Dzungu ndi chizindikiro chodziwika bwino cha Halloween, ndipo maungu ndi alanje, kotero lalanje lakhala mtundu wachikhalidwe wa Halloween. Kusema nyali za dzungu kuchokera ku maungu ndi mwambo wa Halloween womwe mbiri yake ingayambire ku Ireland yakale.
Nthano imanena kuti munthu wina dzina lake Jack anali wouma mtima kwambiri, woledzera komanso wokonda nthabwala. Tsiku lina Jack ananyenga mdierekezi pamtengo, kenako anasema mtanda pa chitsa chake kuti aopseze mdierekezi kuti asayese kutsika, kenako Jack ndi mdierekezi ponena za lamulo, kotero kuti mdierekezi analonjeza kuti adzalodza kuti Jack asachimwe ngati mkhalidwe woti atsike pamtengo. Chifukwa chake, pambuyo pa imfa, Jack sangalowe kumwamba, ndipo chifukwa chakuti anaseka mdierekezi sangalowe ku gehena, kotero amatha kungonyamula nyali yoyendayenda mpaka tsiku la chiweruzo. Chifukwa chake, Jack ndi nyali ya dzungu akhala chizindikiro cha mzimu woyendayenda wotembereredwa. Anthu kuti awopseze mizimu yoyendayenda iyi pa Halowini, amagwiritsa ntchito turnips, beets kapena mbatata zosema nkhope yowopsa kuti ziyimire nyali yonyamula Jack, yomwe ndi chiyambi cha nyali ya dzungu (Jack-o'-lantern).
Mu nthano yakale ya ku Ireland, kandulo kakang'ono aka kamayikidwa mu turnip yoboola, yotchedwa "Jack Lanterns", ndipo nyali yakale ya turnip yomwe idasinthidwa kukhala lero, ndi Jack-O-Lantern yopangidwa ndi dzungu. Akuti atangofika ku United States, adapeza kuti maungu ochokera ku gwero ndi zojambula ndi abwino kuposa ma turnips, ndipo ku United States nthawi yophukira maungu ndi ochuluka kwambiri, kotero dzungu lakhala lokondedwa kwambiri pa Halloween. Ngati anthu apachika magetsi a dzungu m'mawindo awo pausiku wa Halloween zimasonyeza kuti iwo omwe avala zovala za Halloween akhoza kubwera kudzagogoda pazitseko kuti apeze maswiti.
Nthawi yotumizira: Okutobala-28-2022