We use umbrellas for shade, too! Walking shade. Sometimes calls parasols. It must look so odd to outsiders to see a bunch of people walking around with open umbrellas when there's not a cloud in the sky, lol.
I will keep an umbrella with me from now until late September and possibly into October for shade walking and waiting for buses and I’m not the only one
I did find out about 10 years ago that I have to use a black or very dark colored umbrella because light colored do not block the sun
