Good Friday

Ko e Falaite Lelei ʻi Tonga: Ko e ʻAho Tapu mo e Fakamanatu ʻo e Sakalifisi Lahi

Ko e Falaite Lelei, pe "Good Friday," ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho mahuʻinga taha mo tapu taha ʻi he tolimanu faka-Kalisitiane ʻo e Puleʻanga Tapu ko Tonga. ʻI he ʻahó ni, ʻoku taha ai e loto ʻo e kakai ʻo e fonuá ke fakamanatu ʻa e pekia ʻa Sisu Kalaisi ʻi he funga kolosí. Ki he kakai Tonga, ʻoku ʻikai ko ha ʻaho mālōlō noaʻia pē ʻeni, ka ko ha taimi loloto ia ʻo e fakalaulauloto, lotu, mo e fakamanatu ʻo e ʻofa lahi ʻa e ʻOtuá ki he māmaní. ʻI he tuʻu ʻa Tonga ko ha fonua Kalisitiane ʻoku laka hake ʻi he peseti ʻe 95 ʻo e kakaí ko e kau lotu, ko e Falaite Leleí ko e uho ia ʻo e tui faka-Kalisitiané ʻa ia ʻoku ne puleʻi e tōʻonga moʻui kotoa ʻi he loto koló mo e ngaahi tukui uó.

Ko e ʻatimosifia ʻo e ʻahó ni ʻoku makehe ʻaupito. Kapau te ke lue ʻi he ngaahi hala ʻo Nukuʻalofa pe ko ha faʻahinga kolo pē ʻi he ngaahi ʻotu motú, te ke fakatokangaʻi e lōngonoa mo e nonga ʻa e fonuá. ʻOku ʻikai ha toe longoaʻa, ʻikai ha ngaahi polokalama fakafiefia, pea ʻoku hangē ʻoku kiʻi tō e nonga ʻa natula ke fakaʻapaʻapaʻi e ʻaho ko ʻení. Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá? He ko e Falaite Leleí ko e ʻaho ia naʻe fuesia ai ʻe he ʻEikí e angahala ʻa e tangatá, pea ki he kakai Tonga, ko e ʻaho ia ke fakaʻapaʻapaʻi mo fakamālōʻi ai e kelesi ko iá. ʻOkú ne fakaʻilongaʻi e kamataʻanga ʻo e uike fakaʻosi ʻo e Toetuʻú, ʻo tataki atu ki he Sāpate Toetuʻu ʻa ia ko e ikuna ia ʻo e moʻuí ki he maté.

ʻI Tonga, ko e Falaite Leleí ʻoku fakafehokotaki vāofi ia mo e hisitōlia mo e tuʻunga fakatuʻi ʻo e fonuá. Ko e Tuʻi ko Siaosi Tupou I naʻá ne fakatapuʻi e fonuá ki he ʻOtuá, pea ko e ngaahi siasí, tautautefito ki he Siasi Uesiliana Tauʻatāina ʻo Tongá, ʻoku nau fakahoko e ngaahi ouau mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻa ia ʻoku faʻa kau atu ki ai e Houʻeiki mo e Fale ʻo e Tuʻí. Ko e tui ko ʻení ko ha konga ia ʻo e kavei koula ʻokú ne haʻi e lotú, fonuá, mo e tuʻufonua faka-Tongá, ʻo hoko ai e Falaite Leleí ko ha taimi fakafonua ke toe fakafoʻou ai e fuakava mo e ʻOtuá.

Ko e fē taimi ʻo e Falaite Leleí ʻi he 2026?

Ko e Falaite Lelei ki he taʻu 2026 ʻe tō ia ʻi he:

ʻAho: Friday ʻAho Fakakātoa: April 3, 2026 Ngaahi ʻaho ʻoku toe: ʻOku toe ha ngaahi ʻaho ʻe 90 ki he ʻaho mahuʻingá ni.

