Indaba yezinyo elingcwele eSri Lanka

KuBuddhism, inkolo yezinsalela ezingcwele isabalele futhi ixhumene nayo
ukukhonza ethempelini. Ngokwesiko, uMbusi Ashoka eNdiya, ngubani
yabusa ngekhulu lesi-3 BC, yayinomthwalo wemfanelo wokusabalalisa abangaba ngu-84,000
izinsalela ezasala ngemva kokushiswa kwesidumbu sikaBuddha eminyakeni engaba ngu-2,500 XNUMX edlule. Namuhla, lezi zinsalela ziqukethwe emathempelini ahlukahlukene asakazeke kulo lonke elase-Asia.

Elinye lamathempeli angcwele kakhulu ngokuqinisekile “Ithempeli Lezinyo Elingcwele”
eKandy, eSri Lanka, lapho elinye lamazinyo enja kaBuddha likhona
ahlaliswe futhi akhulekelwe. Njengoba amaBuddha ebheka njengento ephilayo, ukudla
futhi iziphuzo zinikelwa kuyo njalo ekuseni, emini nakusihlwa.

I-Kandy yayiyinhloko-dolobha yokugcina yombuso wesiqhingi saseSri Lanka, okuyinto
yaphela ngo-1815, lapho inkosi yokugcina Kandy, Sri Vikrama Rajasingha, kwaba
ehliswe esihlalweni ngamaNgisi. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela, iColombo yaba inhloko-dolobha entsha kuze kube
namuhla. Kodwa uKandy usaziwa ngomkhosi wamasiko oqhutshwa e-
Inyanga yesiSinhala ka-Esala (July-August), ephawula ukuphela kwenkathi eyomile
kanye nokuqala kwenkathi yemvula. Phakathi nalomkhosi owawubizwa ngokuthi “Esala
Perahera,” izinyo elingcwele likaBuddha likhonjiswe ebhokisini legolide
ngemuva kwendlovu enomsebenzi emigwaqweni yaseKandy ukuthi amaBuddha
kholwa unamandla omlingo okwenza line.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuqaphela ukuthi izinyo elingcwele lavela kanjani eNdiya laya eSri Lanka.
Ngokusho kwamarekhodi omlando, inkosazana yaseKalinga uHemamala waseDanta Pura,
e-Orissa yanamuhla, wathatha izinyo elingcwele waya eSri Lanka ngolwandle futhi walinikeza
phezu kwenkosi yaleli zwe, uKit Siri Mevan, owayebusa enhloko-dolobha yakhe
I-Anuradhapura phakathi 303-331 AD. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, insalela yezinyo elingcwele
wazulazula kusuka capital kuya capital. Inkosi Vimaladharmasurya I (1591-1604)
waletha izinyo elingcwele enhloko-dolobha yakhe entsha yaseKandy, lapho amaPutukezi,
owayehlala eGoa, eNdiya, wasongela ngokubhubhisa lezi zinsalela. Empeleni, bona
wakwenza, kodwa kwakungelona izinyo langempela.

I-Esala Perahera yaminyaka yonke namuhla ibanjwe ngobusuku obuyishumi obulandelanayo futhi iphela
ekuseni ngosuku lwenyanga egcwele ka-Esala. Izindlovu zidlala i
indima ebalulekile eMkhosini Wezinyo Elingcwele Relic ngoba bona
afanekisela amafu emvula aqoqana ngaphambi nje kwemvula enkulu.
Onkulunkulu bemvula abakhethekile abanjengoNatha, uVishnu, uKataragama, noPattini bayahlanganyela
umkhosi, futhi. Futhi, "i-perahera" ihlanganisa amaqembu amaningana abaculi
ngezigubhu, izinsimbi ezifuthwayo, namasimbali, kanye nemidanso yesintu emibalabala.
Kukhona ama-whip-crackers afanekisela ukuduma kwezulu nokunye
izibani ezifanekisela ukukhanya.

Okugqamile kwe-Esala Perahera ngokuqinisekile yilokho okubizwa
Umkhosi “wokusika amanzi,” lapho kungena abapristi abangabefundisi bonkulunkulu bemvula
udwendwe oluya eMahaveli Ganga bese ugwedla isikebhe esifihlwe ngendwangu emhlophe ukuze
phakathi nomfula izinkemba namabhokisi egolide. Lapho, ukugcwaliswa kabusha
of the caskets kwenziwa ngendlela imilingo. Ngezimvula eziza emva kwe
umcimbi wokusika amanzi, ukuhlehla kwemvula kwezindela zamaBuddha kuyaqala futhi
izohlala izinyanga ezintathu ezizayo.