Intsomi ithi uYun, umfazi kaLu Ban, wayekwangumchweli onobuchule eTshayina yamandulo. Wayengumqambi wesambrela, kwaye isambrela sokuqala sanikwa umyeni wakhe ukuba asisebenzise xa wayesiya kwakha izindlu zabantu.
Igama elithi “umbrella” belikho ixesha elide, ngoko ke kusenokwenzeka ukuba wadala isambrela esinokubanjwa kunye. Umbuzo wokuba ngubani owayila isambrela uye waba ngumxholo weembono ezahlukeneyo.
ETshayina, i-ambrela yasungulwa nguYun malunga nowama-450 BC. Yayibizwa ngokuba “yindlu ehambayo”. ENgilani, ii-ambrela zazingasetyenziswa de kwaba yinkulungwane ye-18. Ngaxa lithile, i-ambrela yayiyinto yobufazi, ibonisa isimo sengqondo somfazi ngothando. Ukubamba i-ambrela ime nkqo kwakuthetha ukuba uzimisele ukuthanda; ukuyibamba ivule ngesandla sakhe sasekhohlo kwakuthetha “Andinaxesha lokuchitha ixesha ngoku”. Ukushukumisa i-ambrela kancinci kuthetha ukungabi nalukholo okanye ukungathembi i-ambrela; ukuxhoma i-ambrela egxalabeni lasekunene kuthetha ukuba awufuni ukubona mntu kwakhona. Ngenkulungwane ye-19, amadoda aqala ukusebenzisa ii-ambrela. Ngenxa yemvula eNgilani, i-ambrela yayiyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yobomi baseBritane, yaba luphawu lwendlela yokuphila yendabuko yaseBritane, into ebalulekileyo kubathengisi baseLondon kunye namagosa, kunye nophawu lwamaBritane – uJohn Bull ephethe i-ambrela esandleni sakhe. Ikwayinto ebalulekileyo kwiincwadi nakwiimuvi. Imyuziyam ye-ambrela yasekwa eNgilani ngo-1969. Ii-ambrela zinezinye iindlela ezininzi zokusetyenziswa. Ngo-1978, iqela labemi baseBulgaria ababegxothiwe lahlatywa ngeencam zeeambrela ngababulali eWaterloo Bridge laza lafa ngenxa yetyhefu. Ezinye izibambo zeeambrela zinokutshizwa ngepepile kwaye zisetyenziswe ukuthintela izinja ezinoburhalarhume ekuleqeni nasekulumeni.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Okthobha-24-2022