Ko e ʻaho ʻo e Falaite Leleí ʻoku ʻikai ko ha ʻaho pau (fixed date) ʻi he tolimanú ʻo hangē ko e ʻaho Kilisimasí. ʻOku ui ia ko e "movable feast" pe ko ha ʻaho ʻoku liliu fakaetaʻu. ʻOku fakapapauʻi ʻeni ʻo makatuʻunga ʻi he tolimanu faka-Lūná (lunar calendar) pea mo e tō ʻa e Toetuʻú. ʻI Tonga, ʻoku fanongonongo fakaʻofisiale ʻe he ʻOfisi ʻo e Palēmiá e ngaahi ʻaho mālōlō fakapuleʻangá, pea ko e Falaite Lelei ki he 2026 kuo ʻosi fakapapauʻi ko e ʻaho mālōlō fakafonua ia ʻe fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ʻi he Puleʻangá kotoa.

Ko e Hisitōlia mo hono ʻUhinga ki Tonga

Ko e tui faka-Kalisitiané naʻe aʻu mai ki Tonga ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo e senituli 19. Talu mei ai, kuo hoko e ongoongoleleí ko e makatuʻunga ʻo e moʻui faka-Tongá. Ko e "Falaite Lelei" ʻoku ui ia ko e "Lelei" (Good) ʻo ʻikai koeʻuhí naʻe lelei e mamahi naʻe kātekina ʻe Sisu, ka koeʻuhí ko e ola lelei mo e fakamoʻui naʻe maʻu ʻe he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mei he sakalifisi ko iá.

Ki he kakai Tonga, ʻoku mālohi ʻaupito e fakaʻuhinga ʻo e "Feilaulau." ʻI he kuonga muʻá, naʻe mahuʻinga e feilaulaú ki he ngaahi ʻotuá, ka ʻi he hoko mai e Kalisitiané, ko e feilaulau ʻa Kalaisí naʻá ne fetongi e ngaahi feilaulau kotoa pē. Ko e Falaite Leleí ko e fakamanatu ia ʻo e "Lami ʻa e ʻOtuá." ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻeni ki he Tonga kotoa pē he ʻoku ne fakamanatu mai e kaveinga ʻo e "Loto-tō" mo e "Fakaʻapaʻapa," ʻa ia ko e ongo kaveinga mahuʻinga ia ʻi he anga faka-Tonga (Fakaʻapaʻapa, Feveitokaiʻaki, Lototoʻa, mo e Tauhi Vahaʻa).

Ko e Founga Hono Kātoangaʻi ʻo e ʻAhó

Neongo ʻoku tau ui ia ko e "kātoanga," ka ko e Falaite Lelei ʻi Tongá ʻoku kehe ʻaupito ia mei ha kātoanga fiefia hangē ko e ʻaho Kilisimasí pe ʻaho Tauʻatāiná. Ko e founga hono tauhi ʻo e ʻahó ni ʻoku anga peheni:

1. Ko e Lotu mo e Ngaahi Ouau Siasi

Ko e uho ʻo e ʻahó ko e lotu. ʻOku fonu e ngaahi falelotú kotoa—mei he Siasi Uesilianá, Siasi Katolika Lomá, Siasi ʻo Tonga Tauʻatāiná, Siasi ʻo Tongá, mo e ngaahi siasi kehe pē. Ngaahi Lotu Pongipongi: ʻOku faʻa kamata e ʻahó ʻaki e ngaahi lotu pongipongi ʻaupito, ʻa ia ʻoku lau ai e ngaahi fakamatala ki he Hopo mo e Pekia ʻa Sisu mei he Tohitapú. Ko e Ngaahi Kalavale: ʻI he Siasi Katoliká, ʻoku faʻa fakahoko e "Ngaahi Tuʻuʻanga ʻo e Kolosí" (Stations of the Cross), ʻa ia ʻoku lue ai e kakaí ʻo fakamanatu e hala naʻe fou ai e ʻEikí ki Kalavale. Hiva mo e Himí: ʻOku makehe e ngaahi himi ʻoku hivaʻi ʻi he Falaite Leleí. Ko e ngaahi himi mamahi mo e himi ʻo e kolosí. ʻOku faʻa hivaʻi ʻeni ʻi ha founga pe tō ʻoku mālohi mo ongo, ʻo ne langaʻi e loto fakatomala ʻo e kau lotú.

