Isifo Sokudansa sango-1518: Kungani abantu abaningi bedansa baze bafe?

Isifo sokudansa sango-1518 siwumcimbi lapho amakhulu ezakhamuzi zaseStrasbourg adansa amasonto ngendlela engaqondakali, ezinye zaze zafa.

Emibhalweni yomlando, kunezehlakalo ezithile ezingahambisani nencazelo enengqondo. Esinye salezo zenzakalo i-Dancing Plague ka-1518. Phakathi nalesi senzakalo esiyinqaba, abantu abaningana eStrasbourg, eFrance, baqala ukudansa ngokungalawuleki, futhi abanye baze badansa baze bafe. Lo mkhuba wathatha isikhathi esingangenyanga futhi useyimpicabadala kuze kube namuhla. Kulesi sihloko, sizocubungula imininingwane yalesi sigameko esiyinqaba, sihlole izizathu ezingase zibe khona ngemuva kwalokho kanye nomthelela ebesinaso kubantu abathintekayo kanye nomphakathi wonkana.

Isifo Sokudansa sango-1518
Imininingwane evela kumdwebo ka-1642 ka-Hendrik Hondius, osuselwe kumdwebo ka-Peter Breughel wango-1564 obonisa abantu abaphethwe ubhadane lomdanso esenzeka e-Molenbeek ngalowo nyaka. Kukholakala ukuthi uBreugel ube ngufakazi wokuzibonela wale micimbi. Kungenzeka ukuthi iTanzwut ifike sekudlule isikhathi. Wikimedia Commons

Isifo Sokudansa sango-1518: Kuyaqala

I-Dancing Plague yango-1518 yaqala ngoJulayi lapho owesifazane ogama lakhe linguFrau Troffea eqala ukudansa ngokujulile emigwaqweni yaseStrasbourg (ngaleso sikhathi eyayiyidolobha elikhululekile ngaphakathi koMbuso Ongcwele WaseRoma, manje oseFrance). Lokho okwaqala njengesenzo sodwa ngokushesha kwakhula kwaba into enkulu kakhulu. UFrau Troffea wadansa ngokuqhubekayo izinsuku ezi-4-6 ezimangalisayo, edonsa ukunaka kwababukeli. Nokho, okwaphawuleka ngempela ukuthi abanye basheshe bahlanganyela naye kulo mdanso ongayekethisi, bengakwazi ukumelana nokuphoqeleka ukuguqukela esigqi esingabonakali.

Isifo Sokudansa sango-1518
Izakhamizi zango-1518 eStrasbourg ezine-psychogenic disorder choreomania noma 'isifo sokudansa' zidansa phakathi kwamathuna egcekeni lesonto. Qaphela ingalo enqanyuliwe eshiswe ngumuntu kwesokunxele sesiyingi. Wikimedia Commons

Ukusabalala kwalolu bhubhane

Lingakapheli isonto, abantu abangu-34 base bejoyine uFrau Troffea emjahweni wakhe womdanso. Inani laqhubeka likhula ngokushesha, futhi phakathi nenyanga, cishe abantu abangu-400 babanjwe kulo mshikashika wokudansa ongaqondakali. Abadansi abahlukumezekile abazange babonise izimpawu zokuma, ngisho nalapho imizimba yabo yayikhathala futhi ikhathele. Abanye babedansa baze baquleka ngenxa yokukhathala, abanye babulawa isifo senhliziyo, unhlangothi, noma indlala. Imigwaqo yaseStrasbourg yayigcwele udweshu lwezinyawo nokukhala ngokuphelelwa yithemba kwalabo abangakwazi ukugqashula ekubanjweni kwalo mkhuba oyinqaba.

Isifo Sokudansa sango-1518
Imininingwane yokudweba esekelwe kumdwebo ka-Peter Breughel wango-1564 wobhubhane lomdanso okwenzeka e-Molenbeek ngalowo nyaka. Wikimedia Commons

Igazi elishisayo

Ubhubhane lokudansa lwango-1518 lwadida umphakathi wezokwelapha kanye nomphakathi jikelele. Odokotela neziphathimandla bafuna izimpendulo, befisa ukuthola ikhambi lalesi sifo esingaqondakali. Ekuqaleni, kwakucatshangelwa izimbangela zezinkanyezi nezinamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo, kodwa odokotela bendawo bayichitha ngokushesha le mibono. Kunalokho, basikisela ukuthi ukudansa kwakuwumphumela “wegazi elishisayo,” isifo esingokwemvelo esasingelapheka kuphela ngokudansa okwengeziwe. Iziphathimandla zaze zakha amahholo okudansa futhi zanikeza abadansi abangochwepheshe nabaculi ukuze bagcine abantu abahluphekayo benyakaza.

