyamba wa mwezi ndikuwonetsa kutha kwa zikondwerero za Chaka Chatsopano cha China. Phwando lamwambo losangalatsali ndi nthawi yoti mabanja ndi anthu azikumana pamodzi ndikusangalala ndi zochitika zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimayimira umodzi ndi chiyembekezo cha chaka chomwe chikubwera.

Chimodzi mwa zinthu zochititsa chidwi kwambiri pa Chikondwerero cha Lantern ndikuwonera zochitika za chikondwererochi. Misewu ndi mapaki amadzaza ndi nyali zokongola zamitundu yonse ndi makulidwe, zowunikira mlengalenga usiku ndikupanga mlengalenga wamatsenga. Mabanja akuyenda pakati pa nyali zimenezi, akuchita chidwi ndi mapangidwe okongola ndi nkhani zomwe amanena. Kuwona nyali zoyandama m’mlengalenga n’kochititsa chidwi, kumakumbutsa anthu za kukongola kwa mwambo ndi chisangalalo cha kukumananso.

Kupatula kukhala phwando lowoneka bwino, Phwando la Lantern limadziwikanso chifukwa chamwambo wake wongopeka miyambi ya nyali. Miyambi imeneyi nthawi zambiri imalembedwa pa nyali, kutsutsa ophunzira kuti aganize mwaluso ndikuyesa nzeru zawo. Chochitika chosangalatsachi chimapangitsa kuti anthu azigwirizana pamene abwenzi ndi achibale amasonkhana pamodzi kuti azitha kulosera miyambi ndikugawana kuseka ndi chiyanjano.

Palibe chikondwerero chomwe chimatha popanda chakudya chokoma. Pa Phwando la Lantern, kudya mipira ya mpunga wonyezimira (glutinous rice dumplings) ndikofunikira. Zakudya zokoma, zomata izi zimayimira umodzi wabanja ndi mgwirizano. Kawirikawiri amadzazidwa ndi zotsekemera zokoma monga sesame kapena phala la nyemba zofiira, mipira ya mpunga ya glutinous ndizowonjezera zokoma ku chikondwerero cha mibadwo yonse.

Pamene Phwando la Lantern likutha, anthu ochokera m'mitundu yonse amabwerera kuntchito, atanyamula kutentha ndi chisangalalo cha chikondwererocho. Kusinthaku kukuwonetsa kuyamba kwa chaka chatsopano chantchito chodzaza ndi chiyembekezo komanso chikhumbo. Chikondwerero cha Lantern sichimangounikira usiku, komanso chimawunikira chaka chotukuka chomwe chikubwera, kutikumbutsa kufunika kwa miyambo, banja, ndi dera.