Mana Datang Nama Panama Hat

Mana datang nama Panama Hat?

Kita biasa dengar peribahasa lembu punya susu sapi dapat nama. Haiwan lain keluar susu sekali bubuh nama haiwan lain. Sapi tu nama apa ya. Tempat kita sapi itu kerbau. Kat Indonesia betullah lembu juga dipanggil sapi.

Ada satu lagi persamaan tentang hal ini. Benda asal datang dari tempat lain. Sekali yang dapat nama tempat lain pulak.

Itulah Panama Hat atau topi Panama. Topi ni asal sebenarnya dari negara Ecuador. Sekali femesnya nama Panama pulak. Nama yang terkenal Panama Hat. Hilang nama Ecuador.

Kat mana Panama dan kat mana Ecuador? Nak tahu jawapan tengok peta bawah ni.

Geografi Negara Panama dan Ecuador

Berbalik kepada macam mana datang nama Panama Hat? Ia sebetulnya berkait sejarah lawatan Presiden Amerika Syarikat ke Terusan Panama.

Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Theodore Roosevelt, pakai Panama Hat ketika melawat pembinaan Terusan Panama pada 1908

Petikan artikel montecuadorhats dot com link1 dan link2:

During the 19th century, hats were exported from Ecuador to various parts of the world, however, their popularity began at the beginning of the 20th century, when one of the photos, where President Theodore Roosevelt appeared during his visit to the construction of the canal of Panama, circulated throughout the world, due to the striking hat he had, demonstrating elegance in front of the eyes of many spectators, from that moment he was interviewed where he spoke in the media and they asked him about the origin of his hat and he said with his English seat “Panama Hat”

Petikan artikel misnamed panama hat (link2):

In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt travelled to Central America to inspect the construction of the Panama Canal. While there, he was given a toquilla straw hat, made in Ecuador, which he wore constantly. Images of the President in his “Panama hat” were splashed across newspapers around the globe. The media and the public couldn’t get enough. The Panama hat became the fashion of the day.

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