Igama elithi "ukhula lomfelokazi" lisho izembatho ezimnyama ezithwala kakhulu (ikakhulukazi) ngabafelokazi ngenkathi yoMshushisi, okwakuchaza " ukuziphatha okunzima" kokulawula ukuziphatha nokubukeka kwazo emva kokufa kwabayeni babo.
Ukhula lomfelokazi luyisigqoko esinzima, esicashile esifihla isibalo sabantu besifazane, kanye nesigqoko "somkhuleko" omnyama esigqoke phezu kwekhanda nobuso lapho bephuma ngaphandle.
Ngaphandle, abesifazane babezogqoka "isikhwama somfelokazi." Lezi zinto zazivame ukukhishwa noma zihlotshwe nge-crepe, indwangu encane (engabonakali) eyenziwe nge-silika.
Ithonya Lika-Queen Victoria
Ukhula lomfelokazi luhlobene ngokuyinhloko nenkathi yama-Victorian, okuchazwa ukubusa kweNdlovukazikazi yaseNgilandi yase-England, ngo-1837 kuya ku-1901. Njengoba ibhekwa esidlangalaleni njengendlela ejwayelekile yokuziphatha komuntu siqu nokuziphatha kwayo, iNdlovukazi uVictoria yakuthonya kakhulu isimo sengqondo nezindlela zokuzijabulisa zomuntu hhayi nje kuphela izihloko ngaphakathi kwe-United Kingdom kodwa futhi nabantu emhlabeni jikelele. Ngemva kokufa komyeni wakhe, uPrince Albert, ngo-1861, wazihlukanisa futhi wangena isikhathi eside sokulila. Kusukela kulo mzuzu kuze kube sekufeni kwakhe eminyakeni engama-40 kamuva, indlovukazi yayigqoke izingubo zokulila: amnyama, ama-somber izingubo ezihloswe ukubonisa inhlonipho ngomuntu oshonile.
Ngesikhathi sokubusa kwendlovukazi, isiteleka sokulila "kokuqala," "okugcwele" noma "okujulile" e-Victorian England kwakuthi owesifazane kufanele agqoke ukhula lomfelokazi.
Lesi sikhathi singase sigcine isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ngemva kokufa komuntu othandekayo . Uma umfelokazi eshiya indlu yakhe, ngisho nezesekeli zakhe, njengezicathulo zakhe, isambulela, isikhwama esikhwameni, njll, kwakungumnyama futhi kubukeka kahle. Ngesikhathi sokulila kokuqala ngemva kokushona komyeni wakhe, iNdlovukazi uVictoria yayigqoke izigqoko ezenziwe nge "jet," uhlobo lwekhabhoni elincane elifana ne-obsidian kanye ne-tourmaline emnyama, konke okufana neglasi elimnyama.
(Kusobala ukuthi yilapho igama lesimanje elithi "jet-black" livela khona.)
Ngenkathi izigqoko ezilawula ukuziphatha nokugqoka emva kokufa zihamba kancane kancane ngemva kokufa kweNdlovukazi uVictoria ngo-1901, ithonya lakhe liqhubeka nanamuhla. Abaningi bethu basacabanga ukuthi kufanele sigqoke izingubo ezimnyama noma ezibucayi emngcwabeni noma enkonzweni yesikhumbuzo (nakuba lo mqondo uqhubeka kancane kancane, futhi).
Ngendlela, uma igama elithi "ukhula" libonakala lingaqondakali, qonda ukuthi leli gama livela egameni elidala lesiNgisi elithi "ingubo, ingubo, isembatho, ingubo noma izingubo." Lelo gama lithola i-etymologically kusukela e-Proto-Indo-European elithi elithi wedh , okusho ukuthi " ukugoqa ," okuhlobene nemigqa.
> Imithombo:
"Umlando Wezemfashini: I-Victorian Mourning Garb," yiKyshah Hell. I-Morbid Outlook. Ibuyiselwe ngo-Agasti 26, 2014.
> "Izingubo zokungcwaba nokulila," ngu-Alison Petch. I-England: Okunye Okungaphakathi.
> "ukhula (n.)." I-Online Etymology Dictionary.