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HISTORY OF UMBRELLA

An umbrella is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs, which is mounted on a wooden metal or plastic pole[16]. While a canopy is an overhead roof or a structure over which a fabric or metal covering ia attached and able to provide shade or shelter[17]. The main purpose of the umbrella is to provide a shelter to a person from rain or sunlight. Commonly, there are two main categories of the umbrella which are; a fully collapsible umbrella and a non-collapsible umbrella. The fully collapsible umbrella is refer to the umbrella which the metal pole supporting the canopy can be retract. This feature make possible for the umbrella to fit in a handbag. While the non-colapsible umbrella is refer to the umbrella which the support pole cannot retract and only the canopy can be retract. Other than that, umbrella also an be categorized into manually operated and spring loaded automatic which spring open at the press of a button. The oldest ancient