Kukho imbali emva kwe-orange's obsession
Imibala yepeyinti yaseDatshi ibomvu, imhlophe kunye ne-bluhlaza-ayikho i-orange. Kodwa ehlabathini lonke, iNetherlands ichaneke kakhulu kunye nelalanti, yonke imibala. Bayigqoke ngeentsuku zokuziqhenya kwelizwe, kwaye iifom zeqela labo lezemidlalo ziphantse zizonke ii-orange hue.
Ingabonakala ingaqondakali, kodwa kukho imbali enomdla emva kwe-Netherlanders abanomdla kulo mbala othile.
Kodwa okokuqala, kukufanele ukuhlolisisa ukuba kutheni, ukuba amaDatshi ayagxininiswa ne-orange, ifulegi yabo ibomvu ebomvu, emhlophe neyibhakabhaka?
I-Netherlands inomfaki we-tricolor endala (iifrigi zaseFransi neJamani ziminye imimiselo embalwa), elo lizwe lamkelwa ngo-1572 ngexesha leMfazwe ye-Independence. Imibala yavela kwengubo ye-Prince of Nassau.
Kwaye ngokutsho kweembali-mlando, umgca ophakathi (okanye u-fess) weflegi yaseDatshi wawuse-orange kuqala, kodwa umlando unokuba idayi ye-orange yayingazinzi. Ekubeni imivimbo yayiya kubomvu ngexesha elifutshane emva kweflegi yenziwe, ibali lihamba, ibomvu yaba ngumbala osemthethweni wombala.
Naphezu kokungaphumeleli ukuba yinxalenye yeflegi yaseDatshi, i-orange ihlala yinxalenye enkulu yeNkcubeko. I-orange craze ingasemva kwiingcambu zaseNetherlands: I-Orange ngumbala weentsapho zasebukhosini zaseDatshi.
Umgca wobukhosi bamanje-iNdlu yase-Orange-Nassau-ibuyela kwiWillem van Oranje (uWilliam wase-Orange). Nguye Willem ofanayo oboleka igama lakhe kwisihlabelelo sesizwe saseDutch, iWilhelmus.
UWillem van Oranje (uWilliam wase-Orange)
UWillem wayeyinkokheli yokuvukela kwamaDatshi ngokubhekiselele kwiSpeyin Habsburgs, intshukumo eyabangela ukuzimela kweDutch ngo-1581. Wazalelwa eNdlu yaseNassau, Willem waba yiNkosana yase-Orange ngo-1544 xa umzala wakhe uRene waseClonlon, owayengumthetheli we-Orange ngelo xesha, ogama linguWillem uyindlalifa yakhe.
Ngoko uWillem wayeyintloko yesebe yomndeni weNdlu yase-Orange-Nassau.
Mhlawumbi umboniso omkhulu wobuqheno besizwe sase-orange uvele kwiKoningsdag (Usuku lukaKumkani), iholide ka-Aprili 27 ukukhumbula umhla wokuzalwa wenkosi yelizwe. Kuze kube ngo-2014, ukubhiyozelwa kwaziwa ngokuba yiNtlokekazi kaSuku, ngokuhlonipha inkosi yangaphambili. Uza kuba nzima ukufumana umntu waseDatshi ongeyidlala umbala ngalolu suku. Kwaye nawuphi na umhla wokuzalwa, iiflegi zaseDutch zifakwe kwiibhanki ezi-orange.
Abadlali beMidlalo yamaDatshi kunye neOranjegekte
Kodwa ngelixa umbala we-orange unengcambu yobukumkani eNetherlands, namhlanje ufuzisela ukuzingca ngokubanzi kwilizwe kunye nokuba yiDutch. Eyaziwa ngeColloqui ngokufanayo njenge- Oranjegekte (i-Orange craze) okanye i- Oranjekoorts (i-Orange fever), ukugqithisa ngombala okwenziwe kwimidlalo yeDatshi kwiminyaka yokugqibela ye -20.
Amaqhawe aseDutch agqwesile i-orange ukuze axhaswe amaqela abo ngexesha lebhola lebhola leNdebe yebhola leNdebe yeHlabathi ye-World Cup ukususela ngo-1934. I-Orange t-shirts, iihappy kunye neefowuni akubona kuphela ukubonakaliswa kwesi sifo se-orange; Abanye abalandeli baseDatshi abapenda iimoto zabo, izindlu, izitolo kunye nezitalato zase-orange. I-KLM Royal Dutch Airlines iye yafika ukupenda enye yeenqwelo zee-Boeing 777 ze-orange, enye ibonakaliso yesiqhelo sesizwe saseDatshi.
Ngoko ukuba uceba ukutyelela i-Amsterdam okanye kwenye indawo e-Netherlands, unakho ukufuna ukupakisha impahla ye-orange yempahla (okanye ezimbini). Akunakuba yinto ekhethekileyo yokukhetha umbala, kodwa xa uhlala eNetherlands, ukugqoka i-orange kuya kunceda wenze ngathi uhlala njengendawo.