Imibono Nezincazelo Ezingenzeka

Isifo Sokudansa sango-1518
Ngo-August 1518, umqedazwe wokudansa wawusubulale abantu abangaba ngu-400. Njengoba ingekho enye incazelo yalesi simo, odokotela bendawo basola “igazi elishisayo” futhi basikisela ukuthi abagulayo bamane bawuqede umkhuhlane. Wikimedia Commons

Naphezu kwemizamo yokuthola incazelo enengqondo, izizathu zangempela zeNhlupho Yokudansa yango-1518 ziseyimpicabadala. Kuye kwahlongozwa izinkolelo-mbono eziningana phakathi neminyaka edlule, ngayinye inikeza umbono oyingqayizivele ngalesi senzakalo esingavamile.

I-Ergot fungus: Inkohliso enobuthi?

Omunye umbono uphakamisa ukuthi abadansi kungenzeka badle i-ergot fungus, isikhunta se-psychotropic esimila ku-rye. I-Ergot yaziwa ngokudala imibono nenkohliso, efana nemiphumela ye-LSD. Kodwa-ke, le thiyori iphikiswana kakhulu, njengoba i-ergot inoshevu ngokwedlulele futhi isethubeni lokubulala kunokuba ihehe ihlanya lokudansa.

Izinkolelo-ze kanye ne-Saint Vitus

Enye incazelo iphathelene namandla enkolelo-ze nethonya lezinkolelo ezingokwenkolo. Kuthiwa inganekwane eyasakazwa kuleso sifunda, ixwayisa ngokuthi uSanta Vitus, umfel’ ukholo ongumKristu, wayezobangela izinhlupho zokudansa okuyimpoqo kulabo abamcasulayo. Lokhu kwesaba kungenzeka ukuthi kwaba nomthelela engxoxweni enkulu nenkolelo yokuthi ukudansa kwakuwukuphela kwendlela yokushweleza kosanta.

I-mass hysteria: I-psychosis ebangelwa ingcindezi

Ithiyori yesithathu iphakamisa ukuthi ubhadane lokudansa lwawumphumela we-psychosis ebangelwa ukucindezeleka. IStrasbourg yayikhungethwe indlala futhi yabhekana nezinkinga eziqhubekayo phakathi nalesi sikhathi. Ukucindezeleka okukhulu nokukhathazeka abantu abaningi ababhekana nakho kungase kubangele ukuwohloka kwengqondo okuhlangene, okuholela ekubambeni iqhaza kobuningi emdansweni.

I-Phenomena efanayo: I-Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic

Nakuba i-Dancing Plague yango-1518 igqama njengomcimbi oyingqayizivele, akusona ukuphela kwesenzakalo se-mass hysteria (mhlawumbe) esihilela ukuziphatha okungajwayelekile. Ngo-1962, kwaqubuka umqedazwe ohlekisayo eTanzania, owaziwa ngokuthi i- I-Tanganyika Uhleko Epidemic. Kwahlala izinyanga ezimbalwa, lokhu kuqubuka kwe-hysteria enkulu kwabona abantu bengakwazi ukulawula ukuhleka kwabo, njengabadansi bango-1518.

Isiphetho: Impicabadala isaqhubeka

Uhlupho LokuDansa lwango-1518 luseyimpicabadala, lugubuzelwe yimfihlakalo nozungu. Naphezu kwamakhulu eminyaka okuqagela nokucwaninga, imbangela yangempela yalesi simo esingachazeki isalokhu ingaqondakali. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakubangelwa into ewubuthi, inkolelo-ze, noma ukucindezeleka okuqoqiwe kwangaleso sikhathi, umthelela owawunawo ekuphileni kwalabo ababethintekile awunakuphikwa. I-Dancing Plague yango-1518 iwubufakazi bokusebenza komqondo womuntu okuyinqaba nokuyinkimbinkimbi, okuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ngisho nabantu abahlakaniphe kakhulu bangakhukhuleka ngenxa yokuziphatha okungaqondakali.


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