2. Ko e ʻAupito mo e Tapu Kai

Tokolahi e kakai Tonga ʻoku nau ʻaupito (fast) ʻi he ʻahó ni. ʻOku ʻikai ke kai ha meʻatokoni mei he pongipongí kae ʻoua kuo ʻosi e ngaahi lotu lalahi ʻo e hoʻatā pe efiafí. ʻOku ʻi ai foki mo e anga ʻo e ʻikai ke kai kakanoʻi manu (meat) kae kai pē e ika pe ko e vesitapolo, ko ha fakaʻilonga ia ʻo e fakaʻapaʻapa mo e feilaulau fakatautaha.

3. Ko e Lōngonoa mo e Nonga

ʻI Tonga, ko e Falaite Lelei ko e ʻaho ia ʻoku "tapu" ai ha toe longoaʻa pe vaʻinga. ʻOku ʻikai ke fakahoko ha sipoti, ʻikai ha hiva mālohi ʻi he ngaahi ʻapí, pea ʻoku taʻofi kotoa e ngaahi polokalama fakafiefia ʻi he letioó mo e televīsoné. Ko e fakaʻapaʻapa ʻeni ki he ʻEikí ʻi Heʻene tō ki he faʻitoká.

Ko e Ngaahi Talatukufakaholo mo e Tōʻonga Fakafonua

ʻOku ʻi ai e ngaahi tōʻonga makehe ʻoku fai ʻi he ngaahi fāmili Tonga:

Vala ʻUliʻuli pe Lanumata: Tokolahi e kakai ʻoku nau tui e vala ʻuliʻuli ko e fakaʻilonga ʻo e putu mo e mamahi. Ko e kau fafiné ʻoku nau tui honau ngaahi taʻovala lalahi, pea ko e kau tangatá ʻoku nau tui e tupenu mo e taʻovala faka-Tonga ke hū ki he fale lotú. Lau Tohitapu Fakafāmili: ʻI he hili e lotu ʻi he siasí, ʻoku faʻa fakataha e fāmili ʻi ʻapi ke lau fakataha e Kosipelí. Ko e taimi lelei ʻeni ke akoʻi ai e fānaú ki he tui faka-Kalisitiané. Kai Efiafi Fakataha: Neongo ko e ʻaho mamahi, ka ko e kai efiafí ko ha taimi mahuʻinga ia ke fakataha ai e fāmili kotoa hili e ʻaupitó. ʻOku faʻa teuteu ha meʻatokoni maʻamaʻa pē ka ʻoku fakaʻapaʻapaʻi.

Fakamatala ki he Kau ʻAʻahi mo e Kau Muli

Kapau ko ha tokotaha ʻaʻahi koe ki Tonga lolotonga e Falaite Leleí, ʻoku mahuʻinga ke ke ʻilo e ngaahi meʻa ni ke ke lava ʻo fakaʻapaʻapaʻi e tōʻonga moʻui ʻa e fonuá:

1. Vala Fakaʻapaʻapa: Kapau te ke kau atu ki ha lotu, kātaki ʻo tui ha kofu ʻoku ne kofukofuʻi ho uma mo ho tui. Ki he houʻeiki fafine, ko e kofu lōloa pe kofu-taha ʻoku feʻungá, pea ki he houʻeiki tangata ko e sote maʻa mo ha pant (pe tupenu).
2. Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he Longoaʻa: ʻOua naʻa fakahoko ha pāti pe hiva mālohi ʻi ho hotele pe ko ha feituʻu pē ʻoku ke ʻi ai. Ko e ʻaho ko ʻeni ʻoku tokaʻi ʻaupito ʻe he kakaí.
3. Hū ki he ngaahi Fale Lotu: ʻOku talitali lelei maʻu pē e kau mulí ke kau fakataha mo e siasí ʻi he lotú. Neongo ʻoku faʻa fakahoko e lotú ʻi he lea faka-Tongá, ka ko e laumālie mo e ongo ʻo e ouaú te ne fakamatalaʻi pē ʻe ia e mahuʻinga ʻo e ʻahó.
4. Matātahi mo e Sipoti: Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ha lao ʻoku ne taʻofi fakaʻofisiale e ʻalu ki tahi, ka ko e anga ʻo e fakaʻapaʻapá ke ʻoua e hoko e Falaite Lelei ko ha ʻaho fakafiefia ʻi tahi. Ko e tokolahi ʻo e kakai Tongá te nau mamata kovi ki ha taha ʻoku vaʻinga mālohi ʻi he ʻahó ni.

