Halloween October 31

HALLOWE’EN (MITHIANG HNA PUAI LAI NI ZANLEI)

Hallowe’en timi cu “Mithla hna Ni” ti a si i “All Hallows’ Eve” in a rami biafang a si. Hallow/ a hallow person (thianter mi minung) ti cu Saint-Mithiang timi a sullam a ngei. Catholic Bupi nih November thla ni(1)ah ‘All Hallows’ (Mithiang dihlak hna ni) timi Missa a tuah. A sullam cu Mithiang hna caah tuahmi Missa tinak a si. Cucu a tlangpi in ‘All Hallows Day’ (Thianter mi dihlak hna Ni) ti a si.

Kannih Catholic hna nih October 31 ni kha “All Hallows Eve’ (Mi-thiang hna Puai lai ni zanlei) kan ti. Zeicatiah cu ni cu ‘All Saints Day’ (Mithiang hna ni) - November 1 ni lai zanlei, Evening Eve a si caah a si. Nov(1) ni lai zan kha Hallowe’en tiah a tawinak in an auh. “Evening before All Hal-lows Day” ‘Mithiang hna Ni’ ‘Mithiang hna Ni’ lai zan tiah sullam a ngei. Why? Zeicadah Mithiang hna ni (All Saints Day) le a thicia mi thlarau hna Ni (All Souls Day) hi kan tuah?

November ni (1) ni cu Mithiang pawl puai Ni timi ni sunglawi ni a si. Cu ni ah Catholic Bupi nih Pathian he puai kan tuah ni a si. Bawipa Jesuh dawtnak chungah a rak nung kho i a thicia mi vialte cu Mithiang an si. Cheukhat hna cu Bawipa Jesuh bantuk dawtnak ah a nung i a pum a thih ahcun a thlarau cu van-cung ah a um lai.

November ni (2) ni cu, a thicia mi thlarau hna puai Ni tiah minpek a si i ni sunglawi a si. Kan duh dawtmi thlarau hna kha i theih`han in conglawmh thlacam piaknak le thlacampiak a herh mi thlarau dang hna caah thlacam ni a si. Catholic Bupi nih cu ni kha a thicia mi thlarau hna vancung an phak hlan, thian ternak hmun (Purgatory) ah a ummi thlarau dihlak caah thlacampiak ding in ni sunglawi sinak rikhiah mi a si. How? Hallowe’en kha zeitindah kan tuah awk a si lai?

(1) Dress-up “Little Saints” (Mithiang fate bantuk kan i hruk-aih lai) Cu ni cu ‘Mithiang hna Ni’ lai nikhat a si, ti kha midang nih an hngalh ve nakhnga i zuam usih. Sualnak, thinphang thlalaunak le Pathian capo saihnak (nihsawhnak) in hnipuan hruk-aih loin Mithiang fate bantukin i hruk-aih hna usih. Cuti kan tuahnak thawngin mi tampi nih All Hallows Eve (November(1)ni lai zanlei) kha an tlaihchan lai i Mithiang kong zong an hlathlai khawh lai. (2) Visit the graves of our Dearly Departed. (A thicia kan duhdawt mi hna thlanmual ah va leng hna usih.

November (1) le (2) ni ahhin a thicia kan duhdawt mi hna ca thlacampiak ding in Thlanmual ah va leng hna usih. Pangpar dawhte i put in an thlankhat ah phazawngdan vanpiak hna usih. (3) Go to Mass (Missa kai usih) November (1) le (2) ni ah biapi deuh in a thiangmi Missa ah i tel usihlaw Mithiang hna he hmunkhat in kan duhdawt mi hna caah thlacampiak hna usih. Cuti kan tuahnak thawngin a thicia mi hna kan conglawmh a si.

(4) We say a Prayer (Thla kan cam lai) Hallowe’en puai kan tuah lio i Mithiang hna ca thla kan cam bangin a thi-cia kan chungkhar le kan duhdawt mi hna ca zongah thla kan cam lai; kan inn ah siseh, a thicia mi hna Thlahmun/ lungdonh ah siseh, va len le Rosary thlacam nak, thlacam piaknak hna tuahkhawh a si i kan tuah awk zong a si.

Jangma Gam On the feast dayof St. Alphonsus Rodriguez 30 October 2015

A lettu; Norbert Ca Ling (OSC) 29 Oct. 2019