Yintoni ukwenza ulusu?
Ngokutshintsha kwendlela abantu abacinga ngayo nabacinga ngayo, akuseyiyo kuphela into abantu abasukelwa ngayo ukuzenza mhlophe, yaye ngokuthe ngcembe ufele olumbala wengqolowa nolubhedu luye lwaba yinto eqhelekileyo. Ukwasulwa kukukhuthaza ukuveliswa kwe-melanin yi-melanocytes yolusu ngokutshiswa lilanga okanye ukutshiswa ngokwenziwa, ukuze ulusu lube lukhuni lwengqolowa, lube lubhedu kunye nolunye ulusu, ukuze ulusu luveze ibala elimnyama elilinganayo nelinempilo. Ibala elimnyama nelinempilo linomtsalane ngakumbi kwaye lizele bubuhle basendle, njenge-obsidian.
Imvelaphi yolusu
Ngeminyaka yee-1920, uCoco Chanel wayenesikhumba sobhedu ngelixa ehamba kwi-yacht, eyabangela ngokukhawuleza ukuthambekela kwihlabathi lefashoni, okuyimvelaphi yokuthandwa kwe-tanning yanamhlanje. Ibala elikhazimlayo elimnyama neliqaqambileyo lenza abantu bazive besempilweni kwaye benomtsalane. Sele idumile eYurophu, eMelika, eJapan nakwezinye iindawo iminyaka engama-20 ukuya kwengama-30. Kule mihla, ukwenza ulusu kuluphawu lwemeko-abantu abanolusu lobhedu, nto leyo ethetha ukuba bahlala besiya kwiindawo zokuchithela iiholide ezinelanga nezinexabiso eliphezulu ukuze bagcakamele ilanga.