Nhoroondo yechiKristu muAfrica yakadzokera shure kwezana remakore rokutanga. Pamwe pamwe neIslam, ndeimwe yezvitendero zviviri zvakanyanya kupararira munyika yeAfrica. Muna 2000, paive nekufungidzira vaKristu vane mamiriyoni 380 muAfrica, uye zvidzidzo zvichiratidza kuti chiyero ichocho chinogona kuwedzera kaviri muna 2025. Somugumisiro, Krisimasi inopembererwa munyika yose yeAfrica nemasangano echiKristu ose makuru uye maduku.
Pazuva reKrisimasi Masikati anoimbwa kubva kuGhana kusvika kuSouth Africa . Zvokudya zvakakangwa, zvipo zvinopatsanurwa uye vanhu vanofamba kure nekushanyira kushanyira mhuri. VaCoptic vaKristu muEtiopia neEgypt vanopemberera Krisimasi maererano nekarani yeJulian - izvo zvinoreva kuti kunyange zvazvo vachipemberera musi waDecember 25, iyo zuva rinowanzoshandura kusvika January 7 pamakorori eGregory. Kwanzaa (kupemberera kweAfrica nhaka yakatarwa muUnited States uye kazhinji inobatanidza nemwaka wemitambo) haipembereri muAfrica. Uye kunze kwekuti uri muAtlas Mountains yeMorocco , iwe une mukana muduku wekunakidzwa neKrisimasi chena .
Kunyange mune dzimwe nyika dzeAfrica dzakawanda zvikuru dzeMuslim, Krisimasi inoramba ichizivikanwa sekunamata. Munyika yeWest Africa nyika yeSenegal, Islam ishoko guru-asi Krisimasi inosarudzwa sezororo renyika. Nyaya iyi yeMail & Guardian inoratidza kuti veSenegal veMuslim neVaKristu vakasarudza sei kupemberera zvisina kufanira mazororo emumwe nomumwe, nekuisa nheyo yenyika yakakurumbira yekutenderera kwechitendero.
Nzvimbo dzeChechi uye Caroling
Kuenda kuchechi kazhinji kunonyanya kukoshesa kuchengetedza Krisimasi muAfrica. Zviratidzo zvekuzvarwa kwaJesu zvinoridzwa, mapolori anoimbwa, uye mune dzimwe nguva mitambo inoitwa.
MuMalawi , mapoka evana vaduku vanopinda musuo nemba kuti vaite mitambo uye nziyo dzeKrisimasi kuti vaite zvigadzirwa zvemhando.
Vanogamuchira chipo chiduku chemari mukudzoka, mune zvakawanda zvakafanana nevana vekuMadokero pavanenge vachibika. Munyika dzakawanda, mapurisa anoitika mushure memusangano wechechi unoitwa musi weKisimusi. Izvi zvinowanzova nguva dzinofadza dzemimhanzi uye kutamba. MuGambia, somuenzaniso, vanhu vanofambisa nemarambi makuru anonzi fanals, akaitwa muchimiro chezvikepe kana dzimba. Nyika imwe neimwe ine mhemberero dzayo yakasiyana-siyana pasinei nokuti yakawanda sei yechiKristu.
Krisimasi Dinin
Sezvakawanda mumitambo yechiKristu, kupemberera kudya kweKrisimasi neshamwari nemhuri ndiyo tsika inokosha yekufambisa muAfrica. Munyika dzakawanda, Krisimasi izororo revanhu uye vanhu vanoita zvakanyanya mukana wekushanyira mhuri neshamwari. MuEast Africa, mbudzi inotengeswa pamusika wekugochera paKisimusi. MuSouth Africa, mhuri dzinowanzotya; kana kukwazisa hutongi hwavo hwechiBrithani nekunamata kwemazuva ano yeKrisimasi zvakapfeka zviputi zvepape, mince pie uye turkey. MuGhana, kudya kweKrisimasi hakupedzeri pasina fufu uye soup okra; uye muRiberia rice, nyama yemombe uye mabhisikiti ndiyo nzira yezuva.
Chipo kupa
Avo vanogona kuigamuchira vachawanzopa zvipo paKrisimasi, kunyange zvazvo hovha yacho isingaiti sekutengesa muAfrica sezvazviri kuEurope kana kuNorth America.
Kusimbiswa kunowedzera pamusoro pemhemberero yechitendero yekuberekwa kwaJesu kudarika kupa kupa zvipo. Chipo chinowanikwa kazhinji paKrisimusi ndicho chigamba chitsva, chinowanzotarisirwa kupfekedzwa kuchechi. Mumaruwa eAfrica, vanhu vashomanana vanogona kugona zvipo zviduku kana zvidhori, uye chero zvakadaro, pane nzvimbo dzakawanda dzokuzvitenga. Saka, kana zvipo zvichitsinhaniswa mumisha yevarombo vanowanzoita mavara ezvidzidzo zvechikoro, sese, machira, makenduru nezvimwe zvinhu zvinobatsira.
Christmas Decorations
Dhipatimendi rekutengesa mabhizimisi, miti, machechi, uye dzimba zvinowanikwa munzvimbo dzose dzechiKristu muAfrica. Iwe unogona kuona chando chechando chishongedza zvigaro muNairobi , miti yemichindwe inotakurwa nemakenduru muGhana, kana mapende emafuta anotakurwa nemabhero muLiberia. Ichokwadi kuti miti yakasvibirira neyemapine inofanirwa kumavirira yakaoma kuuya neAfrica, saka miti yeKrisimasi inowanzoshandiswa nemhando dzekuzvarwa kana yekugadzira.
Nzira Yokutaura Krisimasi Inofadza muAfrica
MuAkan (Ghana): Afishapa
In Shona (Zimbabwe): Muve neKisimusi
MuBafrikan (South Africa): Geseënde Kersfees
MuChiZulu (South Africa): Sinifisela Ukhisimusi Omuhle
MuSwazi (Swaziland): Sinifisela Khisimusi Lomuhle
MuchiSutu (Lesotho): Matswalo a Morena aBotse
MuSwahili (Tanzania, Kenya): Kuwa na Krismasi njema
MuAmharic (Ethiopia): Melkam Yelidet Beaal
MuchiIjipita Arabic (Egypt): Colo sana wintom tiebeen
MuchiYoruba (Nigeria): E ku odun, e hu iye 'dun
Mavhidhiyo emhemberero yeKrisimusi muAfrica
12 Mazuva eKrisimasi Nigerian Style - " Musi wekutanga weKrisimasi amai vangu vakandipa fufu pamwe chete."
"Krisimasi", rwiyo rukuru rweKrisimasi rwiyo rwemhanzi weKeni Kimangu.
Santa achitamba muFreetown, guta guru reSierra Leone.
Ethiopian Christmas Song. VaEthiopiya vanopemberera Krisimasi musi wa7 January.
Nyaya iyi yakarongedzwa naJessica Macdonald musi waApril 26th 2017.