Amasaro y’uruhago, azwi mu Kinyarwanda nk’ishanga, ni umurimbo umaze imyaka myinshi ukundwa mu Rwanda no mu bindi bihugu byinshi bya Afurika. Aya masaro akorwa mu mabara atandukanye kandi agashyirwa ku nda cyangwa ku muhogo w’uruhago, akagaragaza ubwiza, uburanga n’igikundiro cy’umukobwa cyangwa umugore. Mu Rwanda rwo hambere, ishanga ryambarwaga mu mihango n’ibirori bikomeye, rikaba n’ikirango cy’ubwubahane no gusigasira umuco, ariko nubu mu Rwanda ishanga ryakomeje kwambarwa cyane ndetse naba star kazi nabantu bakomeye bararyambara hari nkaho ryamenyekanye kumukobwa wari umufana wa The Ben bakunze kwita Tiger ubwo umufanawe yamusabaga kwifotoza hakagaragara amashusho akurura ishanga rye yari yambaye bikavugisha abantu benshi cyane.
Ishanga ntiryifashishwaga gusa nk’umurimbo, ahubwo ryakoreshwaga no nk’uburyo bwo kumenya uko umubiri uhagaze. Iyo umukobwa yagiraga ibiro byinshi, amasaro y’uruhago yafataga ku nda bigatuma abyibwirwa kare. Byari n’uburyo bwo kongerera icyizere uwaryambaye, kuko ryamufashaga kwiyumva yihariye kandi akunda imiterere ye.
Igihe ishanga ryatangiye kwambarwa
Mu Buhinde: Aho rihitwa “Kamarband” cyangwa “Waist Chains”, ryatangiye gukundwa cyane mu bihe bya kera by’Abahinde (mu gihe cya Indus Valley Civilization, ahagana mu myaka 3000–1500 BC). Mu mihango y’abo ba kera, rikorerwaga mu byuma by’agaciro nk’ifeza na zahabu, rikaba ikimenyetso cy’ubutunzi, imigisha n’uburanga bw’umugore. Rikoreshwaga cyane mu bukwe no mu mbyino za gakondo.
Mu Rwanda: Ishanga rifatwa nk’umurage wa kera mu muco nyarwanda, rikaba ryambarwaga kuva kera cyane mu bihe bya cyami. Ntabwo hari itariki nyirizina yanditswe, ariko mu migenzo y’umuco nyarwanda w’imbere y’ubukoloni, abakobwa bakiri bato barambikwaga amasaro y’uruhago kugira ngo bakurane ikimero, rikaba n’ikirango cy’ubusugi n’isuku.
Uyu murimbo si uw’Abanyarwanda gusa, kuko no mu bihugu byinshi bya Afurika, nk’u Burundi, Nigeria na Ghana, ishanga rifatwa nk’ikirango cy’umuco n’ubwiza. Muri Nigeria, urugero, abakobwa barambara amasaro y’uruhago mu bukwe nk’ikimenyetso cy’ubusugi n’icyubahiro.
By’umwihariko no mu Buhinde, amasaro y’uruhago (azwi nka kamarband cyangwa waist chains) ni umurimbo ukomeye wambarwa cyane mu mihango y’ubukwe no mu mbyino za gakondo. Ahenshi, ayo masaro akorwa mu byuma by’agaciro nka zahabu n’ifeza, agafatwa nk’ikirango cy’ubutunzi, uburanga n’imigisha ku mugore.
Ubu, ishanga rikomeje kuba umurimbo w’icyubahiro n’uburanga, rikaba rikoreshwa cyane n’urubyiruko nk’ikirango cy’ubumenyi bw’umuco ndetse no kwerekana imiterere igezweho. Nubwo rifite impinduka mu buryo rikoreshwamo, rikomeje gusigasira umuco gakondo ndetse rihuza Afurika n’u Buhinde nk’ibihugu byombi bigaragaza umuco ukomeye wo guha agaciro umurimbo n’ubwiza bw’umugore.
