Chikunja chinali ndi miyambo yawo yolemekeza milungu. Koma Il'in amatanthauzanji, ndipo zinatheka bwanji kuti tsiku lolemekezedwa la St. Eliya likugwirizana ndi nthawi ya kulambira kwa mulungu wakale wa Aslavic Perun?
Kuyambira mbiri ya holideyo
Kutchulidwa koyambirira kwa Ilya kunayambira zaka za m'ma 9 BC. Anali wothandizira mwamphamvu waumulungu wokha ndipo anatsutsa mwamphamvu, ndipo ngakhale anapha anthu opembedza mafano achikunja. Pa moyo wake padziko lapansi, adachita zozizwitsa zosiyanasiyana zosiyana siyana ndipo, malinga ndi lamulo lalamulo, adatengedwa kupita kumwambamo wamoyo pamene galeta lamoto lokokedwa ndi mahatchi amoto linatsikira pambuyo pake. Zinali zodabwitsa zokwera pamwamba, pamodzi ndi moto ndi kubangula, ndipo zinapatsa mwayi wotcha Saint Ilya kukhala thunderer. Ndipo izi zinachitika mu nthawi ya ulemerero wa Perun wachikunja wachiSlavic , mbuye wa moto ndi bingu. Kotero, pa August 2, Akhristu amakondwerera Tsiku la Ilyin, pamene Asilavo-Amitundu akukondwerera Tsiku la Perun.
Kodi tchuthi ndi chiyani?
Imeneyi inali holide yachilendo, yogwirizana ndi ntchito yaulimi:
- Tsiku lonse adayenera kutamanda mneneriyo: m'mawa mabanja adapita ku tchalitchi kukachita utumiki wapadera, pamodzi ndi gulu la mtanda pamtunda ndi mkate wophika, ndi mapemphero kuti ateteze anthu osauka;
- Mpingo unatsimikiza zomwe zikhoza kuchitika tsiku la Ilin, ndipo chinali choletsedwa. Kuwonjezera pa kuyendera tchalitchi ndi kudutsa m'minda, anyamata ovekedwa anauzidwa kuti azivina masewera ndi kuimba nyimbo, koma kuseka kunali koletsedwa mokweza;
- August 2 sanalimbikitsidwe kusambira m'madzi otseguka - pakuti izi sizikanakhoza kutsatiridwa ndi chilango chakumwamba. Kuchokera tsiku limenelo mzimu woipa umene umakhala m'madzi unabwerera kumalo ake ndipo ukhoza kuyendetsa mumadzimo;
- Lero tsikuli linali losiyana kwambiri ndi kuchoka kumunda: udzu uyenera kale kukololedwa, ndipo kukolola kunayambika kokha pambuyo pa tsiku la il'in;
- funso loti ngati n'zotheka kugwira ntchito tsiku la Ilyin, sadayime , popeza Ilya akanatha kuthetsa mkwiyo wake kwa "olakwira" ndikuwotcha mkate;
- zinali zokoma kwa alimi - analoledwa kusonkhanitsa sera, kupanga magawo oyambirira a uchi atsopano ndikuyeretsa ming'oma.