Kuluhlu lokuthenga phantse kubo bonke abakhenkethi bamanye amazwe abatyelelayo Indiya Kukho iipashminas, ingubo ethi iphinde ibe sisikhumbuzo esihle okanye isipho. Nangona kunjalo, kufuneka ulumke: zininzi iipashminas ezingezizo ezithengiswayo elizweni njengoko zikhona kwi-intanethi.
Ungawubona njani umahluko phakathi kweeshawls ezingeyonyani kunye nezokwenyani zepashmina? Into yokuqala kukwazi ukuba yintoni ipashmina, igama elivela kwigama lasePersi loboya. Vula Ummandla waseKashmir Iipashmin zoboya bezilukwe ngaphezulu kweenkulungwane ezine. Ngaphambili, eli laphu lihle lalifumaneka kuphela kwizityebi kunye neeristocrats zaseIndiya. Spolo babenokunxiba esi sambatho sithambileyo Uhlobo lweebhokhwe zohlobo lwe-changra, ehlala kwiincopho zeHimalaya ngaphezulu kwe-1.600 yeemitha zokuphakama.
Uboya bePashmina benziwa kuphela kwingcambu yezona nwele zinde zebhokhwe. Isilwanyane ngasinye sivelisa ngaphantsi kwe-100 yeegram zewuluzonke ngonyaka. Obo boya buhle buxutywe Imisonto yesilika ngemilinganiselo eyahlukeneyo, emisela umgangatho welaphu, emva koko lidaywe ngemibala eyahlukeneyo.
Nangona ezi datha azonelanga ukuba umntu ongeyongcali azi ukuba bayayithenga na ipashmina eyiyo okanye hayi, eyona pashmina ayinakuphazanyiswa kukuthamba kunye nokukhanya kwayo. Izinto zokuphamba zithatha indawo yoboya obucocekileyo bezinye iigusha kunye neenwele zomvundla.
Ezona shawls zaziwa ngokuba ziipashmina zibizwa ngokuba yiShahtoosh, zilungile kangangokuba zinokudlula ngaphakathi kwiringi. Kolu luhlu, uboya be-chagra buthatyathelwe indawo yile I-chiru, inyamakazi yaseTibet ehlala kwiimeko ezibandayo kakhulu. Ngelishwa, ukuthengiswa kwe-shastoosh okwangoku akuvumelekanga e-India, nangona ukubuza kancinci kuyo nayiphi na intengiso emantla elizwe singazifumana iisheyali ezenziwe ngolu hlobo loboya obucolekileyo. Kufuneka uqiniseke ukuba abasibambisi kumasiko.