Bikin Umatu
 Umatu festival |
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Bikin Umatu na ɗaya daga cikin manyan bukukuwa guda shida da ake gudanarwa a Onitsha Ado N'Idu duk shekara. Sauran sune Ajachi, Owuwaji, Ofala, Osisi-Ite da Ife-Jioku. Ana bikin Umatu ne lokacin da aka nomi masara ta farko. [1] Jama’a suna ganawa da Sarki (Obi) da shugabannin jajayen hulunansa (Ndiche) domin nuna farin ciki da albarkar noman masara. [2]
Tarihi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bikin Umatu ya samo asali ne daga Exodus 23:16: "Ku yi bikin girbi lokacin da kuka fara girbi amfanin gonarku. Ku yi bikin Gida a cikin kaka, lokacin da kuka tattara 'ya'yan itace daga gonar inabi da gonarku. "Tare da abubuwan da aka samo daga Littafi Mai-Tsarki, Sarki da shugabannin Red Cap ɗin sa za su yi rawa ga egwu ota don yin bikin da ke kewaye da Ime-Obi (Fadar Sarki). Wannan rawa yawanci yana da matsayi, daga ƙasa zuwa saman. Onowu Iyasele (Firai Minista na gargajiya) shine babban shugaban da ke rawa a gaban Obi na Onitsha.[3]
Biki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Babban abin al'ajabi na Umatu shine nni oka (abincin masara), wanda ake haɗawa da ofe onino (miyan zana) da majalisar ministocinta na bin Iba. Ana ba da nni oka a cikin kwano na asali da ake kira ugbugba . [4] Sauran abubuwan sha da aka yi a Ime Obi lokacin Umatu sune ukwa, okpodudu, da aku .
Lokacin da Obi ya karɓi nni oka, ya yanke ya raba tare da duk wanda ke wurin, yana farawa da jagororinsa na Red Cap. Ana kuma yanka awaki da tsuntsaye don yin ko dai dee onino ko miyar okwulu (miyan zana). Daga nan sai jama’a da sauran al’ummar yankin baki ɗaya su yi addu’ar Allah ya ba su lafiya.
Umatu na da matukar muhimmanci ga al’ummar Onicha masu noma a wancan lokacin, kamar yadda wata tsohuwar magana ta nuna, ugbo eketalu okwulu olilijie elugonso, ma’ana gonakin da za ku iya tsintar dawa, na nuni da cewa noman doya ta gabato (Bikin Sabuwar Doya). [2]
Bikin Umatu ya kwashe kwanaki 16 ana fara shi da bikin Obi na Onitsha. Daga nan sai Eze-Idi da Ikpala Isi da Umueze Chima da Ikpoko Akwukwo Ogili suka shiga bukukuwan kwana huɗu kamar haka; ranar ƙarshe ta kasance alama ta hanyar share kwantena kayan lambu da fakiti. [5]
Bikin Umatu a Onitsha a shekarar 2020 an shirya shi ne bisa ka'idojin aminci da ka'idojin Covid-19.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ "Glo to sponsor Onitsha's Ofala festival for three more years". The Guardian Nigeria News (in Turanci). 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 InlandTown (2020-08-17). "Festival Focus: Umatu". Welcome To InlandTown Online (in Turanci). Retrieved 2021-08-12. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Umatu Onitsha Ado Nigeria - www.OnitshaAdoVoice.com (in Turanci), retrieved 2021-08-12
- ↑ "Anambra State Government - Light Of The Nation". old.anambrastate.gov.ng. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ↑ "Ofala festival gets Glo backing for 3 more years". Vanguard News (in Turanci). 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-12.