Nyamchele uko vizuri hata mimi nilikuwa sijui asili ya hilo neno. Sasa naomba na mimi mnisaidie asili ya mkuu wa nchi kupigiwa mizinga 21 kwanini isiwe 10 au namba yoyote.
nyamujulemukama hii ni desturi iliyoaanza zamani sana kwenye karne ya 14 ambapo meli ya kivita ilipokuwa inaingia kwenye bandari ya nchi nyingine ili kuonyesha ya kuwa inakuja kwa amani ilipiga mizinga saba, na wenyeji wakajibu kwa mizinga 21, (3:1 ratio), na kwa nini 21 na sio kumi...kwa kweli hakuna mwenye jibu sahihi....unaweza soma zaidi kwenye hii makala hapa
Why Do They Use 21 Guns in the 21 Gun Salute? na hapa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21-gun_salute
Cannon or gun salute
Like the handshake, the gun salute is said to have begun as a sign that the saluter is unarmed and means no harm. In gunnery's early days reloading was a lengthy process, and someone who had just fired all their cannon would not be able to repeat the performance for a quarter hour or more.
Salutes ordinarily consist of an odd number of shots, following a naval tradition dating back at least to the middle
1600s. An even number of shots was considered unlucky, and sometimes used as a signal that the captain or master gunner had died on the voyage.
In the days when Britannia ruled the waves it compelled passing merchant vessels to salute its warships, firing first. Even British merchants complained of the expense. The British national salute was 7 guns, but those ashore (where powder was more easily come by) could return 3 shots for every 1, in other words, 21 shots.
As relations between nations became more egalitarian, it became customary to reply to a salute with the same number of shots. At the suggestion of the British, the United States adopted the international 21-gun salute and the principle of "gun-for-gun return" on
18 August, 1875.
https://sizes.com/society/salute.htm
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