Ishati izwi nka T-shirt ni imwe mu myenda ikunzwe cyane ku isi. Ubu ni umwenda wambarwa n’abantu b’ingeri zose, haba mu buzima busanzwe, mu mikino, ndetse no mu bucuruzi. Ariko se, iyo shati iciriritse, yoroshye, kandi ikomeye ifite amateka atandukanye.

Inkomoko ya T-shirt

T-shirt ifite amateka ashingiye ku mwenda w’imbere wambarwaga n’abasirikare. Mu kinyejana cya 19, abasirikare bo mu Burayi no muri Amerika bambaraga imyenda yo munsi y’inkweto n’iyo hejuru (long underwear). Nyuma, muri 1898, igisirikare cya Amerika cyatangiye gukoresha imyenda y’imbere igizwe n’udutambaro duto tugufi, ariko ibimenyetso nyakuri by’inkomoko ya T-shirt tubisanga mu 1913, igihe Igisirikare cy’Ingabo z’Amato (U.S. Navy) cyemeje ko abasirikare bazajya bambara agashati k’imikufi migufi, gatunganijwe mu buryo butuma umubiri ubasha kwinjiza umwuka.

Iyo myenda yari yoroshye, yorohereye ku mubiri, kandi yashoboraga gukarabwa byoroshye, bigatuma iba ihitamo ryiza mu gihe cy’intambara. Iyo shati yaje kwitwa “T-shirt” kubera ishusho yayo isa n’inyuguti “T” iyo yayambitswe.

Ikwirakwira rya T-shirt mu Buzima bwa Buri Munsi

Nyuma y’intambara, abasirikare bagarutse mu rugo bakomeje kuyambara mu buzima busanzwe. Kuva mu myaka ya 1920, amashati ya T-shirt yatangiye kwamamara muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, ndetse mu 1938, uruganda rwa Hanes rwatangiye kuyigurisha nk’imyenda isanzwe y’imbere.

Mu 1950, T-shirt yabaye ikimenyabose nyuma yo kugaragara mu mafilime. Abakinnyi b’ibirangirire nka Marlon Brando muri A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) na James Dean muri Rebel Without a Cause (1955) bambaye T-shirt, bayihindura imyambaro y’ikirangirire ku rubyiruko rw’icyo gihe.

Mu myaka ya 1960 na 1970, T-shirt yakoreshejwe nk’uburyo bwo kwerekana ibitekerezo. Yacapwagaho ubutumwa bwo kwamamaza amahoro, uburenganzira bw’abaturage, ndetse n’amashyaka ya politiki.

T-shirt mu bucuruzi ‘Imideli

Mu myaka ya 1980, T-shirt yatangiye kugirwa igicuruzwa cy’imideli. Amashyaka ya politiki, abahanzi b’indirimbo, ndetse n’amasosiyete atandukanye batangiye gukoresha T-shirt mu kwamamaza ibikorwa byabo. Ibi byatumye iba umwenda urambye kandi woroshye kwambara.

Uyu munsi, T-shirt ni kimwe mu myenda irambye kandi ikoreshwa ahantu hose, yaba mu kazi, mu mikino, mu kwamamaza, ndetse no mu bikorwa by’imideli.

Amateka ya T-shirt agaragaza uko umwenda ushobora kuva ku rwego rw’imyenda y’imbere y’abasirikare ukaba umwenda wambarwa hose. Uyu munsi, hari ubwoko butandukanye bwa T-shirt, zirimo iz’amabara anyuranye, izanditseho ubutumwa, izifite ibishushanyo, ndetse n’izikoreshwa nk’imyenda y’akazi cyangwa iy’imikino.

T-shirt ni umwambaro usanzwe, ariko ufite amateka akomeye. Ukomeza kuba umwenda ukundwa n’abantu bose, bitewe n’uburyo bworoshye bwo kuyambara, ubwiza bwayo, n’ubutumwa ishobora gutanga.