Enge Harvest Festival chu?

‘Harvest’ tih hi Old English thumal ’hærfest’, atanga lak niin, sap-in “autumn” an tih mai, favang tihna a ni. Lo-a thlai thar lakkhawm runpui hun a kawk deuh ber. Favang hunlaia thlabial hi Harvest Moon tiin an vuah a, Harvest festivals chu Harvest Moon hnaih ber Chawlhni-ah an hmang thin a ni. Thlai a lo puitlin tak avanga lawmthu sawina leh rim taka hnathawh rah seng theiha awm ta avanga hlimna lo thleng lawmna hun a ni.

Kan mamawh tinreng min pek avanga Pathian hnena lawmthu kan sawina hunbik Harvest Festival-ah hian, kan thlaithar leh dehchhuah tinreng atanga kan dahhrante  Biakinah kan kengkhawm thin a, chungte chu pawisaah chantirin, chumi tlingkhawm chu kan vela mamawhtute hnenah semdarh a ni thin.

American hovin Thankgiving hmasaber nia an sawi pawh kha, America ram an hmuchhuah hnua an Thlaithar hmasaber lawmna October 1621-a an neih kha a ni a, Harvest Festival a ni. Tichuan, chumi chu chhawm nung zelin ‘Thanksgiving Day’ tia hmangin, kum 1864 atang khan President Abraham Lincoln-a chuan an ram ni pawimawhah puangin an hmang zui ta zel a ni. British ho chuan kum 1843 atang khan Biakin-ah Harvest Festival an hmang tan a, Cornwall-ah Rev. Robert Hawker-a chuan a kohhran mite kokhawmin lawmthu sawina hunbik an lo hmang a ni.

SALVATION ARMY HARVEST FESTIVAL hmasaber nia hriat chu Winslow vawngtu Officer te – Captain McIver leh Lieut. Short te kaihhruaina hnuaia 1890 favang a hman kha a ni. Inrinni atanga tanin Bazar hmun lun laiah harvest festival service neih a ni a, Chawlhniah thlaithar thawhlawmte nalh taka remin urhsun takin hun an hmang a, a tukah Captain Fisher, London hovin an hralh leh a ni. 1909 khan USA-a Salvation Army pawhin an hmang tan. Kum 1929 khan Self Denial Appeal ang hian Harvest Festival Appeal siam a lo ni tawh a, Harvest Festival hi urhsun taka hmangin, thlaithar mai bakah beramno te, puan te pawh an keng khawm thin a ni.

Salvation Army emaw Kristiante chauh emaw hian Harvest Festivals hi kan hmang lo a, khawvel hmun hrang hrangah, hnam tihdan leh lawmdan chi hrang hrang hmangin, leia thil lo to avanga thlai/thingkung lo puitling ta lawmna hunbik chi tam tak a awm. Thenkhat lo tarlang ila - Chuseok - Korea, Olivagando - Italy, Incwala - Swaziland, Pongal - Southern India, Sukkot - Israel, The Moon Festival - China, Taiwan, Singapore leh Vietnam, Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia - Argentina, Kadayawan Festival - Philippines, angte hi an thil tharchhuahte avanga intihhlimna kut an ni.

Kan Harvest Festival danglam bikna chu, tunlai hunah pawh hian ‘MIDANGTE’ kan thupui a la ni fan hi a ni. Thlaithar thawh tur kan neilo a ni thei, amaherawhchu, eitur chhe mai lo turte a kenkhawm theih a, UK leh ramdangah chuan Salvation Army te semdarh leh turin Harvest Festival-ah hian hengte hi an kengkhawm mai thin a ni. Kan ram ah chuan lo nei mi in, kan lova thlai tharte kan kengkhawm a, midangte kenkhawm sa, a man hu aia tovin kan chansak bawk a, chung pawisa tlingkhawm chu Headquarters-ah thehluh a ni a, chanhaite leh thlaraubo manna atan hman thin a ni.

Harvest hian Kristiante nunah tum thuk zawk a nei lo maw?            
Nei e, Krista tana thlaraubote sengkhawm hna leh Salvation Army te’n ‘growing saints’ (mite invawng thianghlim tura zirtir) kan tih mai, midangte Pathian hmangaihna hriatfiah tir tura zirtir hi a ni. Galatia 6:9 [KJV] 'Chuvangin, thil tha tih I ning lo vang u; kan inthlahdah loh chuan a hun takah a rah kan seng ngei dawn si a', tih ziak a ni. Tun Chawlhnia ‘Harvest Festival’ kan hman tur pual hian - mite thinlunga chi nung tuhtu ni thei tura min buatsaih turin Pathian dil ila, tichuan Pathian rinawmna leh Chhandamtu ropui chanchin zirtirin, rah duhawm tak kan seng thei ang.

IET Harvest Festivals

Jean Ralte