Usuku lwe-Ilyin luwela ngo-Agasti wesi-2 kwaye abantu abaninzi bayazi namhlanje ngenxa yobuninzi bokubhukuda emanzini avulekileyo. Oku kubangelwa kukuba amanzi okweli xesha uba ngumfundi kwaye uyingozi kwimpilo. Enyanisweni, kukho ezinye izithethe kunye neenkolelo. Ukususela kumaxesha amandulo, ingqalelo enkulu ihlawulwe kwiimpawu zesimo sezulu ngosuku lwe-Ilin. Ziye zavela ngenxa yeminyaka emininzi yoluntu kunye nokuqhathaniswa kweenqobo ezahlukeneyo. Ukususela kumaxesha amandulo, abantu babekholelwa ukuba ngaphambi kokuba sidle ngomhla kaEliya kusekho ihlobo, kwaye ke, sele sele sekwindla.
Izimpawu zabantu malunga nemozulu yosuku luka-Ilya
Ngokwemozulu yaloo mini, kuyinto yesiko ukuchaza ukuba yiyiphi ikwindla eya kuba, eyomile okanye imvula. Ukuba kwakunomvula wexesha lika-Ilia, ngaloo nyaka kufuneka silindele isivuno esihle se rye. Imvula eshushu kwaye ithathwa njengophawu olubi, olubonisa ukuba kukho ubukhulu obuphezulu bemililo kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwesityalo. Ngendlela, abantu bamaxesha amandulo babekholelwa ukuba amanzi amvula aqokelelwa ngosuku luka-Ilya unamandla akhethekileyo emilingo. Imozulu eyomileyo ngo-Agasti 2
Kukho nempawu zemozulu kwimihla ye-Ilyin ehambelana neendudumo, ngoko ke ukuba uyisithulu, ngoko ufanele ulindele imvula encinane, kodwa ukuduma kweendudumo kuba yinto ehamba phambili yerhashe enkulu. Iindudumo eziqhubekayo zixela isichotho. Imvula ngeendudumo kuthetha ukuba intloko iya kugula ixesha elide, kwaye ukuba iindudumo zihlala zide, kuya kuba nexinzelelo esifubeni. Ngexesha lokuduma kweendudumo, kubalulekile ukuvala iifestile kunye neengcango ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ukukhanya phambi kwemifanekiso yekhandlela kunye nesibane. Ngaloo ndlela, umntu ukhusela ikhaya lakhe emkhanyeni. Kukholelwa ukuba iimeko zemozulu ziya kuba ngo-Agasti 2, oko kuya kuba njalo kwi-Exaltation, oko kukuthi, ngo-Septemba 27. Ukuba ngomhla kaEliya umntu wayebanjwe emvula - oku kuphawu oluhle, olubonisa ukuba uya kuba nempilo kulo nyaka.