Ko e ʻAho Mālōlō Fakapuleʻanga: Ko e hā ʻoku mapuní pea hā ʻoku ava?

Ko e Falaite Leleí ko ha ʻaho mālōlō fakapuleʻanga (Public Holiday) ia ʻi Tonga. ʻOku fakamālohiʻi ʻeni ʻe he ngaahi lao ʻo e fonuá, tautautefito ki he lao ki he ʻaho Sāpaté mo e ngaahi ʻaho tapú.

Pisinisi mo e Ngaahi Falekoloa: ʻOku MAPUNI kotoa e ngaahi falekoloá, fale kaí, mo e ngaahi māketi lalahí. ʻOku ʻikai ha fefakatauʻaki ʻoku fakahoko ʻi he ʻahó ni. ʻOku faleʻi e kakaí ke nau ʻosi fakatau mai honau ngaahi fiemaʻu (meʻatokoni, penisini) kimuʻa he Falaite Leleí. Pangikē mo e Ngaahi ʻOfisi Puleʻanga: ʻOku MAPUNI kotoa e ngaahi ʻofisi puleʻangá, ngaahi pangikeé, mo e ngaahi kautaha kōmunikesoní. Ngaahi Ngāue Fakavavevave: Ko e falemahakí (Vaiola mo e ngaahi senitā moʻuí), kau polisí, mo e kau tamate afí pē ʻoku nau ngāue ʻi he tuʻunga fakavavevave. Folatuna mo e Fale Talitali Kakai: Ko e ngaahi hotele lalahí pē ʻoku faʻa ava honau ngaahi fale kaí maʻa ʻenau kau ʻaʻahi ʻoku nofo aí, ka ʻoku fakangatangata pē mo ia. Fefonongaʻaki: ʻOku faʻa fakangatangata e ngaahi vakapuna fakalotofonuá pea ʻoku ʻikai ha ngaahi vaka tahi (ferries) ʻe fefolauʻaki ʻi he Falaite Leleí.

Ko e ʻEa mo e Taimi ʻo e Taʻú

ʻI he māhina ko ʻEpelelí, ko e taimi ia ʻoku liliu ai e ʻeá mei he faʻahitaʻu māfaná ki he faʻahitaʻu mokomokó. Ko e vela ʻo e ʻeá ʻoku faʻa tuʻu ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e 25°C ki he 28°C (77-82°F). ʻOku faʻa ʻi ai e hauhau mo e viviku, pea taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻoku tō e ʻuha hili e hoʻatā, ʻa ia ʻoku pehē ʻe he tokolahi ko e "loʻimata ia ʻo e langí" ki he pekia ʻa e ʻEikí. Ko ha taimi fakaʻofoʻofa ia ki he fakalaulauloto ʻi loto ʻapi koeʻuhí ko e nonga ʻa e ʻeá.

Fakaʻosi

Ko e Falaite Lelei ʻo e 2026 ʻi Tongá ko ha taimi makehe ia ʻoku ne fakafehokotaki e tui, hisitōlia, mo e anga faka-Tonga. Ko e ʻaho ia ʻoku ne fakamanatu mai kiate kitautolu ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e feilaulaú mo e ʻofá. Neongo ko e ʻaho mamahi ia, ka ko e makatuʻunga ia ʻo e ʻamanaki lelei ki he Toetuʻu ʻe hoko mai ʻi he Sāpaté.

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