Easter Monday

Easter Monday muZimbabwe: Zuva reZororo neKuyeuka Kumuka kwaJesu

Easter Monday izuva rakakosha zvikuru muZimbabwe, richitevera zuva reEaster Sunday iro rinenge riri rekupemberera kumuka kwaJesu Kristu kubva kuvafi. MuZimbabwe, zuva iri harisi zororo rekungogara chete, asi inguva yakadzama yekubatana kwemhuri, kunamata, uye kuzorora mushure mevhiki ruzere nezviitiko zvechitendero. Sezvo Zimbabwe iri nyika ine vanhu vazhinji vanotevera chitendero chechiKristu, Easter Monday inoonekwa sezuva rekupedzisa mhemberero dzePasika nenzira ine runyararo nerudo.

Zuva iri rinoita kuti vanhu vawane mukana wekufungisisa nezve hupenyu hutsva hunovapo nekuda kwekumuka kwaKristu. Kunyangwe zvazvo risina mhemberero dzinoputa semamwe mazororo enyika akaita seIndependence Day, rine simba guru mumwoyo yevanhu nekuti rinobatanidza vanhu vemapoka akasiyana-siyana ezvitendero. Kubva kumachechi emapositori kusvika kune emadzitateguru (Mainline churches), Easter Monday izuva rinoonekwa sereraera, apo mweya wehama neushamwari unenge uri pamusoro.

Mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeZimbabwe, zuva iri rinoshandiswawo sezuva rekufamba kana kushanyira hama dziri kure. Sezvo riri mune imwe yenguva dzezororo refu (long weekend), vanhu vazhinji vanoshandisa mukana uyu kusiya maguta makuru akaita seHarare neBulawayo vachiyenda kumusha (kumaruzeva) kunoona vabereki nehama. Izvi zvinoita kuti Easter Monday ive chiratidzo chekubatana kwechivanhu chedu chechiAfrica netsika dzechiKristu.

Zuva reEaster Monday muna 2026

Gore ra 2026 richange riri gore rakasiyana, uye vanhu vemuZimbabwe vakatomirira nemufaro zuva iri. Easter Monday muna 2026 ichange iri musi we Monday, April 6, 2026. Kana tichitarisa kubva iye zvino, kwasara mazuva anosvika 93 kuti tisvike pazuVA iri rinokosha.

Zvakakosha kuziva kuti zuva reEaster Monday harisi zuva rakatarwa pazuva rimwe chete gore negore (fixed date). Zuva iri rinoshanduka-shanduka zvichienderana nekufamba kwemwedzi (lunar calendar). Pasika inoverengwa zvichienderana nezuva rekutanga remwedzi unenge wakazara mushure me "vernal equinox". Izvi zvinoreva kuti gore negore, mazuva eEaster anogona kuwira pakati pekupera kwaKurume kana pakati pamwedzi waKubvumbi. Muna 2026, Pasika inowira mumwedzi waKubvumbi, nguva iyo kunze muZimbabwe kunenge kwave kutanga kutonhorera zvishoma, zvichiita kuti kuungana kwemhuri kuve kwakanyanya kunakidza.

Nhoroondo neMavambo eEaster Monday

Nhoroondo yeEaster Monday inobva kumashure-shure muzvitendero zvechiKristu pasi rose, asi muZimbabwe yakadzika midzi nekuda kwekuuya kwechiKristu munyika muna muna vana 1800. Maererano nemagwaro matsvene eBhaibheri, Easter Monday haitaurwi zvakananga sezuva rine chiitiko chakasiyana, asi inotorwa sekuenderera mberi kwekufara kwekuti guva raJesu raive risina chinhu.

Mutsika dzechiKristu dzekare, vhiki rose rinotevera Easter Sunday raitariswa sevhiki dzvene. Nekufamba kwenguva, hurumende pasi rose, kusanganisira yeZimbabwe, dzakasarudza kuita kuti zuva rinotevera Svondo yePasika rive zororo remutemo kuitira kuti vanhu vawane nguva yekunamata nekuzorora mushure memazuva akawanda ezviitiko zvechechi. MuZimbabwe, Easter Monday yakava chikamu chemazororo emutemo kubva nyika ichiri pasi pekoloni, uye yakaramba yakadaro mushure merusununguko muna 1980 nekuti inoremekedza chitendero cheruzhinji rwenyika.

