Asal Usul Jas Hujan

Raincoat originated in China. During the Zhou Dynasty, people used the herb “ficus pumila” to make raincoats to protect against rain, snow, wind and sun. Such kind of raincoat is usually called “coir raincoat”. The outdated rain gear has completely disappeared in the contemporary countryside, and has become the permanent memory with the development of the times. The memory is indelible, which will appear in a particular occasion to touch your emotions, and you will remember it involuntarily and clearly. The memory gets more precious with years.

Di padésan taun 1960-an sareng 1970-an, jas hujan sabut mangrupikeun alat anu penting pikeun kaluar sareng damel pertanian pikeun unggal kulawarga. Dina usum hujan, jalma-jalma kudu ngajaga cai di sawah, ngabongkar saluran cai di sabudeureun imah sareng nyolokkeun anu bocor dina hateupna...... Teuing kumaha beuratna hujan, jalma-jalma sok nganggo topi hujan, nganggo jas hujan sabut sareng sirah kana badai. Waktu éta, fokus jalma kana aliran cai, sedengkeun jas hujan sabut cicing mantuan jalma ngahalangan hujan ti langit. Hujan beuki gedé beuki énténg, siga panah anu seukeut, jas hujan sabut ibarat tameng anu ngahalangan panah-panah hujan nembak deui-deui. Sababaraha jam kaliwat, jas hujan sabut dina tonggong geus soaked ku hujan, sarta jalma maké rainhat jeung jas hujan sabut nangtung salaku arca di sawah dina angin jeung hujan.

Beurangna anggeus hujan, jalma-jalma ngagantungkeun jas hujan sabut hujan di sisi tembok anu cerah, supaya panonpoe bisa mancar deui, nepi ka jas hujan sabut jadi garing sarta jukut atawa sarat palem jadi mengembang. Nalika badai hujan salajengna datang, jalma-jalma tiasa nganggo jas hujan sabut anu garing sareng haneut pikeun lebet angin sareng hujan.

“Indigo rainhats and green coir raincoats”, in the busy farming season of spring, people wearing rainhats and coir raincoats could be seen everywhere in the fields. The coir raincoat protected farmers from the wind and rain. Year after year, the farmers gained fruitful harvests.

Ayeuna, jas hujan sabut geus langka tur diganti ku jas hujan torek tur praktis. Panginten, éta masih tiasa dipendakan di kebon tegalan di daérah pagunungan anu terpencil atanapi musium di kota-kota, ngabangkitkeun mémori anu jero anjeun sareng ngamungkinkeun anjeun ngahirupkeun deui frugality sareng kesederhanaan generasi sateuacana.