Iceland na da irin wannan biki na ban mamaki kamar Ranar Kofi Mai RanaA lokacin hunturu, yankuna da yawa na wannan ƙasa suna shiga cikin duhun duhu, ba yawa saboda kusancin ƙasar da Yankin Arctic, amma saboda sauƙin tsaunuka. Sabili da haka, a cikin kwari da yawa, fitowar farkon hasken rana daga bayan dutsen koyaushe ana tsinkayar shi azaman share fagen zuwan bazara, a matsayin tutar zinare.
Manoma daga yankunan da ke makwabtaka da su sun taru a wurin da aka amince, suna ƙoƙarin yin burodin bike, don samun lokacin da za a dafa su, kuma har sai da rana mai ban tsoro ta ɓace a bayan kololuwar. Har ila yau, wasan ya ci gaba bayan faduwar rana kuma ya sake komawa tare da sabon fitowar rana, har sai haskensa ya sake zama gama gari.
Duk da cewa Iceland ta yi nisa da ikon hadin gwiwa, Wannan ruwan sha mai zafi, mai kuzari, wanda ya bayyana a 1772, nan da nan ya mamaye zukatan Icelanders. Baya ga kofi, taba da barasa ne kawai ake buƙata, ba tare da la'akari da ikon jama'a don samar da kansu da samfuran mahimmanci ba.
Kofi daidai yake wannan hanyar, wannan ɗan ƙaramin alatu ne ga wani baƙauye mai yunwa, wanda ya sa ya ji kamar mutum. Kuma ku ji daɗin fitowar rana da dogon lokaci tare da maƙwabta!
Ranar bikin, ba shakka, ya dogara da fitowar rana a wani yanki, amma, a cikin manyan ƙauyuka al'ada ce ta matsakaita da gyara kwanan wata.
A yau, alal misali, muna da dalilin ɗaga shayi ko wani abin sha da aka fi so ga mazaunan Reykjavik waɗanda suka jira ranarsu, wanda da farin ciki za mu yi, muna murnar safiya da kofi:
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Barka da safiya da rana!