Kukhona umlando ngemuva kokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwe-Orange
Imibala yefulegi yaseDutch ibomvu, emhlophe futhi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka-ayikho i-orange nhlobo. Kodwa emhlabeni jikelele, iNetherlands isondelene kakhulu ne-orange, yonke imibala. Bayigqoka ngezinsuku zokuziqhenya kwezwe, futhi imifenqo yabo yamaqembu ezemidlalo cishe iyonke i-orange hue.
Kungase kubonakale kungaqondakali, kodwa kunomlando othile othakazelisayo ngemuva kwe-Netherlanders ethandekayo enalo mbala othile.
Kodwa okokuqala, kudingekile ukuhlola ukuthi kungani, uma amaDashi egcwele kakhulu i-orange, ifulegi labo libomvu elibomvu, elimhlophe neluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka?
I-Netherlands inemifula ye-tricolor endala (amaflegi amaFulentshi kanye namaJalimane ayizinye izibonelo ezimbalwa), okuyinto izwe elalamukela ngo-1572 ngenkathi iMpi Yenkululeko. Imibala yavela ku-Prince of Nassau ingubo yezikhali.
Futhi ngokwezinye izazi-mlando, umugqa ophakathi (noma u-fess) wefulegi laseDutch wawungowokuqala we-orange, kodwa umlando unalo wokuthi idayi le-orange yayingahlali kahle. Njengoba imivimbo yayizovuvuka isikhathi esifushane ngemuva kokuba ifulegi lenziwe, indaba iya, isibomvu saba umbala osemthethweni wombala.
Naphezu kokuhluleka kwayo ukuba yingxenye yefulegi laseDutch, i-orange ihlala iyingxenye enkulu yesiko laseDutch. I-orange craze ingahle ibuyele emuva emiphakathini yaseNetherlands: I-Orange umbala womndeni wasebukhosini waseDashi.
Uhlu lwamakhosi amanje-iNdlu yase-Orange-Nassau-ibuyela kuWillem van Oranje (uWilliam wase-Orange). NguWillem ofanayo oletha igama lakhe enkulumweni yesizwe saseDutch, uWilhelmus.
UWillem van Oranje (uWilliam wase-Orange)
UWillem wayengumholi wokuvukela kwamaDashi ngokumelene namaSpain Habsburgs, inhlangano eyayiholela ekuzimele kwesiDashi ngo-1581. Wazalelwa eNdlu yaseNassau, Willem waba iPrince of Orange ngonyaka ka-1544 lapho umzala wakhe uRene waseChalon, owayengumphathi we-Orange ngaleso sikhathi, okuthiwa uWillem uyindlalifa yakhe.
Ngakho uWillem yiyena igatsha lokuqala lomndeni weNdlu yase-Orange-Nassau.
Mhlawumbe isibonakaliso esikhulu kakhulu sokuziqhenya kwezwe ka-orange kwenzeka kuKoningsdag (Usuku lweNkosi), iholide lika-Ephreli 27 okugubha usuku lokuzalwa lwenkosi yezwe. Kuze kube ngumnyaka we-2014, lo mkhosi waziwa ngokuthi uSuku lweNdlovukazi, ngokuhlonipha inkosi yangaphambili. Uzophoqwa kanzima ukuthola umuntu waseDutch ongeyena odlala umbala ngalolu suku. Futhi kunoma yikuphi usuku lokuzalwa komkhosi, ifulegi le-Dutch tricolor ligeleza ngamabhanantshi ase-orange.
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Kodwa ngenkathi umbala we-orange unezimpande zasebukhosini eNetherlands, namuhla kufanekisela ukuziqhenya okukhulu ezweni futhi nokuba yiDashi. Eyaziwayo ngokuzihlanganisa ngokuthi i- Oranjegekte (i-Orange craze) noma i- Oranjekoorts (i-Orange fever), ukukhathazeka ngombala okwenziwe ngezemidlalo zeDutch esikhathini esizayo sekhulu lama-20.
Abalandeli baseDutch bane-orange eboshiwe ukusekela amaqembu abo ngesikhathi seMidlalo yeNdebe Yomhlaba Yezemidlalo kusukela ngo-1934. Ama-t-shirts e-Orange, izigqoko nezinhlamvu akuzona kuphela ukubonakaliswa kwalo mkhuhlane we-orange; abanye abalandeli baseDutch abanamandla babhala izimoto zabo, izindlu, izitolo kanye nemigwaqo ye-orange. I-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines yaze yapenda enye yezindiza zayo ze-Boeing 777 i-orange, enye inkulumo yokuziqhenya kwamazwe aseDutch.
Ngakho uma uhlela ukuvakashela i-Amsterdam noma kwenye indawo eNetherlands, ungase ufune ukupakisha into yezingubo ze-orange (noma ezimbili). Kungenzeka ukuthi akuyona into enhle kakhulu yokukhetha umbala, kodwa uma useNetherlands, ukugqoka orange kuzosiza ukuthi ubonakale njengendawo.