Iindlela Ezingama-40 Zokubhiyozela uSuku lweLifa eMzantsi Afrika

USuku lweLifa eMzantsi Afrika lubhiyozelwa minyaka le nge-24 Septemba, lusisikhumbuzo sobutyebi benkcubeko nembali yelizwe.

Lwalusaziwa ngaphambili njengeShaka Day, kodwa ngo-1995 lwabhengezwa njengeholide kawonke-wonke lwaze lathiywa igama elitsha elithi “Heritage Day”.

NjengoSuku lweBraai kaZwelonke, luthwala umoya wokudibana kwabantu ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo.

Amazwi kaNelson Mandela asaqaqambisa intsingiselo yalo mhla: “Xa urhulumente wethu wokuqala okhethwe ngedemokhrasi wagqiba ukwenza uSuku lweLifa lube lolunye lweentsuku zesizwe, sakwenza oko kuba sasiyazi ukuba ilifa lethu lenkcubeko elityebileyo nelohlukileyo linamandla amakhulu okwakha isizwe sethu esitsha.”

Oku kugxininisa uxolelwano, ubunye, nentlonipho phakathi koluntu olwahlukeneyo.

Phakathi kweendlela ezidumileyo zokubhiyozela kukho ibraai, ukunxiba impahla yesintu, ukubalisa amabali ezithethe, kunye nokupheka izitya ezifana nebobotie, bunny chow, ne-malva pudding.

Abantu bakhuthazwa nokufunda amagama okanye iingoma kwezinye zeelwimi ezisemthethweni ezili-11, ukubukela iifilimu zaseMzantsi Afrika, okanye ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiiklasi zokupheka.

Uhambo lwelifa nalo lubalulekile: ukutyelela iRobben Island, iindawo ze-UNESCO World Heritage ezifana neCradle of Humankind, neendawo ezinxulumene noNelson Mandela.

Abanye bakhetha iimiboniso zobugcisa, imidlalo yeqonga, iifoto, iimarike zobugcisa ezifana neRosebank Craft Market, okanye ukhenketho lokuhamba ngenyawo kwizixeko zabo.

Kwabo bathanda indalo, ukutyelela iipaki zesizwe ezifana neKruger National Park, ukutyala imithi yemveli, okanye ukuxhasa imisebenzi yokhuseleko lwezilwanyana yindlela ebalulekileyo yokubonisa uxanduva.

Ekugqibeleni, uSuku lweLifa lusikhumbuza ukuba umahluko wethu awusahluli—usakha isazisi esinye soMzantsi Afrika.