Kune vamwe, zuva iri rinoyeuchidza nezvenyaya yevadzidzi vaviri vaive munzira yekuenda kuEmmausi apo vakasangana naJesu amuka. Kunyangwe zvazvo zuva iri risina kunyanya kutariswa nezviitiko zvemuBhaibheri zvakawanda seGood Friday, kukosha kwaro kuri mukuchengetedza mweya wekumuka kwaKristu uchienderera mberi muhupenyu hwezuva nezuva.

Mapemberero neTsika muZimbabwe

Mapemberero eEaster Monday muZimbabwe akasiyana nezvimwe zvikamu zvenyika, asi ane mweya mumwe chete. Heano mamwe emagariro atinoita zuva iri:

1. Misangano yeChechi neMakonferenzi

Zuva iri ndiro rinowanzova zuva rekupedzisira remakonferenzi makuru emachechi (Easter Conventions). Machechi akaita seZion Christian Church (ZCC), Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM), United Methodist, neRoman Catholic anowanzoita misangano mikuru inotora mazuva mana kubva neChishanu (Good Friday). Musi weMuvhuro uyu, vanhu vanenge vachipemberera, vachiimba, nekutenda Mwari vasati vadzokera kudzimba dzavo. Kumachechi emapositori, unogona kuona vanhu vakapfeka nguo dzavo chena vakaungana mumakomo kana mumapani vachinamata.

2. Kudya kweMhuri neKushanyirana

Easter Monday izuva rekudya kwemhuri (family gatherings). Sezvo vanhu vazhinji vanenge vari kumba, madzimai anobika zvekudya zvinonaka zvakaita sehuku dzechivanhu, sadza rezviyo kana remupunga, nemuriwo une dovi. Mumaguta, vanhu vanogona kuita ma "braai" (pikiniki) mumapaki akaita seLake Chivero muHarare kana Matobo Hills kuBulawayo. Inguva yekuti vanatete, vana sekuru, nevazukuru vataure nyaya nekuvaka hukama.

3. Mitambo neKufara kweVana

Kune dzimwe mhuri dzechiKristu dzinotevera tsika dzekuMadokero, vana vanogona kupihwa mazai eEaster anenge akagadzirwa nechokoreti (Easter eggs). Kunyangwe tsika iyi isiri yechivanhu chechiZimbabwe, yave kuwanikwa mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzomumaguta. Vana vanonakidzwa nekutsvaga mazai aya kana kungofara nemhuri dzavo.

4. Kuzorora mushure mevhiki rakabatikana

Vamwe vanhu vanoshandisa zuva iri kuzorora zvachose (recovery day). Mushure mekuenda kumitambo yechechi kubva neChishanu kusvika neSvondo, Muvhuro unova zuva rekuzorodza muviri nepfungwa usati wadzokera kubasa nemusi weChipiri. Izvi zvakakosha zvikuru kune vanhu vanoshanda mumabasa anorema.

Zvinowanikwa muZimbabwe panguva yePasika

Zimbabwe inyika ine runako rukuru, uye panguva yeEaster Monday, nzvimbo dzekushanyira dzinotevera dzinenge dzakazara nevanhu:

Victoria Falls: Vazhinji vanoshandisa zororo iri kushanyira imwe yezvishamiso zvenyika. Muna Kubvumbi, mvura inenge iri zhinji muRwizi rwaZambezi, izvi zvinoita kuti mapopoma aya ayeze zvikuru. Eastern Highlands: Nzvimbo dzeNyanga, Vumba, neChimanimani dzinofarirwa nevanhu vari kutsvaga runyararo nekutonhorera.

