iqanda LEPHASIKA

Amaqanda ama-Easter amaqanda okuhlobisa ikakhulukazi asetshenziswa ekugubheni iPhasika emazweni aseNtshonalanga. Ngokwesiko, amaqanda adayiwe asetshenziswa. Isiko lanamuhla ngokuvamile liwukusebenzisa ushokoledi omise okweqanda esikhundleni salokho. Amaqanda avamise ukufihlwa kusenesikhathi bese etholwa izingane. Kuwuphawu lwePhasika kanye nendlela yokuveza ubungane, uthando kanye nezifiso ezinhle. AmaKristu asebenzisa iqanda njengesingathekiso “sokuqala kwempilo entsha” kanye nophawu “lokuvuka kukaJesu nokuphuma ethuneni letshe”.

Ukusetshenziswa kwamaqanda ukufanekisela uvuko lokuphila kwakudumile ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu. Abantu baseNtshonalanga Yurophu bakholelwa ukuthi amaqanda anezimpilo ezimbili: eyokuqala ibekwe yisikhukhukazi, emelela "ukuzalwa kabusha", kanti eyesibili iphulwa egobolondweni, emelela "ukuzalwa kabusha", okuphinde kufanekisela ukuvuka.

AmaKristu okuqala aseMesophothamiya adaya amaqanda awo abomvu ukuze ahloniphe igazi eliyigugu likaJesu Kristu.

NgePhasika, amakholwa angamaKhatholika azopenda amaqanda abomvu, acele abapristi ukuba bangcwelise, futhi njengesipho kubangani, lokhu kuyimvelaphi yokuqala yokupha amaqanda.

Emasikweni aseJalimane (isifunda saseJalimane, iNyakatho Yurophu kanye nezwe elikhuluma isiNgisi), amaqanda e-Easter ngokuvamile ahambisana ne-Easter Bunny. Kukholelwa futhi ukuthi amaqanda e-Easter alethwa yi-Easter Bunny.

EFrance naseBelgium, amaqanda kuthiwa awiswa amawashi andiza esibhakabhakeni. Ngokwesiko lobuKristu, izinsimbi zesonto ziyathuliswa ngoLwesihlanu ngaphambi kwePhasika ngokuhlonishwa kukaKristu, owafa esiphambanweni, bese zikhala futhi ekuseni ngePhasika ukumaka ukuzalwa kabusha kweNkosi. Izinsimbi zesonto, ezinamaphiko, zindiza kuqala ziye eRoma bese zibuya ekuseni ngePhasika, ziwisa amaqanda e-Easter endleleni.