Tariki ya 7 Nyakanga, buri mwaka, isi yose yizihiza umunsi udasanzwe kandi ukunzwe na benshi, uzwi nk’ Umunsi Mpuzamahanga wa Shokora (World Chocolate Day).
Ni umunsi wihariye wagenewe kwizihiza kimwe mu biribwa byujuje ubuziranenge, bikunzwe, kandi bifite amateka akomeye mu muco mpuzamahanga — shokora.
Amateka agaragaza ko ku itariki ya 7 Nyakanga 1550 ari bwo shokora yageze bwa mbere ku mugabane w’u Burayi, ivuye ku mugabane wa Amerika aho abatuye mu bihugu nk’ibya Mexique y’ubu bayikoraga bakanayikoresha mu mihango y’idini, mu kwerekana icyubahiro no mu kuvura indwara. Abo benegihugu barimo Abamayakazi n’Abaziteki bayifataga nk’impano y’agaciro gakomeye, bakayicuruza, cyangwa bakayigira igice cy’umuco wabo.
Igihe shokora yageraga i Burayi, yakiriwe nk’ikiribwa gihenze, gikoreshwa n’abami n’abanyacyubahiro. Ibi byayihesheje izina mu mateka ndetse bituma ihinduka igice cy’umuco w’ibihugu byinshi ku isi. Mu myaka yakurikiyeho, ubuhanga mu kuyitunganya bwaraguka, ibigo bikomeye mu bucuruzi bwa shokora biravuka, ndetse isoko rya shokora rigera ku baturage benshi. Ibi byose byatumye shokora igira umwanya udasimburwa mu buzima bwa buri munsi, yaba mu rwego rwo guha ibyishimo umubiri no gufasha mu guhumuriza abantu mu bihe bikomeye.
Umunsi mpuzamahanga wa shokora wizihizwa mu buryo butandukanye. Mu mijyi itandukanye yo ku isi, habaho amarushanwa yo guteka shokora, imurikagurisha ry’ibiribwa biyikozwemo, ndetse n’ibikorwa by’ubugeni n’ubukorikori bushingiye kuri yo. Abakunda shokora baba bafite umwanya wo kugaragaza impano zabo, gusangira n’inshuti, ndetse no gukangurira abandi gutekereza ku gaciro k’iki kiribwa cyafashije isi mu buryo butandukanye.
Nubwo uyu munsi utari mu minsi yemewe n’Umuryango w’Abibumbye nk’umunsi mpuzamahanga ku mugaragaro, wakomeje kwaguka mu kwizihizwa, ndetse ubu wizihizwa mu bihugu byinshi. Ibigo bikora shokora, abacuruzi, ndetse n’abakunda ibiribwa byiza bibuka uyu munsi mu bikorwa byagutse bigaragaza urukundo bafitiye shokora.
Mu gihe isi ikomeje kwibaza ku biribwa bifitiye akamaro umubiri n’umutima, shokora igaragazwa nk’ifite ibirimo ibyagirira akamaro ubwonko, bikagabanya agahinda, ndetse bikanongera imbaraga n’icyizere. Shokora, nubwo ifatwa nk’ikiribwa cy’ubwuzu, ni isomo rikomeye ku mateka, ubukungu, umuco n’urukundo.
Tariki ya 7 Nyakanga rero si umunsi usanzwe, ni umunsi w’icyo benshi bafata nk’impano y’ijuru — shokora — yahinduye amateka y’ibihugu, yunga abantu mu rukundo no mu byishimo, kandi ikaba imwe mu ndimi z’ubumuntu zidasaba gusobanura byinshi.