ʻO ka Bulgarians eʻai ai i ka lāʻo Kelelani a me ka lā Kalikimaka

ʻO ka Bulgarians eʻai ai i ka lāʻo Kelelani a me ka lā Kalikimaka

ʻO Bulgaria, Christmas, a Rozhdestvo Hristovo ,ʻo ia hoʻi ka "Nativity of Jesus," i ka lā 25 o Dekemaba, e like me ke kalena Gregorian,ʻoiaiʻo kēia he lāhui Karistiano Orthodox (ʻo nā Karistiano Orthodox e hahai i ka kalena Julian).

E like me ka mea nui kaʻeleʻele no ka Mele Kalikimaka a he mea nui paha (ma kekahi mau manaʻo eʻoi aku ka nui). ʻO ka lā hope loa kēia no ka hoʻokēʻaiʻana no ka Advent, a like hoʻi me nāʻano Slavic nui, he nui nā meaʻaiʻole e lawelaweʻia ma kahiʻaina nui. Hāʻawiʻia ka logena kālai'āina i loko o ka hale a hoʻonohoʻia i loko o ke ahi.

Ma waena o nā moʻomeheu Kalikianoʻo Karistiano,ʻo nā mea kālepa a me nā koleari e hele ana i kēlā hale i kēlā hale e hoʻomaka ana i ka waenakonu o ka pō i ka Pōʻakolu Noelua e mele i nā mele a makemake i ka olakino, waiwai, a me ka hauʻoli i nā hoalauna no ka uku kālā. ʻAʻole e like ka Mele Kalikimaka me ka pitaʻole , he hoʻokahi papa berena eʻokiʻia e ke poʻo o ka hale. Hāʻawiʻia kēlā me kēia lālā o kaʻohana. Ua hūnāʻia kekahi moni i loko o ka pita aʻo ka mea loaʻa iā ia ka pōmaikaʻi, ke olakino, a me ka pōmaikaʻi i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. Inā eʻaiʻia ka pita i ka Pō Ake Noela, ua hanaʻia me nā huaʻole a pinepine me ka waiū maloʻo ma mua o ka hū. Akā, ua hukiʻia nā kuhi a pau no ka pita e lawelaweʻia i ka lā Kalikimaka, i ka manawa i hoʻonani maikaʻiʻia me nā hōʻailona hoʻomana a me nāʻohana i hanaʻia i ka palaoa ma luna o ka berena.

ʻO Dyado Koleda ka inoa no Santa Claus ma Bulgaria. Uaʻikeʻiaʻo Dyado Mraz (Grandfather Frost) i ka wā o ka noho aupuni Communist i ka wā i hoʻomauʻia ka hoʻomana hoʻomana, akā, mai 1989, ua poina nuiʻiaʻo ia.

ʻO ka papaʻaina ahiahiʻo ka Mele Kalikimakaʻaʻole i kāpaeʻia a hiki i ka kakahiaka o ke Kalikimaka e hāʻawi i ka meaʻai no nāʻuhane o nāʻohana. Ma ka lā Kalikimaka, ua pau ka Advent nohopī a ua hoʻi mai kaʻiʻo i kona nani a pau i ka puaʻa, nā kui, nā moa aʻoi aku ka hana nui. ʻAʻole iʻae waleʻia nā dessert a me ka inuʻana akā ua hoʻoikaikaʻia.

ʻOiai ua manaʻoʻiaʻo ka mahinaʻo Mele Kalikimaka heʻai Lenten,ʻaʻohe mea eʻai i ka papaʻaina i ka pō. ʻO nā kīʻaha he mau hōʻailona kūʻokoʻa e hoʻokipa ana i ka momona a me ka waiwai:

ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka paʻaʻana o ka nui o nā kīʻaha ma ka papaʻaina,ʻo kaʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kaʻohi e hiki mai ana.