Yin rawa a cikin kwai

Rawar ƙwai wasa ne na gargajiya na Ista inda ake ajiye ƙwai a ƙasa ko ƙasa, kuma manufar ita ce a yi rawa a tsakaninsu, a lalata kaɗan gwargwadon iko.  Ƙwai alama ce ta sake haifuwar duniya a bukukuwan arna na bazara, kuma Kiristocin farko sun karɓe shi a matsayin alamar sake haifuwar mutum a lokacin Ista. 

Wani nau'in rawa ta ƙwai shine wasan bazara da aka nuna a cikin zanen Pieter Aertsen . Manufar ita ce a naɗe ƙwai daga cikin kwano yayin da ake ajiye shi a cikin da'ira da aka zana da alli, sannan a juya kwano don rufe ƙwai. Dole ne a yi hakan da ƙafafu ba tare da taɓa sauran abubuwan da aka sanya a ƙasa ba.  

Tunani na farko game da rawar ƙwai ya kasance a bikin auren Margaret ta Austria da Philibert ta Savoy a ranar Litinin ta Ista ta 1498.  An bayyana taron a cikin fitowar mujallar The American Magazine ta 1895 kamar haka.Sai babban rawar ƙwai, rawar musamman ta wannan lokacin, ta fara. An warwatse ƙwai ɗari a kan wani wuri mai faɗi da yashi ya rufe, sai wasu ma'aurata matasa, suka kama hannu, suka fara rawar. Idan suka gama ba tare da sun karya ƙwai ba, an yi musu aure, kuma ko da iyaye masu taurin kai ba za su iya yin adawa da auren ba.

 Bayan ma'aurata uku sun gaza, a tsakiyar dariya da ihun ba'a na masu kallo, Philibert na Savoy, ya durƙusa a kan gwiwa a gaban Marguerite, ya roƙe ta ta yarda ta gwada rawa tare da shi. Tawagar masu sha'awar wasan sun yi ihu suna cewa, "Savoy da Austria!" Lokacin da aka gama rawan kuma babu ƙwai da ya karye, sha'awar ta ɓace.

 Philibert ya ce, "Bari mu rungumi al'adar Bresse." Kuma suka yi aure, kuma ba da daɗewa ba suka yi aure.A ƙasar Burtaniya, rawa tana ɗaukar siffar tsalle-tsalle kuma wani lokacin ana kiranta da hop-egg . Akwai nau'ikan rawa iri-iri ta ƙwai, amma Mark Knowles ya rubuta cewa Saxons sun kawo ta Ingila daga Jamus tun ƙarni na 5.  Kalmar Saxon hoppe tana nufin "rawar". 

Littafin 1867 mai suna The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England ya ce: Alamar irin wannan wasan kwaikwayo ta faru ne a cikin wani tsohon wasan barkwanci, mai taken Tsawon rayuwarka, ƙarin wawa kake yi, na William Wager a zamanin Sarauniya Elizabeth, inda muka haɗu da waɗannan kalmomi: A kan ƙafata ɗaya kawai zan iya yin tsalle. Kuma ku yi rawa da shi a hankali game da ƙaiƙayi. Rawa da ƙafa ɗaya ta nuna ta Saxon gleemen, kuma wataƙila ta Norman mistrels, amma musamman ta mata-masu rawa, waɗanda za su iya samun sunan hoppesteres,  wanda Chaucer ya bayar. Har yanzu akwai wani ɓangare na wannan rukunin addini, kuma ana amfani da shi ga rawa, kodayake yana da ɗan raini; domin taron rawa mara kyau galibi ana kiransa hop.

 A wasu lokutan ana yin wasannin tsalle-tsalle don kyaututtuka a ƙarni na sha shida, kamar yadda muka koya daga John Heywoode, masanin epigrammat . A cikin littafinsa na Karin Magana da aka buga a 1566, akwai layukan da ke ƙasa: Inda wooers ke shiga da fita, dogon lokaci na iya haifar da Wanda ya fi dacewa a ƙarshe ya sami zoben Amma komawa ga rawar ƙwai. Wannan wasan kwaikwayo ya kasance ruwan dare kusan shekaru talatin da suka gabata kuma an yi masa maraba sosai a Sadler's Wells ; inda na gan shi a nuna shi, ba kawai ta hanyar tsalle-tsalle a kusa da ƙwai ɗaya ba, amma ta hanyar da ta ƙara wahalar. Ban tuna adadin ƙwai da yawa ba, amma ina tsammanin an sanya su kimanin goma sha biyu ko goma sha huɗu a wasu nisa da aka yi wa alama a kan dandamali; ɗan rawa, yana tsaye a tsaye, an rufe masa ido, kuma ana buga ƙaho a cikin ƙungiyar makaɗa, ya bi duk matakan da siffofi na rawa, yana wucewa baya da gaba tsakanin ƙwai ba tare da taɓa su ba.
Bututun ƙaho yana ɗaya daga cikin raye-rayen da ake yi a matsayin rawa ta ƙwai. Wani lokaci ana rawa da shi da rufe ido. Misali, shahararren ɗan wasan ƙaho na Amurka John Durang ya yi ɗaya daga cikin bututun ƙahonsa da aka rufe ido a wani wuri da aka lulluɓe da ƙwai,  kamar yadda Barnett Nathan ya yi a kan dandamali cike da ƙwai da abubuwan shayi . 

Julian Mates a cikin littafinsa The American Stage before 1800 ya lura cewa rawa da aka rufe da ƙwai a idon mutane wani shahararren wasan kwaikwayo ne na kiɗa a Turai da Amurka a ƙarni na 18. 

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