Mpira wa Rubber, ndiwe,
Mumasamba nthawi zambiri kusangalala,
Mpira wa Rubber, ndikukukondani kwambiri;
(woh, bee doh!)
Dukoki ya Mpira, chimwemwe cha chimwemwe,
Pamene ndikukupilirani, mumapanga phokoso!
Mphungu ya Rubber, ndiwe bwenzi langa lapamtima, ndizoona!
(Sesame Street, Rubber Duckie)
Ndani sanayambe kulemba izi poti azisamba, monga mwana kapena wamkulu, mukuimba kwa mwana wanuyo? Mabulu a mbuzi ndi gawo limodzi ndi chikhalidwe chathu monga zizindikiro za nthawi yosamba.
Koma nchiyani chomwe chiri kumbuyo kwa kutchuka kwawo mu zipinda zathu zosambira ku North America?
Makampani a rabara
Duckie ya rabara (kapena, masiku ano, monga pulasitiki ya duckie) imakhala yogwirizana kwambiri ndi kuwonjezeka kwa mafakitale a rabara m'zaka za m'ma 1900.
Mpira uja unayambitsidwa ku Ulaya kumayambiriro kwa zaka za 1700 ku France, ndipo maphunziro oyambirira a sayansi ya zolembedwazo anafalitsidwa m'zaka za zana limenelo. Mawu akuti "raba" kwenikweni amachokera kwa Joseph Priestley yemwe, mu 1770, adapeza kuti mfundozo zikhoza kuchotsa pensulo yomwe yasiyidwa pamapepala podula - choncho "mphira".
Kufikira kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800, kupanga mpira wa latex ndi kukula kwa mtengo wa latex kunali kotetezedwa kwambiri ndi Brazil, kufikira munthu wina wa ku Britain atatulutsa mbewu kuchokera ku South America ndipo adawachititsa kukhala m'malo monga India, Malaysia ndi Sri Lanka. Malaysia tsopano ndiwopanga mphira wambiri padziko lonse!
Duckie woyamba
M'zaka za m'ma 1940, wojambula zithunzi dzina lake Peter Ganine anapanga bakha woyamba.
Pofuna kupeza zofunika pamoyo, adayikitsa zojambulajambula zambiri za ziweto zawo ndikuzipanga kuti azizitenga ngati toyese - ndipo apa ndi pamene bakha woyamba wogulitsa amachokera.
Kope loyambirira la chidole choyandama, chopangidwa ndi pulasitiki mmalo mwa mphira wachilengedwe, chinali chodziwika kwambiri, ngakhale ndi miyezo ya masiku ano: zoposa 50 miliyoni zagulitsidwa.
Chilolezochi chimatchula "bakha losatha", kutanthauza kuti bakha akhoza kusuntha.
Kuchokera kumeneko, bakha la rabara linalowa muzipinda zosambira, mitima ndi malingaliro a ku America.
"Rubber Duckie", Sesame Street
Chiwonetsero cha Sesame Street chinalimbikitsanso kutchuka kwa bakha la rabara m'nyumba za ku America. Mu 1970, filimuyo inafotokoza nyimbo yomwe Ernie, yemwe amasonyeza chikondi chake pa tepi yofiira panthawi yophatikiza.
Nyimboyi ndi nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri ya Sesame Street lero. Idafika pa # 16 pa chithunzi cha Top 100 mu 1970, ndipo nyimboyi inasankhidwa pa Grammy Award.
Chifukwa gulu la Sesame Street silinapeze duckie ya raba yomwe imapanga squeak yomweyo monga yoyambirira, bakha kuyambira 1970 imagwiritsidwanso ntchito pamene nyimboyi idalembedwanso. Zaka 45 - ndiwo moyo wabwino kwa bakha la raba!
Mabomba okonda mabomba kulikonse
Mpira wa duckies tsopano ndi wokongola kwambiri kulikonse kumene mukupita. Pali mphekesera za Mfumukazi Elizabeti Wachiwiri yemwe ali ndi duckie ya rubber yokhala ndi korona yotulutsa phokoso - mphekesera zomwe zinawonjezera malonda a chidole ndi 80% kwa kanthawi ku England.
Palinso mitundu yambiri ya duckie ya mphira yomwe yapangidwa padziko lonse lapansi. Cincinnati, Ohio ikugwira mtundu waukulu kwambiri ku United States: Freestore Foodbank Rubber Duck Regatta.
Canada ili ndi mitundu iwiri yayikulu ya chaka: imodzi ku Saskatoon ndi imodzi ku Halifax.
Ku Australia, mpikisano wapachaka umachitika ku Brisbane kukweza ndalama za PA Research Foundations.
England imakhala ndi mbiri ya mpikisano waukulu wa bakha, yomwe ili ndi ma tekiniketi okwana 250,000.
Zikumbutso za abakha a mphira
Kodi mumakumbukira nthawi yanji yosamba ndi duckie ya raba? Kodi ndi mnzanu wapamtima, monga Ernie mu nyimbo?