Nā mea kanu

Nā ʻū kāla

Inā mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka pili ʻana o nā mea ola lāʻau me ka meaʻai o nā kānaka - ka berena, a laila ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kōkua akā e hoʻomanaʻo i nā ʻano o nā kumulāʻau e kupanaha nei no mākou mai ka mokupuni mai ʻo Sundia a me Oceania. ʻO kēia kumulāʻau paona ikaika me ka lei lei ʻona mai kahi mamao e like me kā kā mākou oaka a me ka nini paha. ʻO ka poʻe Botanists, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻike i ka pili me ka mulberry a me nā ficus; ʻo ia hoʻi, e like me lākou, i ka ʻohana mulberry. Kāhea ʻia ia he artocarpus. ʻIke ka poʻe kamaʻāina iā ia ma lalo o ka inoa ʻo Kempedaka, yak, jakderevo, jackderev a i ʻole ma ka ʻulu.

Nā lāʻau Kūʻai

A ʻaʻohe o kēia pilina. Ma kāna mau lālā ikaika, a ma luna o kahi puʻupuʻu mānoanoa, oblong cream aila gula ʻoni melemele pinepine e pili ana i kahi mita o lōʻihi a hiki i ka hapalua mika ke anawaena. ʻO ka maʻamau, hoʻohālikelike lākou i kahi mākōkeke pāwimāiki. ʻO ka paona o kekahi "mau pā" o kēia lāʻau kupanaha uaʻoi aku ma mua o 20 kilograms. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoluʻolu loa ke ʻano o kona hua hou. Hoʻomau maikaʻi lākou i ke ʻano, no laila hiki ke hōʻiliʻili iā lākou a puni ka makahiki āpau - mai Nowemapa a ʻAukake. ʻO ʻAukake a ʻo Nowemapa wale nō, e loaʻa ana ka lāʻau i ka ikaika, pua, ulu, ulu hou e hoʻomaka i kahi hōʻiliʻili lōʻihi.

Ma kahi o 70 mau makahiki he ʻumi palaoa ka hua i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hiki i kēlā me kēia ke hānai i hoʻokahi, a ʻelua paha mau kānaka, a ʻelima hoʻi ʻehiku mau lāʻau i hāʻawi i kahi meaʻai no ka ʻohana nui i ka makahiki. Kūpono nā huaʻai i nā 60-80 pārau o ke kōkau, e pili ana i ka 14 pakeneka o ke kōpaʻa a me ka liʻiliʻi ma kahi o ka pākēneka ʻĀnō, ʻoi aku ka pīpī i mākaukau e ʻeke, ʻoi me ka ʻono o ka pata. I ka wā o ka "hōʻiliʻili", ka ʻāpana holoʻokoʻa o ka lehulehu, mai ka liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka nui. Hoʻopau ʻia nā hua me nā lāʻau-ioka, a laila e hoʻopaʻi ʻia lākou me nā paʻi pōkole i nā manawa he nui, waiho ʻia a hiki i ka lā aʻe. I ka pō, hoʻomaka ka pulupulu o ka hua a wīwī, e like me ka palaoa ma ka ʻai. I ke kakahiaka, hiki ke hoʻokomo i loko o ka ʻoihana a ʻokiʻoki ʻia paha no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana. No ka mea hana, eli i nā lua ma kahi hohonu a hiki i hoʻokahi a me ka hapa mika ka lōʻihi, e uhi i ka lalo a me nā paia me nā pōhaku, a me nā lau o ka maiʻa. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka paila mai ka peelī, hoʻopili ʻia, nui, a uhi ʻia me nā lau a me nā pōhaku mai luna. ʻAʻole nalowale ka palaoa i ʻole kona aʻala a hiki i kahi hua hou.

ʻApala lāʻau (ʻulu lau)

I ka wā lōʻihi, e pau ka kaʻina o ka hōʻiliʻili o nā hua i hōʻiliʻili, wehe ʻia ka lua e like me ka mea e pono ai, e lawe ʻia ka hapa pono o ka palaoa, hoʻoili ʻia ka wai, ka aila niu a me ka pā pono i ka piʻipiʻi ma nā ʻōpala lāʻau. Kahi liʻiliʻi, me kā mākou papa, nā papahele o nā palaoa, i kāwili ʻia i nā lau hou, e hoʻomo ʻia i ka umu a i ʻole nā ​​pōhaku wela. Pēlā i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ai ka berena a ʻaʻole like ʻole i ka ʻono. ʻAʻole mahalo ʻia ka lāʻau lāʻau, ʻaʻole wale no kona ʻai, akā no ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka mea ʻai i loaʻa i nā momona B a me E. E hoʻolaʻa ʻia nā hua ʻai i kā ʻia i loko o ka lehu e like me ka mea laia i ʻai ʻia.

He waiwai waiwai ʻē aʻe ʻo Breadwood. He wā nui ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka poʻe noho o Oceania i nā ʻōpū mauʻu i hoʻāla ʻia mai ka ʻōpala o nā ʻōpala lau, a ua hoʻohana ʻia ko lākou lāʻau melemele melemele no ka hana ʻana i nā noho, nā kīkī kāne kāne i hana ʻia he haper a wick, waiū waiū i hoʻololi i ka lem, a me nā aʻa maloʻo i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua hoʻohana nui ʻia nā lau o kēia lāʻau keu. ʻO nā mea nui, aihue, keʻokeʻo uliuli kahi i waihoʻoluʻu, ua hoʻolalelale lākou i kahi lāʻau no kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki ma kahi o ka makahiki. Hoʻolā ka Polynesians i nā pāpale māmā, ka lōʻihi a me ke kāhiko mai lākou.

Nā lāʻau Kūʻai

ʻO ia ka mea nui o ka lāʻau ulu o nā ʻōpala, nā hua ona, e like me ka poʻe ʻepekema, ʻo ia ka poʻe mua o ka berena i kēia manawa. ʻO kekahi lāʻau lāʻau kahiko loa o ka honua, ua ola a ua pua ʻo ia i ka wā mamao ʻo Cretaceous ma Greenland a me nā ʻāpana ʻauhau i kēia manawa o ko mākou honua, kahi i loaʻa ai nā mea ʻepekema a me nā paleobotanist ka nui o nā lau o kona mau lau, nā hua a me nā pua. Ua ulu i ka manawa prehistoric a me ko mākou ʻāina. ʻAe wale nō ka palena o ka ʻulu manu i nā ʻōpala o ka ʻāina hema ma Asia a me nā mokupuni nui. Ua loa i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma ko mākou ʻāina ma ka moʻomeheu o ka'āina.

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Hoʻohana ʻia ma nā lako:

  • S. I. Ivchenko - Buke e pili ana i nā kumulāʻau