Candlemas

**Candlemas**, shɛba lahi mi li la "**Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ"**, "**Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary"**, bee "**Feast of the Holy Encounter"**, nyɛla dolodolo nim vuhim dabisili bɛn mali niŋdi  presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Di nyɛla din jɛndi Jesus in Luke 2:22–40. Leviticus puuni 12, paɣa nyɛla bɛn daa yɛn niŋ so kashii ka daa zaŋ "lamb" lee burnt offering, ka "young pigeon" bee gbun'yaɣ'o (dove) mi lee sin offering, biɛɣ'pihita ni ata doo circumcision nyaaŋa. Di nyɛla din luri silimin gɔli February dabaa ayi dali, lala dabisili ŋɔ nyɛ 40th day (postpartum period) mini Christmas–Epiphany naaibu. Di nyɛla kali zaŋ n-ti dolodolo nim shɛba tiŋgbani shɛŋa ni bɛ yihi bɛ Christmas decorations dabisili shɛli din pahiri pinaayi dali yuŋ (Epiphany Eve), dolodolo shɛba ban be tiŋgbani shɛŋa ni dabam nyɛla ban yihiri li Candlemas nyaaŋa. Candlemas dali, dolodolo nim pam (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholics, n-ti pahi Lutherans, Anglicans mini Methodists) nyɛla ban gba kpaɣiri "candles" chani bɛ jama duu n-ti suhi bo lala yuuni maa anfaani; dolodolo nim nyɛla ban mali dihitabili ni "candles" ŋɔ nyɛla shɛhiri li zaŋ n-ti Jesus Christ ŋun nyɛ dunia niira ŋɔ.

## Taarihi

"Feast of the Presentation" bee maŋ kashii niŋbu nyɛla chuɣu kurili zaŋ n-ti dolodolo nima. Pilgrim Egeria nyɛla ŋun yɛli din puhiri shɛm Jerusalem yuuni 380s:

Amaa maŋ kashii niŋbu chuɣu nyɛla chuɣu titali ka puhiri ni jilima. Lala dabisili ŋɔ mali la  Anastasis ka binshɛɣu kam kuli niŋdi ni suhupiɛlli kamani Easter ni kuli niŋdi shɛm. Dolodolo karimba kpamba zaa nyɛla ban wuhiri "Gospel" dabisili shɛli din pahiri pihinahi din daa niŋ ka Joseph mini Mary ʒi "Lord" na "Temple" ka  Simeon mini Anna daa nyɛ o.

Christmas daa nyɛla chuɣu shɛli bɛn puhiri West silimin gɔli  December biɛɣ'pishi ni anu dali yuuni AD 354 din daa niŋ ka Pope Liberiu nim zali li. Biɛɣ'pihinahi nyaaŋa silimin gɔli December biɛɣ'pishi ni anu dali nyɛ silimin gɔli February dabaa ayi dali. Roman Empire, Roman consul Justin nyɛ ban daa piligi Hypapante chuɣu puhibu.

Pope Gelasius I (492–496) nyɛla ban daa niŋ kpaŋmaŋ pam ni chuɣu ŋɔ yɛligibu. Lahabali wuhiya ni di nyɛla din niŋ talahi Plague of Justinian saha yuuni 541 pɔi ka daa kpɛ West. Ancient Romans nyɛla ban puhiri Lupercalia silimin gɔli February sunsuun mali paɣiri Lupercus, naawuni zaŋ n-ti duɣim mini "shepherds". Feralia chuɣu puhibu gba nyɛla din niŋdi lala saha maa.

Lupercalia nyɛla bɛn zaŋdi shɛli n-ti maŋ kashii niŋbu chuɣu bali lee Cardinal Caesar Baronius, 16th century ka di daliri nyɛla churi ayi ŋɔ zaa nyɛla maŋ kashii niŋbu churi. Amaa din tooi pa lala dama  Lupercalia chuɣu ŋɔ daa na ʒini puhi Jerusalem, ni koŋko mi ka niri ni tooi nya Jesus maŋ kashii niŋbu chuɣu ŋɔ puhibu. 

Din daa niŋ ka Gelasius yɛli Andromachus yɛltɔɣa, o daa bi zaŋ yaa ka yɛli ni Lupercalia ka shɛli dama di gba nyɛla dolodolo nim chuɣu. Din bɔŋɔ ni tooi lɛbi shɛhira wuhiri ni o nyɛla Roman aristocracy.
Centuries nyaaŋa kamani yuuni 1392 bee 1400, Virgin Mary nahingbaŋ shɛli bɛn daa zaŋ niŋ maa daa nyɛla Guanche piɛ guliba ayi ni daa nya shɛli ka di be island n-ti Tenerife (Canary Islands). Din daa niŋ ka bɛ nya "Virgin" ŋɔ nyaaŋa ka bɛ daa piligi chuɣu ŋɔ puhibu ni Marian shiifa yuuni 1497, din daa niŋ ka Alonso Fernández de Lugo nim puhi Candlemas chuɣu ka zaŋ li jɛndi "Virgin Mary" din nyɛ maŋ kashii niŋbu chuɣu puhiri silimin gɔli February dabaa ayi dali.  Pɔi ka Tenerife, Guanche nim daa puhi chuɣu gili shiifa zaŋ n-ti "Virgin" chuɣu yuli booni Beñesmen puuni silimin gɔli August. Di bɔŋɔ n-daa nyɛ bindira kpaɣibu di ka nyu ka di wuhiri yuuni piligu. Saha chuɣu zaŋ n-ti Virgin of Candelaria din be Canary Islands nyɛla bɛn niŋdi shɛli pahira silimin gɔli February dabaa ayi dali. Taarihi niŋdiba shɛba yɛliya ni chuɣu ŋɔ puhibu nyɛla jilima zaŋ n-ti "Virgin".

Swedish mini Finnish Lutheran churches, Candlemas nyɛla din piligi(tum 1774), din nyɛla bɛn niŋdi shɛli alahiri dabisili kam silimin gɔli February dabaa ayi dali mini o dabaa anii dali gbaai yihi di yi niŋ ka lala alahiri ŋɔ nyɛ alahiri shɛli din bahindi nyaaŋa pɔi ni Lent, din nyɛ Shrove Sunday bee Quinquagesima (, ).
## Customs

### France and Belgium

Catholic dolodolo duu shɛŋa din be France, Belgium, n-ti pahi Swiss Romandy nyɛla ban puhiri Candlemas (, ) silimin gɔli February dabaa ayi dali. Ban su di fukumsi yɛliya ni bɛ di zaŋ "manger scenes" labi hali ni Candlemas din nyɛ chuɣu zaŋ n-ti Christmas cycle.

Candlemas din be lala tiŋgbana ŋɔ ni gba nyɛla crêpes. Di nyɛla zaɣa gbuli laasabu  (round shape).

Belgium di nyɛla kali ni sokam di "pancakes" ka mali dihitabili ni "clear sky" din be Candlemas nyɛla din wuhiri anfooni yuuni.
## Lihimi m-pahi
* Liturgical year

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