Kwa anthu ambiri, manda amachititsa maganizo osasangalatsa ndi owopsya, ndipo mantha oterowo analipo pakati pa anthu ndi nthawi zakale. Zonsezi zimapangitsa kukhalapo kwa zikhulupiliro zosiyanasiyana, mwachitsanzo, ambiri amadzifunsa ngati amapita ku manda Lachitatu, ndipo zikachitika bwino. Zizindikiro sizotsatizana ndipo siziyenera kulimbikitsidwa ndi wina aliyense, kotero aliyense ali ndi kusankha kaya awatsatire kapena ayi.
Bwanji samapita kumanda Lachitatu?
Anthu ambiri amavomereza chifukwa cha chikumbutso cha anthu, ndipo ena ali chabe chisonyezero cha malingaliro. Kuwonjezera apo, mu nthawi zakale, zizindikiro zinali njira yokha yosamalira anthu, chotero, mwinamwake, choletsedwa choyenda pa Lachitatu m'manda chinapangidwa chifukwa cha zochitika.
Kuti mupeze yankho la funso lalikulu, muyenera kuyang'ana m'Baibulo kuti mudziwe maganizo a atsogoleri achipembedzo. Tchalitchi chimapanga masiku ofunika pakuyendera manda a anthu oyandikana nawo. Choyamba chimakhudza masiku a chikumbutso: 3, 9 ndi 40 pambuyo pa imfa. Ndibwino kuti tipite ku manda tsiku la imfa ya munthu, Radonitsa ndi Loweruka, chifukwa masiku awa akuonedwa ngati maliro. Masiku asanu ndi limodzi isanafike Nkhondo Yakukonda Dziko Lopatulika, Sabata imakondweretsedwanso ndi nyama. Ambiri amapitanso kumanda a anthu akufa pa tsiku la Utatu Woyera, koma tchalitchi sichikulimbikitsa, choncho ngati pali chilakolako chochezera akufa, ndibwino kuti tichite tsiku la tchuthi pa tsiku la Utatu Woyera Parent Loweruka.
Tsopano tikufunikira kudziwa ngati n'zotheka kupita kumanda Lachitatu, ndipo ngati ndikofunika kukhala ndi tsiku la sabata kukachezera abale ndi abwenzi omwe anamwalira. Ndipotu, Baibulo komanso mpingo ukhoza kukonzekera kupita kumanda masiku ena, koma palibe zoletsedwa mwachindunji, makamaka chifukwa chake simungathe kupita kumanda Lachitatu. Ansembe amanena kuti palibe amene angaletse kuyendera manda a wokondedwa, makamaka ngati pali chikhumbo cholimba. Anthu ambiri amabwera kumanda ndikuyankhula ndi wakufayo amathandizira kugwirizanitsa ndi kutayika, kumvetsa maganizo anu ndikukhazikika. Kufotokozera mwachidule, munthu akhoza kunena ngati munthuyo mwiniyo amayenera kuyenda kapena osapita kumanda Lachitatu, mosasamala kanthu za tsankho lomwe likupezekapo.
Tsopano tiyeni tiyankhule za momwe tingayendere bwino manda a achibale ndi abwenzi omwe apita. Mpingo, pokamba za wakufayo, ukufuna kugwiritsa ntchito mau akuti "wakufa", kutanthauza kuti nthawi imabwera pamene Mulungu adzaukitsa okhulupirira ndipo manda adzakhala malo pomwe munthu adzauka. Zinachokera apa kuti miyambo ndi ulamuliro zinayamba kusamalira malo oikidwa m'manda ndi kuzikongoletsera ndi maluwa amoyo. Poyendera manda a wokondedwa, ndi bwino kuyatsa kandulo ndikupanga lithiamu, ndiko kuti, kukhala chete kwa kanthawi pafupi ndi galasi, ndipo ziyenera kuchitidwa moyenera. Zimakhulupirira kuti panthawi imeneyi, malingaliro abwino adzakhala ofunikira kuposa mawu alionse. Munthu akhoza kuwerenga pemphero kapena akathist ponena za mpumulo,