Imvelaphi yeRaincoat

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 The outdated rain gear has completely disappeared in the contemporary countryside, and has become the permanent memory with the development of the times.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.

Kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni ngeminyaka yoo-1960 kunye no-1970, i-coir raincoat yayisisixhobo esiyimfuneko sokuphuma senze umsebenzi wasefama kusapho ngalunye. Ngeentsuku zemvula, abantu kwakufuneka bajonge amanzi kumasimi e-paddy, bavule imijelo yamanzi ejikeleze indlu kwaye bavale iindawo ezivuzayo eluphahleni ...... Kungakhathaliseki ukuba imvula yayinzima kangakanani, abantu bahlala bebeka i-rainhat, banxibe i-coir raincoat kunye nentloko kwisiphango. Ngelo xesha, abantu babegxininise ekuphumeni kwamanzi, ngelixa i-coir raincoat cwaka yayinceda abantu ukuvimba imvula esibhakabhakeni. Imvula yayisiba nzima okanye ibe khaphukhaphu, njengeentolo ezibukhali, yaye idyasi yemvula yayifana nekhaka elithintela utolo lwemvula ukuba lungadubuli ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Kwadlula iiyure eziliqela, icoir raincoat ngasemva yayimanziswe yimvula, kwaye umntu onxibe i-raincoat kunye ne-coir raincoat wema njengomfanekiso oqingqiweyo ebaleni ngumoya nemvula.

Lajika linelanga emva kwemvula, abantu baxhoma icoir raincoat eyayinethwe yimvula kwicala elinelanga eludongeni, ukuze ilanga libengezele ngokuphindaphindiweyo, de icoir raincoat yoma yaze ingca okanye isundu ifayibha. Xa kuza izandyondyo zemvula, abantu babekwazi ukunxiba idyasi yemvula eyomileyo neshushu ukuze baye emoyeni nasemvuleni.

“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.

Ngoku, i-raincoat ye-coir inqabile kwaye ithathelwa indawo yi-raincoat elula kwaye esebenzayo. Mhlawumbi, isenokuthi ifumaneke kwiiyadi zeefama kwiindawo ezikude zeentaba okanye iimyuziyam ezixekweni, ivuselela inkumbulo yakho enzulu kwaye ikuvumela ukuba uhlaziye ubuqili kunye nokulula kwezizukulwana ezidlulileyo.