Eid Mubarak!

Ukubhiyozela iRamadan kumazwe amaSilamsi ngamava amaninzi adibanisa ubumoya obunzulu kunye namasiko enkcubeko atyebileyo. Kule nyanga ingcwele, amaSilamsi kwihlabathi liphela azila ukutya, athandaza, kwaye akhonza uluntu, eguqula imisebenzi yemihla ngemihla ibe zizenzo zokuzinikela nokucamngca.

Eyona nto iphambili kuyo, iRamadan lixesha lokuzila ukutya ukususela kusasa ukuya ekutshoneni kwelanga. Olu kuzila ukutya, oluyenye yeeNtsika ezintlanu zeSilamsi, alugcini nje ngokuba kukuzila ukutya nokusela kodwa lukwayindlela yokuhlakulela ukuzithiba, uvelwano, kunye nombulelo. Kumazwe amaninzi amaSilamsi, ukuzila ukutya kuqedwa rhoqo ngokuhlwa ngesidlo esiqhelekileyo esaziwa ngokuba yi-iftar. Iintsapho, abahlobo, kunye nabamelwane bayahlangana ukuze babelane ngezitya ezahlukeneyo ngokwemimandla—ukusuka kwi-biryanis evumba elimnandi yaseMzantsi Asia ukuya kwizityu ezishushu zaseNyakatho Afrika. Esi sidlo sabelwana ngaso sisikhumbuzo sobuninzi kunye nesikhumbuzo sobunzima obufunyanwa ngabantu abasweleyo.

Ukongeza ekuzileni ukutya, imithandazo yasebusuku (i-tarawih) iyindawo ephambili ngexesha leRamadan. Iimosque zizala ngabanquli abahlangana ndawonye ukuze bafunde iQuran, bafune ukuhlanjululwa ngokomoya, kwaye baqinise ubudlelwane boluntu. Kumazwe afana ne-Egypt, izitrato ziyaphila ngokukhanya kwezibane zemveli, ezaziwa ngokuba zii-fanous, ezingakhanyisi nje kuphela ebusuku kodwa zikwasebenza njengeempawu zethemba nobunye. Ngokufanayo, eTurkey nakwezinye iindawo zaseMbindi Mpuma, iiyure zangaphambi kokusa ziphawulwa ziingoma ezinesingqi, njengoko amadoda namakhwenkwe aselula, enxibe iimpahla zemveli, ezulazula kwiindawo ezikufutshane ukuze avuse abathembekileyo kwisidlo sakusasa.

IRamadan ikwalixesha lokunceda abantu. IZakat, okanye ukupha abantu abasweleyo, ibaluleka ngakumbi njengoko amaSilamsi ekhuthazwa ukuba anikele ngesisa kwabo basweleyo. Iindawo ezininzi zilungiselela iintente ze-iftar zasimahla kunye neekhitshi zoluntu, apho kunikwa khona ukutya kwabo basweleyo, nto leyo eqinisa umoya wobubele ophakathi kwenyanga.

Ngaphezu koko, amasiko nezithethe zasekuhlaleni zongeza iincasa ezikhethekileyo kwimibhiyozo. Umzekelo, e-Indonesia, amasiko oluntu afana nePadusan—ukuhlamba okuhlanjwa ngaphambi kweRamadan—afanekisela ukuhlanjululwa ngokwasemzimbeni nangokomoya okumelwa yinyanga. Kumazwe aseGulf, abantwana bathatha inxaxheba ngomdla kwimibhiyozo yasekuhlaleni efana neGargee'an, ukuqokelela iilekese kunye nokwabelana ngokuhleka.

Ngamafutshane, ukubhiyozela iRamadan kumazwe amaSilamsi sisidlo esimnandi sokuzila ukutya, umthandazo, iindibano zentlalo, kunye nezenzo zobubele. Lixesha elingagcini nje ngokuqinisa ukuzinikela konqulo kodwa likwaqinisa ubudlelwane boluntu kunye nobuntu, nto leyo eyenza libe lelinye lawona maxesha axabisekileyo onyaka kumaSilamsi kwihlabathi liphela.