Utatu ndi tchuthi loyera kwambiri la Orthodox, lotchedwa "oyera oyera", chifukwa chizindikiro chake chachikulu ndi birch. Amachita chikondwererochi masiku makumi asanu ndi awiri Pasika atatha, pakati pa mwezi wa June ndipo amalingaliridwa kuti ndi tsiku lofunika kwambiri masiku a chilimwe. Pali zizindikiro ndi zikhulupiriro zambiri zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi izo. Mwachitsanzo, lero lino amasonkhanitsa zitsamba zamankhwala, zomwe zimapeza mphamvu zonse ndipo zimatha kukhala chithumwa champhamvu chaka chonse. Kukongoletsa nyumba kumabweretsa zobiriwira za birch, zomwe zinayikidwa kale mu tchalitchi, ndipo tsiku lotsatira iwo atsala kumunda, kotero kuti zokolola zinali zolemera. Atsikana pa Utatu amapita kumapiri komwe ankakwera mavina, kuzungulira nkhata komanso kudzinenera akazi olimbikitsa. Ndipo azimayiwa ankawotcha mazira osakaniza ndi kuphika mikate yapaderadera kuti akope chuma ndi chitukuko kunyumba. Zambiri zomwe zimatenga Utatu zimagwirizana ndi mvula ndi nyengo zina. Anayesedwa kuweruza zochitika zofunika m'tsogolomu.
Ngati mvula imagwa pa Utatu ...
Kusamala kwakukulu kunkaperekedwa kwa nyengo tsiku limenelo, makamaka chifukwa chiyambi cha chilimwe chinali nthawi yofunikira kwambiri, yomwe makamaka idalira kuti zokolola zikhale zolemera kapena zochepa. Ndipo izi zinatsimikiziranso ngati anthu osauka adzadya njala m'nyengo yozizira kapena adzapulumuka nthawi yozizira kwambiri. Choncho, nyengo inkayang'anitsitsa mosamala kwambiri, podziwa zazing'ono kwambiri. Kotero kuonekera kwa zizindikiro zambiri za anthu za mvula pa Utatu.
Kotero amakhulupirira kuti chinyontho chakumwamba lero ndi mphatso yeniyeni ya kumwamba. Mvula siimangotanthauza tirigu m'minda, komanso udzu wa m'mphepete mwa nyanja, komanso bowa m'nkhalango idzabadwanso bwino, komanso kuti padzakhala kutchera bwino, udzu wambiri wa ng'ombe, komanso saladi zapakhomo, zidzakonzedwa. Zima sizidzakhala ndi njala kwa anthu kapena ziweto. Mvula pa Utatu inafotokozeranso kuti kuphulika kwa chisanu kunayamba, komwe kunapangitsa kuti kukolola kusathamangitsidwe mwamsanga.
Koma ngati patsikuli kunali mdima wopanda mtambo, ndiye kuti kudikirira nyengo yotentha ndi chilala. Koma izi, mwamwayi, zinali zosawerengeka.
Kodi pali chifukwa chake chifukwa chimvula pa Utatu?
Zakale zakuthambo zikuwonetsa zosangalatsa nthawi zonse: Utatu nthawizonse imvula mvula. Palibe lingaliro la sayansi pa izi, zimakhulupirira kuti izi ndizochitika mwadzidzidzi, kuyambira chiyambi cha chilimwe ndipo chiyenera kukhala mvula. Koma anthu a Chirasha anabwera ndi ndondomeko yokhudzana ndi izi: mvula - ndi misonzi ya angelo kapena ngakhale Khristu mwiniwake, kulira anthu akufa. Choncho, chinali chizoloŵezi chokumbukira achibale omwe anamwalira pa Utatu.