• Great Zimbabwe: Kune vanoda nhoroondo, kuenda kuMasvingo kunoona matongo eGreat Zimbabwe panguva yeEaster inguva yakanaka yekufungisisa nezvekwakabva nyika.

Kukosha kweEaster Monday muUpfumi neMagariro

Kunyangwe Easter Monday riri zororo, rine zvigadzirwa zvarinouya nazvo muupfumi hweZimbabwe.

Kutengeserana: Zvitoro zvikuru (supermarkets) zvinotengesa zvinhu zvakawanda panguva ino nekuti mhuri dzinenge dzichitenga zvekudya zvemapemberero. Zvisinei, mabhizinesi mazhinji anenge akavhara, izvo zvinopa vashandi mukana wekuzorora.

Zvekufambisa: Makambani emabhazi anenge akabatikana zvikuru (transport peak) apo vanhu vanenge vachidzoka kubva kumisha yavo kana kubva kumisangano yechechi. Migwagwa yakaita seHarare-Masvingo, Harare-Bulawayo, neHarare-Mutare inenge iine motokari dzakawanda, izvo zvinoda kuti vatyairi vange vakangwarira zvikuru kudzivirira tsaona.

Kubatana kwevanhu: Easter Monday inosimudzira kubatana (social cohesion). Vanhu vanobva mumapoka akasiyana, pasinei nematongerwo enyika kana dzinza, vanobatana muchitendero chimwe chete chechiKristu. Izvi zvinobatsira mukuchengetedza rugare munyika.

Easter Monday seZororo reMutemo muZimbabwe

MuZimbabwe, Easter Monday izuva rezororo riri pamutemo (Public Holiday) pasi pemutemo we "Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act". Izvi zvinoreva zvinotevera:

1. Mabasa neZvikoro: Zvikoro zvese, makoreji, nemayunivhesiti anenge akavhara. Mahofisi ehurumende nemabhizinesi akawanda akazvimirira (private sector) haashande pazuva iri.
2. Mabhengi: Mabhengi ese muZimbabwe anenge akavhara musi weEaster Monday. Vanhu vanokurudzirwa kushandisa nzira dzekubhadhara nemafoni (mobile money) kana machira ekubhengi (ATM cards).
3. Zvekutengeserana: Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) haishande pazuva iri.
4. Mabasa anokosha: Mabasa anokosha akaita sezvipatara, mapurisa, nevanodzima moto anoramba achishanda kuitira kuchengetedza nyika.

Vashanyi vanenge vari muZimbabwe panguva iyi vanofanira kuziva kuti kutsvaga rubatsiro mune mamwe mahofisi kunogona kunetsa, saka zvakanaka kuronga zvinhu zvako mazuva asati asvika. Zvitoro zvekudya nezviteshi zvepeturu zvinowanzoramba zvakavhurika asi zvinogona kuvhara nekukasira kupfuura mazuva ose.

Mashoko Ekupedzisa

Easter Monday muZimbabwe hachisi chiratidzo chekupedza zororo chete, asi izuva rekuzadzisa mufaro wePasika. Isu sevaZimbabwe, tinokoshesa zuva iri nekuti rinotipa mukana wekumira zvishoma pakuita kwekushanda nesimba, tichitarisa kumusoro kuna Mwari nekutarisa parutivi kuhama dzedu.

Muna 2026, musi we April 6, 2026, tichange tichipemberera zvakare mweya uyu werudo nerunyararo. Kunyangwe uchinge uri kuchechi, uri kumba nehama, kana uri parwendo, Easter Monday muZimbabwe inoramba iri zuva rine chiremerera nerunako rwakasiyana. Ngatishandisei zuva iri nehungwaru, tichichengetedza tsika dzedu dzechiKristu nedzechivanhu dzinotisimbisa semhuri imwe yeZimbabwe.

Sezvo mazuva anokusvika pazuva iri ari 93, gadziriro dzinofanira kunge dzave kutotanga mumhuri nemuchechi. Pasika yakanaka kune vese vachange vakaungana muZimbabwe muna 2026!