Chiwerengero chachikulu cha anthu amamatira ku Lent. Izi sizochikhalidwe chachikhristu chokha, koma ndi mwayi waukulu wothandiza thanzi komanso kuchepa thupi. Ndikofunika kumvetsetsa momwe mungadye nthawi ya Pasitala isanakwane.
Ngati munthu kwa nthawi yoyamba anatsimikiza kupirira mofulumira, ndiye kuti ndibwino kuti muzilowetsa pang'onopang'ono, chifukwa kukana mwamphamvu kungadwalitse thanzi lanu. Ndi bwino kuyamba kupatula zakudya zina zoletsedwa pasadakhale, kotero kuti chimagwiritsidwa ntchito. Kuwonjezera apo, ndi bwino kuzindikira kuti pali njira zambiri zamagetsi muzitu.
Kodi mungadye bwanji sabata yoyamba ya Lenti?
Lolemba mumayenera kusiya kudya ndi madzi akumwa. Mukhoza kupita kutchalitchi kukatenga madzi oyera. Pa masiku a sabata ndi koyenera kudya kamodzi kokha madzulo, ndipo pamapeto a sabata amaloledwa kudya kawiri: madzulo ndi madzulo. Lolemba, Lachisanu ndi Lachisanu ndi masiku ouma, ndiko kuti, chakudya sichiyenera kutenthedwa, ndipo ndiletsedwe kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta a masamba. Kulankhula za momwe mungadye kudya, ndibwino kuti tiwonetsetse kuti chakudya chodyera chiyenera kukhala ndi saladi kuchokera ku masamba obiriwira, sauerkraut ndi kukonzekera kunyumba. Komabe n'zotheka kukonzekera saladi zipatso, kuwonjezera mtedza ndi zoumba, ndipo akhoza kudzazidwa ndi uchi. Lachiwiri, Lachinayi ndi Lamlungu mukhoza kudya chakudya chamoto, koma mafuta akadali oletsedwa. Loweruka ndi Lamlungu mafelemu akuwonjezeka, chifukwa mungagwiritse ntchito mafuta ophikira kuti mupange mafuta ndi kuphika, ndipo ngati mukukhumba mungathe kumwa kapu ya vinyo.
Kupeza momwe mungadye sabata yoyamba ya kusala, ndiyenera kutchulapo mfundo zina zofunika. Lachisanu, nkofunika kuphika, kudzipatulira, komanso kudya zakudya zopangidwa ndi tirigu wophikidwa ndi uchi. Loweruka ndilo tsiku limene mwambo wakumbukira sabata la Pancake ndikukonzekera zikondamoyo zatsopano.