Igama elithi "ukhula lomhlolokazi" lubhekisela kwiingubo ezimnyama ezigqithwe (ngokukodwa) ngabahlolokazi ngexesha lexesha lama-Victorian, elichaza " ukuziphatha okulibala " okulawula ukuziphatha nokubonakala kwazo emva kokufa kwabayeni babo.
Ukhula lwabahlolokazi luba ngumthwalo omnyama, omnyama ofihla umfazi wesibini, kunye "nesigqubuthelo sokulila" esimnyama phezu kwekhanda kunye nobuso xa uhamba ngaphandle.
Ngaphandle, abafazi babeza kunxiba "ikhefu lomhlolokazi." Ezi zinto zenziwe ngokuqhelekileyo okanye zihlotshiswe nge-crepe, ingubo engacacanga (engabonakaliyo) eyenziwe kwisilika.
Impembelelo ka-Queen Victoria
Ukhula lwabafelokazi lubandakanyeka kakhulu kwixesha lama-Victorian, elichazwe ngukumkani wase-England u-Queen Victoria, ngo-1837 ukuya ku-1901. Ukubukela esidlangalaleni njengomgangatho wokuziphatha okuthe ngqo kunye nokuziphatha, uMbhinqa uVictoria waba nefuthe elikhulu kwisimo sengqondo kunye neentlalo zentlalo kuphela izifundo kwi-United Kingdom kodwa nabantu abajikeleze ihlabathi. Emva kokufa kwendoda yakhe, uPrince Albert, ngo-1861, wazimela kwaye wangena ixesha elide lokulila. Ukususela kule mzuzu kwada kwafa emva kweminyaka engama-40, ukumkanikazi wayegqoke iimpahla zokulila: emnyama, engumngcwabo ohlose ukubonisa intlonipho ngomfi.
Ngethuba lolawulo luka-ukumkanikazi, isigaba "sokuqala," "esipheleleyo" okanye "esijulile" ukulila e-Victorian eNgilani, sichaza ukuba ibhinqa kufuneka limbathise ukhula lomhlolokazi.
Eli xesha lingahlala ixesha elingaphezu konyaka emva kokufa komntu othandekayo . Ukuba umhlolokazi washiya indlu yakhe, kunye nezixhobo zakhe, ezifana nezicathulo zakhe, isambulela, isikhwama, njl. Ngethuba lokulila kokuqala emva kokufa komyeni wakhe, u-Queen Victoria wayegqoka iingubo ezenziwe "kwi-jet," uhlobo lwekhabhoni enobomi obufana ne-obsidian kunye ne-blackmalmaline, efana ne-glassal.
(Ngokweqile, le yilapho idayethi yanamhlanje "i-jet-black" ivela.)
Nangona iinqunto ezilawula ukuziphatha kunye nokugqoka emva kokufa ngokukhawuleza zakhululeka emva kokufa kukaMongameli waseVictoria ngo-1901, ithonya lakhe liqhubeka nanamhlanje. Abaninzi bethu basacinga ukuba kufuneka sigqoke iimpahla ezimnyama okanye ezigubungelayo kumngcwabo okanye kwinkonzo yesikhumbuzo (nangona le ngcamango iphela iphinda iphume).
Ngendlela, ukuba igama elithi "ukhula" libonakala lingaqondakali, qonda ukuba eli lizwi livela kwiLizwi lesiNgesi elidala elithi "ingubo, ukugqoka, isambatho, ingubo okanye ingubo." Leli gama lithatha i-etymologically ukusuka kwi-proto-Indo-Yurophu igama elithi wedh , elithetha "ukukhupha," okubhekiselele kumathenda.
> Imithombo:
Imbali Yemboniso: I-Garb Mourning Garb, "nguKyshah Hell. Outdoor Outlook. Ibuyiswe ngo-Agasti 26, 2014.
> "Impahla yokungcwaba nokulila," ngu-Alison Petch. ENgilani: Eminye Ngaphakathi.
> "ukhula (n.)." I-Online Etymology Dictionary.