NgoLwesine o-4 kaNovemba kuya kwezinyanga zonke, i-United States kanye nezinye izifunda zase-Canada zihlangana ekuphileni kwabo emkhakheni wokuzalwa kwe-Thanksgiving. Leli holidi alikho kuphela ukuphila kwemifino kanye nokubonakala kodwa kwenza izinto ezithile ezitholakala kwezobuciko kanye nezobuholi. Leli bhalo lizama ukuchaza izigaba, ukwakha, kanye nokusebenza kwakamuva kwe-Thanksgiving kusukela emiphakathini yezwe, isosayologi, kanye nesihloko, ekwakheni ukwazi okuphelele kanye nokwaziwa okukhethekile kweleli holidi.

Izindlela zokwakha kwesonto sokubonga zingatholakala emerika yase-17th-century. Ngaphambi kwalesi sonto, kwakukhona isifiso sokwakha okwakhiwe phakathi kwabaprotestanti baseYurophu, okwesinye isikhathi kwakwenziwa ngokuhlanganyela kwesithakazelo sokuphila okwesikhathi esisodwa kanye nabantu abazalelwe ngaphansi kwesikhathi esidlule, okwakwenza isonto sokubonga esiyazi ngayo namuhla. Abahistorians bakholelwa ukuthi noma izindlela zokubonga ezimayelana nokubonga okwakhiwe phakathi kwabaprotestanti baseYurophu kanye nabantu abazalelwe ngaphansi kwesikhathi esidlule, okwakwenza isonto sokubonga esiyazi ngayo namuhla.

Kusukela ekuphathweni lwesosayologi, i-Thanksgiving, njengoba isiko sososayeti, isebenza ngokuthi ibonise ukusiza ukubumbana kwesizwe, ukwenza ukubumbana kwamadodana, futhi ukwenza ukubumbana kwesizwe. Ngemuva kokufezeka, abadodana bethu bakhetha emakhasini nasezikhundleni ukuze bakhulume ngokubambisana ukuze bakhonze ukudla nokuthandana. Lolu hlelo lokwenziwa kwenziwe akuyona kuphela okwenza kube nokubumbana kwemiphumela phakathi kwabafamili kodwa kwenza kube nokwenza kube nokubumbana phakathi kwabasebenzi kanye nokusiza okungaphezu kwesizwe. 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Izifundo zepsikholoji zisebenzisa ukuthi ukubonga kuyinto isimo esihle sesikuphatha esingakwazi ukwenza ukuthi umuntu ube nomoya omuhle kakhulu nokuthokoza kwesizwe nesimiso sakhe. Ukushumayela kuyinto okwenza abantu babe nezikhathi zokubonga futhi baphendule ngokuthokoza kubanye. Lolu lwazi akungenziwa kube nokuthuthukisa ubudlelwane phakathi kwabantu kuphela kodwa kwenza futhi ukuthuthukisa ukweluleka kwabantu. Ngokwenza izenzo zobonga, abantu bazothola ukufunda ukubona impilo ngokuhle, ukulahlekelwa kwemibono emibi, futhi ukuthuthukisa ukwenza kwabo ukweluleka kwesimo. Ngokushumayela kuyinto isikhathi esihle sokuphila esisindisa nokuthuthukisa izithunywa zabantu.

Ngesivinini esivamile, ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda, ukuthuthuka kwe-Thanksgiving kuyisikhathi esivela kuyo kanye nesikhathi esihlukene esihlukene esikhathi esihlukene, kodwa kuyinto enjalo kakhulu ekwakhiweni kwemvelo. Kuqala, kulezi zizwe eziningi, i-Thanksgiving isetshenziswa njengesikhathi sokuphumula, ukwakha izinto eziningi, noma ukubonga ukuthula noma ukwakha izinto eziningi ezihlukene. Lokhu kwezokuxhumana nokwakha kwezokuxhumana kwenza i-Thanksgiving ibhange elilodwa eliholayo.

Kwenzakalani, i-Thanksgiving akuyona kuphela inhliziyo yokuthokoza izithelo kanye nokubonakala kwabantu, kodwa futhi inqubo enkulu ekhokhelwa ngokuthi inezinhlobo eziningi zezobuciko kanye nemisebenzi yezwe. Ngenhla yokufunda ngokuhlanganyela, siyakwazi ukwazi okuningi mayelana nokwenzeka kwe-Thanksgiving ezikhundleni ezahlukene zezikhathi zohulumeni kanye nemikhakha yezobuciko, njengoba kungakhathaliseki kuyini okwenziwa kahle kwezwe elidala, ekwakhiweni kwengqondo yomuntu kanye nokuhlanganyela kwesizwe. Ngemva kwalokho, njengoba ukuthuthukiswa kwesizwe kanye nokuhlanganyela kwakha, i-Thanksgiving ingabe isenza ukuthi kube nokwenzeka, kodwa izimiso ezinzima—ukuthokoza nokuphendula—zizoba yingqubomgomo yomlando wabantu.